Read Elizabeth Scalia on First Things responding to the furor in the pro-life community over the killing of Dr George Tiller nbsp Scalia also writes the blog The Anchoress nbsp Slippery slope is a useful clich eacute particularly on this issue The same slippery slopes that call for the man

The actual title of the article in this morning s Post nbsp by NARAL New York rsquo s vice-president of communications Mary Alice Carr is Why I turned down O rsquo Reilly but the real gist of her screed is different O rsquo Reilly is being incredibly disingenuous when he claims that he bears no

Bustedhalo has just posted a fascinating conversation with Sister Bernadette Reis of the Daughters of St Paul full disclosure a friend and her cousin Paul Mages a gay man living with his partner nbsp Their candid conversation reveals a great deal about the how the church can better respond

The news keeps getting in the way of a blogpost I have been meaning to write in response to my colleague Father Jim Martin rsquo s request for civility in the blogosphere Unfortunately I can rsquo t find his original posting in the archives Father we love you to death but have to give you a n

Cambridge MA Years ago when I was a young professor I was asked by a journal editor if I wished to review a certain scholarly book in my field It was the 1980s and email was not yet common so I duly checked off ldquo yes rdquo on the postcard the editor had sent me and mailed it back to hi

Sometimes you can rsquo t win for losing Or lose for winning The progressive Catholic advocacy group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good CACG long criticized by conservative Catholics for being insufficiently pro-life is now the object of an attack from its other flank The group Cathol