Christina M | November 30, 2003
It’s official… Advent is here, Thanksgiving is past, and we’re allowed now to listen to Christmas music in the open. Deck the Halls! I’ve heard occasional criticisms of the way that American Christians celebrate the coming of Christmas. Many faithful Catholics I know are quick to remind me that this season is Advent, not Christmas… […]
Christina M | November 25, 2003
The good news is that a new Planned Parenthood clinic has been effectively blocked from being built. Through the process of choice. One by one, contractors have chosen to drop out of the project, after urging by pro life groups and the threat of a boycott by Austin and San Antonio area churches. Alexander Sanger, […]
Christina M | November 24, 2003
If you listened to the squeakiest wheels, you would get the impression that most people, and all reasonable people, are pro-choice. Pro-choice, these same squeaky wheels would further claim, means in favor of abortion rights, whether or not they would personally have an abortion. The implication is that even if you don’t believe in abortion, […]
Christina M | November 22, 2003
No matter how hard you try to avoid it, you simply cannot, lately, escape the media blitz surrounding the Michael Jackson pedophilia case. Our nation is just beginning to wind down from the Catholic Church scandal, and it seems as though the American people are hungry for more sensationalism and rumors of pedophilia. But with […]
Christina M | November 18, 2003
Today I am scheduled for a prenatal sonogram, and I am filled with excitement. I get to learn, I hope, whether my baby is a boy or a girl. This is an occasion of joy, and the opportunity to decide whether to keep the blue hand-me-downs or the pink. Getting a peek into the window […]
Christina M | November 14, 2003
I half expected that once Terri Schiavo had been rescued, even temporarily, her case would disappear from the media, at least for the moment. As a search for news about Terri Schiavo will indicate, this is not the case after all. Knowing that her feeding tube could be removed at any time by future acts […]