Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation has a short report showing how the Senate health care bill establishes what is effectively a federal marriage tax: The Senate health care bill sends a clear message: Married couples are second-class citizens. On the other hand, the bill establishes cohabiters as a privileged special interest, quietly channeling tens of thousands of dollars to them in [...]
Many pro-lifers are excited and happy with Scott Brown's Senate victory in Massachusetts. Some are declaring comprehensive health care reform dead, others think a chastened Democrat Party will compromise and put forth a more reasonable reform bill. In reality, no one knows what is going to happen. My fear is that the Democrats will move with incremental steps on health care that still [...]
The January issue of The Interim features a column by Jim Kaine, a grandfather whose daughters both had abortions, robbing not only the child of its life, but their parents of their own grandchildren. It is a touching story and one that we at the paper were very happy to publish. The voice of people affected by abortion is seldom heard in the media, [...]
If you can't make it to Washington DC for the March for Life on Friday, take part in the Virtual March for Life.
Using the culture of death against pro-lifers by Michael Coren Dismal offerings in recent cinema by Rick McGinnis American religious leaders set worthy example by Rory Leishman Is cheating self-defeating? by Donald DeMarco Saving a famous icon by Frank Kennedy Latimer’s lax treatment, an Interim editorial
Wesley Smith is interviewed about his new book A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement, by John J. Miller of National Review. Worth listening to in full. We will publishing a review of this book in our March issue.
Tomorrow in Toronto there is a rally in solidarity with Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician behind the short-film Fitna, about radical Islam and the islamification of society, whose trial for upsetting the feelings of radical Muslims begins this week. Details on the rally are here. Mark Steyn explains why Wilders is being prosecuted and persecuted by the politically correct and cowardly powers that be: [...]
Andrea Mrozek at ProWomanProLife juxtaposes the National Post's defense of graphic images from disaster-torn Haiti and the reaction from some regarding the use of graphic images of abortion employed by certain pro-lifers. The Washington Post reports on the increased graphicness of the images coming out of Haiti. Make your own conclusion on how this applies to pro-life activism: The fear of violating the victim's privacy -- [...]
There is a lot to unpack in this Angus Reid poll of abortion in Canada, but first I want to draw your attention to this contradiction: When informed about existing regulations on abortion, three-in-ten Canadians (30%) endorse the status-quo: Women being able to have an abortion at any time during their pregnancy, with no restrictions whatsoever. And: When asked about their personal [...]
From Donald DeMarco's January column: Fidelity means playing the course from the first to the last in the proper sequence. For marriage, it happily adheres to the order of friendship, love, marriage, children and grandchildren. Fidelity binds time as it binds loved ones. It enlarges our lives and gives us our rightful place in history. And, in being faithful to one’s spouse, [...]
You might ask what qualifies me to stand before you and speak on the topic of destroying life in the womb. The words I am about to speak to you are my words; they are from my heart. I am a father of two daughters and grandfather of two granddaughters. I have a heart that is saddened when I think of the [...]
Robert Latimer killed his daughter Tracey Latimer, who had cerebral palsy, in 1993 and after several trials and two Supreme Court decisions, began serving his “life” sentence for second degree murder on Jan. 18, 2001. By March 2008, he was out of prison on day parole. The Canadian Press has reported that Corrections Canada’s parole board had to recently admonish Latimer after [...]
Tiger Woods and his wife were dining in a fashionable Chinese restaurant. When it was time to crack open the fortune cookies, Elin impulsively tore open her husband’s and read the cryptic fortune aloud: “He who drives well on the fairway may not always fare well on the driveway.” “What do you think this means?” she asked in a trembling voice. Her [...]
On Nov. 20, Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical leaders in the United States set a splendid example for their counterparts in Canada by issuing the Manhattan Declaration – a ringing statement of resolve to resist the growing subversion of the moral order and the suppression of freedom of religion by secular zealots in legislatures, governments and the courts. Included among the [...]
I got a call from a group of mysterious people in Florida who pleaded with me – and almost demanded – that I come down to Florida and help solve the marital problems of a prominent golfer whose name they refused to reveal. But it was obvious whom they meant. They referred to him only by his code name: “Mr. T.” The [...]