The death of us all Sheila March 30, 2007 Terri Schiavo’s agonizing and very public execution was more than a tragic story in America in the recent past. Read More
The Other Schindler’s List Sheila March 30, 2007 Unlike the famous one, this list was not able to save a life. If you think you know the story Read More
The will to live Sheila March 29, 2007 Saturday, March 31, marks the second anniversary of the passing of Terri Schindler Schiavo. The last 15 years of her life were Read More
Pushing pills Sheila March 22, 2007 NARAL is on a campaign to get the ‘morning-after’ pill on more shelves across the nation. The Kroger food chain Read More
Court rules out contraception coverage, but… Sheila March 22, 2007 There are a couple of qualifiers embedded in this story about the recent federal appeals court ruling that health care Read More
Hannity reverberations Sheila March 20, 2007 It’s been over a week and a half since Sean Hannity confronted Fr. Thomas Euteneuer on Fox News over Read More
The reasoning of Peter Singer Sheila March 20, 2007 Peter Singer is well known for his logic by which humans are about as valuable as you arbitrarily decide they Read More
When caught, change the rules Sheila March 20, 2007 My bioethics expert and colleague Nancy Valko passed along this bizarre little story from the New York Times on the Read More
For your edification Sheila March 16, 2007 I meant to get to this before, but fortunately veteran Chicago newsman Tom Roeser did (thanks, Dolores, for catching it). Read More
The right questions Sheila March 14, 2007 Civil discourse is one thing, elusive as it is in politics (see post below). But what you talk about is Read More