Recent Articles

Note to Hollywood: Recalibrate that Moral Compass

In HBO's synopsis of its 2008 documentary, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," they refer to the rape as "a fateful mistake during a 1977 photo shoot with a 13-year-old girl." A mistake? A 43 year-old man drugs, rapes, and sodomizes a 13-year old girl and it's a mistake?  Read More...

What Will You Do for the Least of These?

Beginning in 1972, the first Sunday of October has been designated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as "Respect Life Sunday." This designation, however, is not intended to be a one-day event-instead, it marks the beginning of a new Respect Life year. Our efforts at building a culture of life are not and cannot be relegated to one day each year. Read More...

Abortion is Not Health Care  

In an August 18, 2009 article on the Huffington Post entitled "Women's Health Is Universal Health Care," Cecile Richards-president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)-takes aim at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. As might be expected, Richards' words reflect her hypocrisy and intolerance of our Bishops as well as her typical avoidance of facts. Read More...

So Who's Deceiving Whom?

My first column for The Observer (August 2004) explored how abortion apologists attempt to control language, thought, and ultimately, action via "illusion, ambiguity, disinformation, deception, contradiction, propaganda, and sometimes out and out lies." These seven tools--the abortion industry's stock-in-trade--are used consistently to promote their ideology. Read More...

Archive 

At Last! - The Observer August, 2009

A Divine Plan, an Unintended Secret - The Observer July 5, 2009

Is Common Ground Possible?  - The Observer June 5, 2009 

Academic Freedom and Hypocritical Dissenters - The Observer May 1, 2009

Reported Deaths by Abortion in Illinois During 2007 - Life Matters May, 2009

Who's Out of Touch with Reality? - The Observer April 3, 2009

Distorting and Concealing Facts to Serve a Political Agenda - Life Matters April, 2009

The Best-Laid Plans Often Go Awry - The Observer March 6, 2009

Continued Diligence Needed - Life Matters March, 2009

It's Just a Matter of Time - The Observer February 6, 2009

Historic, but ... - The Observer December 5, 2008

We Will Never Give Up - The Observer November 7, 2008

The Ugly Face of Radical Feminism - The Observer October 3, 2008

Maybe It Is Too Much To Expect - The Observer September 6, 2008

Once again there was silence . . . - The Observer August 1, 2008

Defiance and the Beginning of the Culture Wars - The Observer July 4, 2008

"Catholic" Website Shamelessly Promotes Pro-Abortion Candidate - The Observer June 6, 2008

What's Wrong With This Picture? - Life Matters June 2008

The Notion of Scandal Raises Its Ugly Head Again - The Observer May 2, 2008

The Battle Rages - The Observer April 4, 2008

HPV: Sorting Through the Facts  - Life Matters March 2007

Totally Unreasonable - The Observer March 2, 2007

Adequate and Loving Care - The Observer February 2, 2007

WHAAAATEVERRRR! - Life Matters January 2007

Serious Blows to the Dignity - Life Matters December 2006

Deception Wins Over Truth - The Observer January 12, 2006

Parents Left in the Dark - Life Matters November 2006

Ms. Tries to Eliminate Stigma of Abortion - The Observer November 3, 2006

A Great Campaign in Support of Life - The Observer October 6, 2006

Be Aware, Be Very Aware - Life Matters September 2006

Using "religion" to Promote Immoral Causes - The Observer September 1, 2006

Can The Door Be Closed? - Life Matters August 2006

And the award goes to . . .  - The Observer August 4, 2006

Accustomed to most, surprised by one  - The Observer July 14, 2006

Breaching the moral floodgate - The Observer June 2, 2006

Special Kids—Special Moms - The Observer May 5, 2006

Post-Fertilization Confusion - Life Matters April 2006

Interrelated, but not equivalent  - The Observer April 7, 2006

Setting up Shop in a Location Near You?  - Life Matters March 2006

Who’s in the cafeteria line? - The Observer March 3, 2006

Reported Abortions In Illinois: Lowest In 30 Years... - Life Matters February 2006

Suffering Takes Many Forms - The Observer February 3, 2006

Her wedding dress won’t fit with a “baby in there”...  - The Observer January 13, 2006

Do ‘Good’ Causes Always Promote Good? - Life Matters December 2005

Not Everyone Welcomed the News - The Observer December 2, 2005

Times Change, Truth Does Not - The Observer November 2, 2005

October Observances - Life Matters October 2005

Shocking—But Not Surprising - The Observer October 7, 2005

The Britney Factor - Life Matters September 2005

Parents CAN Make a Difference - The Observer September 2, 2005

Woe To Those Who Call Evil Good - The Observer August 5, 2005

Truth in Reporting? - Life Matters August 2005

Do your marriage a favor… - The Observer July 1, 2005

Bringing Honor or Dishonor to Motherhood - May 6, 2005

A Pitiless Way to Kill - Life Matters April 2005

Suffering for a Greater Good - The Observer April 1, 2005

They wouldn’t do it to a dog - The Observer March 4, 2005

Stem Cell Research: Back to the Basics - The Observer March 3, 2005

Blinded by Choice - Life Matters February 2005

Gentle, Loving Boy” Uses Baseball Bat to Abort Hi... - The Observer February 4, 2005

Is It Ever “Too Late” for an Abortion? - The Observer January 7, 2005

Opinion or Truth? - Life Matters December 2004 

Another Birthday For Louise - Life Matters August 2004