First, get social moral issues right Sheila September 29, 2010 Then come policy decisions on taxes, the economy, trade, healthcare reform, immigration… That’s the message drafters of the Manhattan Read More
‘Rights and duties of the state and Sheila September 29, 2010 When Pope Benedict makes apostolic visits to to various countries, his remarks and addresses always reflect keen insight into that Read More
Atheists vs. religious symbols Sheila September 16, 2010 Or is it just the Christian cross? The real name of the case is American Atheists v. Davenport, and it Read More
‘Assistance with an intentioned death’ Sheila September 16, 2010 Or killing, in other words. No matter how the assisted suicide people play with semantics, they’re ending lives. And Read More
Obamacare price tag is showing Sheila September 15, 2010 Suddenly, everyone is talking about their healthcare insurance bills. Anyone who paid attention to all that argument all those months Read More
“This is a baby.” Sheila September 12, 2010 That’s how an IBM commercial begins, one that’s currently airing during big prime time schedules. The first time Read More
Obama wants to pay for stem cell Sheila September 11, 2010 Embryonic stem cell research, to be clear. It would be technically true to tag that photo ‘Writing off human lives.’ Read More
The president, the pastor and the plot Sheila September 9, 2010 Sounds like the beginning of a joke. Or the working title for a mystery story. In reality, it’s the Read More
Praying over provocation Sheila September 8, 2010 Since September 11, 2001, most of the civilized world has understood that some people holding extreme views of their religion can commit Read More
Marriage, a “difficult issue” Sheila September 5, 2010 A few years ago, the Witherspoon Institute assembled essays from nearly a dozen outstanding scholars in a book that probably Read More