Topic: brain

Five friends go on Spring Break together. They all come back from Spring Break pregnant.They discuss their options over the ensuing months. Finally, at 24 weeks,  they decide to opt for abortions ... discuss

e from my oldest son’s yearly visit with his neurosurgeon, I was listening to K-Love and the song, Jesus Bring the Rain by Mercy Me, came on. I can count a million times People asking me how I ... discuss

ow that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 When I wrote Praise You in This Storm not even a week ago I had no id ... discuss

What would you say if you came across some bed wetter obsessively scanning bar codes to make sure it wasn’t a Koch-owned company? Get a life is the first thing that comes to mind. Via Red Alert: Fo ... discuss

The Liberal Offender shared Arys Daniela's photo."Two Presidents, both with empty hands and in the rain. One uses his God-given hands, the other thinks he's God himself." Re-post from A ... discuss

Three-Year-Old Toddler Thrives Because Mom Ignored ... discuss

-- Bl. Pope John Paul II was often criticized for having cranked out more canonizations than all his predecessors combined.  Yet this week, Pope Francis outdid them all in a single stroke by cano ... discuss

Vegetarian?!  First, let me clarify a few things. We think bacon is proof that God loves us.  I have made and enjoyed chocolate covered bacon, and I would totally try bacon ice cream. We think that ... discuss

Douglas Karpen Kermit Gosnell is not an isolated case.  More horror stories are coming to the fore.  World Net Daily reports on video released by Life Dynamics, who interviewed three workers at an ... discuss

OH HAI there! It’s been a while since we just had some over-the-fence neighborly talk. They say that random posts aren’t allowed, but for people who thrive on random (like my bunny-trail ... discuss

     Planned Parenthood and Late Abortions By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL-ETF Dire ... discuss

Strong men are self-sufficient, while weenies look to the mommy-state to protect them. That’s not me saying that – it’s from a scientific survey of hundreds of men’s upper-body ... discuss

Many bioethicists want to destroy what remains of the sanctity/equality of human life ethic. Two areas of current push in this regard are the drive to permit infanticide and to harvest organs fro ... discuss

There is growing advocacy among the intelligentsia that denies free will--one of the morally relevant traits in our natures that make us exceptional--claiming instead that our behavior is predete ... discuss

How often we are told by "the scientists" that those outside the field have no business telling them what to--and more particularly, what not--to do. And yet, again and again and again, we learn that ... discuss

If you look around our landing page today, it might seem like we’ve got sex and abortion on the brain, here at PatheosCatholic. It’s not true; we also talk about music and tv and baseball ... discuss

New book offers a story of hope and recovery from traumatic life experiences Contact: Mary Anne Morrow, Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, 602-359-6989, mmorrow@timberlineknolls.com CH ... discuss

The abortion-lobby response to the Kermit Gosnell mass murder debacle has been to insist that Gosnell was not enabled by prochoicers even though, in the spirit of Janis "Aghast in my Gut" Compton-Carr ... discuss

Pro-abortion groups are reacting to the Gosnell verdict with predictable spin. It’s all the fault of those anti-choice people, they say. If more women had greater access to free abortion, things ... discuss

ow that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 When I wrote Praise You in This Storm not even a week ago I had no id ... discuss

It seemed like the right time for a few movies that allowed us enjoyment without having to think a lot. Mission accomplished.Abraham Lincoln, Vampire HunterI realized Tom hadn't seen Abraham Lincoln: ... discuss

A man was awarded $59,000 for being wrongly diagnosed as near death.The Yahoo news article that was published on May 10, 2013 stated: In 2009, Mark Templin had gone to the Fort Harrison VA M ... discuss

W.W. Jay-Z? - Writing for Christianity Today, Russell Moore suggests “how Christian hip-hop could call the American church back to the gospel—and hip-hop back to its roots.”A We ... discuss

It is almost depressing to think about, but there are people around the world hailed as champions of human rights who have made a career advocating for the death of their fellow humans, while those se ... discuss

David Kupelian, World News Daily: Exclusive on why jury has been given an impossible job. Have you wondered why the jury in the Kermit Gosnell multiple-baby-murder trial in Philadelphia is taking su ... discuss

e from my oldest son’s yearly visit with his neurosurgeon, I was listening to K-Love and the song, Jesus Bring the Rain by Mercy Me, came on. I can count a million times People asking me how I ... discuss

Click here to subscribe to the Social Conservative Review. Dear Friend, It's human nature to wish every victory could be final and decisive. For example, when we defeated Nazi Germany, it was a compl ... discuss

“Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.”  WEB (Read this scripture and more at http: ... discuss

Today the Washington Post decided to dig into just who it is that cares about the horrifying failure of leadership that lead to the murders of 4 American including an ambassador. To everybody’s ... discuss

It's fascinating to me, the ways in which people react to what they consider (or don't consider) an education.This headline says, "Photo Series Explores What Happens When Kids Don't Do Homework." A li ... discuss

    Gosnell jury adjourns without reaching a verdict, asks ... discuss

One of the strangest arguments I hear regularly from cyclists is that bike helmets discourage bicycling and therefore should be abandoned.  They claim that helmets do not actually make riding on ... discuss

Trust me, you don’t want to look at pornography.Preparing the final for my Mass Communications class, I thought I should share some of what we studied about one of the biggest players in the media t ... discuss

San José, Costa Rica, May 7, 2013 / 12:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A pro-life association in Costa Rica has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the plight of babies with anencephaly, who are ... discuss

This series started from a lectionary reading last week, Psalm 68. I can't track with David ascribing to God this invitation, Psalm 68:21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy cro ... discuss

You have to wonder how people this stupid manage to find jobs in a good job market, never mind a bad one. This blonde-haired bubble-head doesn't recognize a reference to the flag of the former Soviet ... discuss

Ribbon Placement: Liturgy of the Hours Vol. II: Ordinary: 1045 Proper of Seasons: 880 Psalter: Tuesday, Week II, 1235 Office of Readings for Tuesday in Week 6 of Easter God, come to my assistance.R ... discuss

Saturday of the Fifth Week of Easter.(Click here for readings)Jesus said to his disciples:  “If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.  If you belonged to the world, the ... discuss

Next week, I’ll be reviewing Of Games and God by Kevin Schut. It’s a good book, at least so far, and I’ll also be posting an interview with Mr. Schut himself. On that note, I’ ... discuss

A follow-up to my earlier post about the FDA providing Plan B to teenagers at any age,without a prescription, and why it's dangerous to them, as well as being an abortifacient. The American College of ... discuss

Michelle Goldberg's admits to calling her former fetus her "baby" before he was born. Last summer, when I was 20 weeks pregnant with my son, I went for a 3-D ultrasound that would tell me if he had a ... discuss

Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter (Click here for readings) Jesus said to his disciples:  I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.  He takes away every branch in me that do ... discuss

When the pot-smokers invaded Parliament Hill and other cities across the country a few days ago, openly smoking their dope, the cops did nothing. Makes you wonder who really writes the laws in this l ... discuss

Sunny Day Activities for Littles? This may seem an unusual and perhaps even an unnecessary topic. “Doesn’t she mean rainy day activities?” you ask yourself. But in fact, no, things ... discuss

  Prosecutor to Gosnell: 'Are you human?' by Cheryl Sullenger PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 2013 (Operation Rescue) - With lead prosecutor Joanne Pescatore wiping away tears, ... discuss

Something everyone should watch.WARNING - Not for the lighthearted! Sex is treated flippantly in parts of the presentation. Nor is it for those that don't want to be shocked by the facts.Here are some ... discuss

Here are a handful of new Kindle deals you may have missed over the weekend: Journey to Joy by Josh Moody, a brand new book, ($0.99); Who Do You Think You Are? by Mark Driscoll ($3.99); What Jesus Dem ... discuss

Or: Yet Another Adventure in The Equuschick’s and Shasta’s Marriage. Thursday morning Shasta got up at 7 am and began to make pancakes. Since he had made it to bed at 2 am and The Equusc ... discuss

Susan GriffithsThe story of Susan Griffiths assisted suicide death at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland has significant emotional appeal. If assisted suicide is so caring and compassionate, then ... discuss

 --- 1 ---Fridays for me mean the day off from work.  This can be a good thing or a bad thing and sometimes both - fluctuating by the hour.  The original idea, since I work part time, w ... discuss

After a day off yesterday, Kindle deals are back today. What Is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert ($2.99); Redemption by Mike Wilkerson ($2.99); Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper ($2.99); Be Hopeful ... discuss

Has life ... or the economy or politics or the state of the world ... got you down? After a while, reading the headlines stops informing you and starts deflating you. You think you're filling your br ... discuss

  Five Ways to Halt the Advance of Chemical Abortion ... discuss

 DEVASTATING SIDE EFFECTS ACCOMPANY FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTS By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. As most of our NRL News Today readers already know, the hype surrounding embryonic ... discuss

You knew it would happen.   Members of congress,  including all Democrats, understand that Obamacare really sux.   They want no part of it for themselves, their families, or their staff. ThatR ... discuss

I didn't plan to have the last two WILW posts to be themed but that is life for you. ;)Since yesterday's doctor appointment ended with my doctor telling me that I should avoid eating wheat, I thought ... discuss

The Nanny State's Unending Quest for PowerImportant ReadsNew Brain Cells? Yet Another Adult Stem Cell Breakthrough.Where Do Wealthy Countries Go for their Defense Dollars? To the American Taxpayer.A S ... discuss

Do you love your wife enough to not have sex her? That is one of the provocative questions raised by the book, Birth Control—a small volume of Ghandi’s collective teachings on the subject ... discuss

Do you love your wife enough to not have sex her? That is one of the provocative questions raised by the book, Birth Control—a small volume of Ghandi’s collective teachings on the subject ... discuss

When will the politicians, academicians and foundations get hip to the fact that it's adult stem cells and not embryonic stem cells that provide the best hope for radical improvements in health care?W ... discuss

If Jack Kevorkian, Dr. Death, were still alive he would be 85 next month. The euthanasia activist was an outspoken and enthusiastic advocate for killing the sick and handicapped, something he apparent ... discuss

Sometimes in science the best discoveries are those that are unexpected. Researchers in California were trying to get bone marrow stem cells to grow by introducing an antibodies to the cells. Ins ... discuss

  ‘That’s not a baby. That’s an abortion!’: clinic workers describe babies born alive by Sarah Terzo April 22, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) - When a Planned Parenthoo ... discuss

Longtime abortion advocate and abortionist David Grimes tries to intentionally deceive Washington Post readers with this quote.  David Grimes, former head of the CDC's abortion surveillance branc ... discuss

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Longtime abortion advocate and abortionist David Grimes tries to intentionally deceive Washington Post readers with this quote: David Grimes, former hea ... discuss

It turns out that regular use of low-dose aspirin isn't just beneficial for helping to prevent a thrombus that is often the cause of a stroke or heart attack in people with cardiovascular disease (bef ... discuss

The Washington Post's Sally Quinn, like most of their writers, is an unregenerate liberal. And, like most liberals, she engages in rhetorical gymnastics to justify her moral (actually immoral) positio ... discuss

 Prosecution to wrap up Thursday in Gosnell murder trial; NY Times already ends daily coverage By Dave Andrusko A picture from April 11 of the empty seats which have been reserved ... discuss

From The Grand Jury Report: Karnamaya Mongar was not one of the privileged patients. She was a 41-year-old, refugee who had recently come to the United States from a resettlement camp in Nepal. When ... discuss

Rachel has a question that I’m going to share this week not because I have the answer, but because I think she’ll be encouraged to see how many of us share her problem: Question (and it&# ... discuss

The 4 Moms of 35+ Kids are changing our structure, basically switching the current format of three weeks of assigned topics and one week of Q and A. From now on 3 of us will be answering Q&A every Th ... discuss

 Death “Morally Insignificant” in Organ Donation By Wesley J. Smith Walter GlannonI have been warning for several years that many in bioethics and the organ transplant commun ... discuss

Covenant Eyes have just provided a free eBook on understanding porn to help break porn habits. Covenant eyes are an internet accountability and filtering firm.The eBook recognises the 'plascticity of ... discuss

Tweetby Jonathon Van MarenThe conservative Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens has humorously described himself as a “minor celebrity” in his home country, Great Britain—“not famous enough ... discuss

My sense is that the crap is about to hit the proverbial fan--head-on! First off, let me disabuse you of any delusions about where I stand on the issue of Obama's constitutional ineligibility and of ... discuss

I used to think I had my stuff together. Then I got married.Marriage is great—but it rocked everything I knew. I quickly realized my basic goal in life, prior to getting married, was to simply remai ... discuss

As the anniversary of Terri Schindler Schiavo's death arrives each year, I'm amazed by how much I still struggle with the fact that America tormented a disabled woman and her beautiful family unto dea ... discuss

Things are moving . . . really moving in terms of our relocation to The Philippines.All home repairs have been accomplished and the house is on the market. Tomorrow, we will be listed on the MLS.  ... discuss

You know, I’ve had a lot of people say over the past couple of years, “why don’t you make your kids sleep in their own beds instead of with you?” Well, as cramped as our small house is, not ev ... discuss

The last few mornings I’ve been watching “Catholic Canvas” on EWTN which is an explanation of the art of the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican museums. I had known about the restoration of the fres ... discuss

Ben Carson, M.D., is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology, and Pediatrics, and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and an author of many bes ... discuss

Lloyd Marcus is another black man who refuses to drink the Kool-Aid. Let us pray that others will have ears to hear and eyes to see before it is too late! Please see previous post, IT HAS COME TO TH ... discuss

So heres the answer as to whether the likes of Pelosi & Biden would be denied the Eucharist in accordance with Canon Law: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/Ken-Walshs-Washington/2013/03/20/biden-pelosi ... discuss

In January of this year, an African-American man living out his life in a Maryland nursing home succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Because he was not a sports hero or a member of America's b ... discuss

"With respect to those meanings of 'human' that are relevant to the morality of abortion, any fetus is less human than an adult pig," tweeted Richard Dawkins on Wednesday, echoing philosopher Peter Si ... discuss

The Right Side of The Brain This image shows when you are using the Right or Left side of your brain. If you see the picture exactly as it is, you are using the left side. When you stare at it for a ... discuss

There has been a tremendous breakthrough in Down syndrome cognitive research. Using mice with a version of Down syndrome, they have successfully treated some of the hyper-stimulation of the brain whic ... discuss

Today we received a rare Saturday gift from above . . . .a snow day!!!I realize to those of you living in the Northeast, Northwest and other places arctic, this amount of snow is nothing more than a s ... discuss

Republican Party Backs De-Funding Planned Parenthood The Republican Party is now officially on record as supporting the de-funding of the taxpayer-supported Planned Parenthood abortion business. O ... discuss

David Mamet's scathing take-down and cutting analysis of centralized government and the specious arguments made by Barack Obama and his fellow gun-grabbing liberals over the past few weeks is absolute ... discuss

A woman I know recently took her children to see the Justin Bieber concert.  I personally know nothing about him and could not name even one song he sings.  My pastor has mentioned in previo ... discuss

On January 26, 1920, 24-year-old Lydia Swanson died at Chicago's Post Graduate Hospital from an abortion perpetrated by Dr. Rosa Gollnick. Lydia had developed septic inflammation of both lungs. Goll ... discuss

I have always heard that if you are going to teach something, you should teach what you are passionate about. I am passionate—more like adamant—about the eternal security of the believer. Or as St ... discuss

Note from the Editor: The views expressed are solely that of the author. This is not an endorsement of the television show Girls. Lena Dunham is an evil genius. I’ve watched her Girls series with a ... discuss

I found it somewhat daunting when Katy gave me an iPad for my 89th birthday.  What?  Another technological thing to have to learn to cope with?  I’m not at all sure I can stretch my brain tha ... discuss

This is a slightly revised and updated article I first wrote and posted in 2004 at this time.Today, January 22, marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton Supreme Court d ... discuss

--- 1 ---Just when you think you are going along just fine, doing well, trudging on, WINNING... you're knocked so far down you start to believe you may never get up.  Through blurry, tear stained ... discuss

Things to read if you are not currently in Paris participating in their March for Life on January 13th. Kathryn Jean Lopez notes how House Speaker John Boehner is channeling Henry Hyde: ...he sound ... discuss

Thirteen-year-old Greg Hoffman had been begging his parents for an iPhone all year. So on Christmas morning he was thrilled to find the object of his desire under the tree, but there was a catch. T ... discuss

Rose Kulamer's husband, John, said that on Saturday, November 30, she'd told him that she'd been to see “a woman in the West End Pgh.” who had used “a rubber tube” to cause an abortion. She ... discuss

A couple of months ago, there were  stories on the internet claiming that Allen West wrote a kinki love letter to his wife, asking her to be his “personal porn star”.  Leftie press was h ... discuss

CHILDREN OF SANDY HOOK MEETING JESUS   I found this on Friday and wanted to post it but knew weekends are “dead zones” for many blogs. But I am doing it anyway and will post it mid-w ... discuss

Would anything have really stopped Adam Lanza, and if so, what? That's the only question we should be asking and answering for ourselves now. I am a parent. Of a grown 20-something young man. Who pla ... discuss

"I’m co-hosting in the Keeping Christ in Christmas Blog Carnival, along with Tina from Truly Rich Mom and Monica from Arma Dei: Equipping Catholic Families. We'll be sharing different way ... discuss

The innocent little ones of Newtown worshiping at the cribThis email was forwarded to me by a friend. While you are writing your Christmas cards, how about including one for the priests and paris ... discuss

Gandalf the Grey: “Those are goblin Wargs! They will outrun you! Radagast the Brown: “These are rhosgobel rabbits! I’d like to see them try.” What kind of movie combines the ep ... discuss

On December 6, 1874, midwife Mrs. Johanna White perpetrated an abortion on Mrs. Christine Seifred. Christine had been unfaithful to her husband when he was away in Europe, and when he returned and l ... discuss

You remember the posting that I wrote about the man who was hurt at the Oakland protest? Well, it turns out, that he is a leftist and Military hater, he also happens to be a rabid antisemitic twit; so ... discuss

Most blogs are doing their of years stats. Because I am basically putting this blog in inactive status, I thought I would do some “end of blog” stats for you. Here are the most read postin ... discuss

Your Excellencies:Inarguably, there are hospitals for whom the label "Catholic" seems tantamount to false advertising.  Such mislabeling endangers the physical and spiritual h ... discuss

Your Excellencies:There is at least one hospital within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, for which "Catholic" is a mislabeling that endangers the physical and sp ... discuss

The following article was written by Sun Newspaper Columnist, Michele Mandel and published in the Toronto Sun on December 7, 2012 under the title: Sunnybrook doctors' ability to cut off life support g ... discuss

In my opinion, the USCCB's Ethical and Religious Directives, 5th ed (2009) could have done a superior job of incorporating the truth so beautifully explained by the Vatican, in its ... discuss

"One person with a hereditary disease costs the government 5.50 reichsmarks daily. RM 5.50 a day can support a whole genetically healthy family!" “Death pathway”.  What an amazingly steri ... discuss

The Centers for Disease Control released its annual Abortion Surveillance – United States, 2009 report last week. First came the encouraging news that the number of abortions dropped in 2009 by ... discuss

Let's sterilize the youngsters, says the US Government. Chicago Tribune reports: Wading into the incendiary subject of birth control for young teenagers, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on ... discuss

On November 26, 1923, 23-year-old Alice Johnson died at Chicago's West End Hospital from a criminal abortion performed there that day.  The coroner identified Dr. Lorenz Lapsky as being responsib ... discuss

There have been several reports in the past few years about people who are being prepared for organ donation, who wake up or shows "signs of life." These stories create a distrust in society concernin ... discuss

There is an AP story out saying the abortion rates have dropped by 5% in the past year. Sounds like good news but I find some interesting points in the story. You need to learn to read these stories w ... discuss

Judge: Obama Admin Can Force Hobby Lobby to Obey HHS Mandate A federal court today stopped enforcement of the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate against a Bible publisher which filed a ... discuss

Last week I visited my local lawyer and got my will re-done. It’s been over 6 years and many things have changed. Left the way it was, a catastrophic chain of improbable events would have le ... discuss

I just read Meg Meeker's book, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know.The book is full of great and valuable suggestions; the main takeaway points all have to do wi ... discuss

By Denise Hunnell, M.D. (Zenit.org) – Caleb Beaver died at age 16 on Christmas Day in 2011 due to a previously undiagnosed congenital malformation of his blood vessels. His devastated parents a ... discuss

Eilish O'Reagan, Health Correspondent of the Irish Independent. You can read the article on the Independent's website by clicking here. A LEADING obstetrician has said doctors do intervene to sav ... discuss

Elizabeth sent me the following questions about Samaritan Ministries.  Since I thought others might have similar questions, I asked her permission to share our correspondence.  Here it is, slightly ... discuss

New research is proving that it is possible to communicate with people who are deemed to be in a Persistent Vegetative State.Adrian Owen, a British researcher who is leading the Brain and Mind Institu ... discuss

Doctors have managed to communicate with a Canadian man, Scott Routley, thought to be in a vegetative state. He was able to tell them that he wasn't in any pain, and brain scans confirmed that he unde ... discuss

More of the stories we tell to make ourselves feel better in difficult situations, or to relieve us of responsibility, are stripped away every day. –JBH A Canadian man who was believed to have b ... discuss

A mini-abortion debate recently came to my attention, and I found the pro-choicer's thoughts to be particularly interesting:  Note: emphasis in the following quotations is my own. Comments o ... discuss

Boehner: 'Mr. President, This Is Your Moment. We’re Ready to Be Led'Led where? To the doors of the abortion mills? To the same-sex wedding? Off the fiscal cliff? Straight to hell? Sheesh!& ... discuss

Mr. and Mrs. William J.F. Bullerman ran "a rather mysterious sort of rookery" in Chicago on November 8, 1879. There, police discovered a woman named Elizabeth Foley seriously ill with septicemia. Pol ... discuss

The Pontifical Council for Culture, together with NeoStem, the Stem for Life Foundation, and STOQ International have announced next year’s Vatican-hosted conference on adult stem cell research. ... discuss

One of my true heroes passed away over the weekend. Here's his story from my upcoming book Where Do We Find Such Men?James A. “Jake” Blanchfield attended to his regular duties as Circulation Manag ... discuss

You Can’t Judge His Salvation! - C. Michael Patton looks at whether we can legitimately state that a person is unsaved. “I am not the judge of whether someone is a Christian or not. I am n ... discuss

A Colorado family is mourning this week the death of a son who was born without a brain. Although anencephaly – a condition in which babies are born with only a brain stem – affects 1 in 10,000 bi ... discuss

Nicholas Coke was born in 2009 without higher brain functions.  This is because all he had was his brain stem.  He was not expected to survive more than a few hours.  Indeed Nicholas di ... discuss

="MsoNormal">Barbara Curtis, beloved by husband, children, family, and friends worldwide died suddenly this week of a hemorrhagic stroke.  In death as in life, hers was orchestrated by Our Heave ... discuss

Hat Tip: BB Read more at Gateway Pundit… This is funny? RepublicanZombieDefense.com, a Democrat activist website, released a gross and violent “Get Out the Vote” ad today. In the video, Romn ... discuss

....for interrupting the Republican National Convention. In fact, some actually wished Republicans would drown and were gleeful about the potential problems for their political opponents.Fast forward ... discuss

From: lc Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 Subject: Military Heads Rolling Over Libya??? I am forwarding some notes sent to me by an old CIA buddy.  At first, I thought most comments on the t ... discuss

Although we've previously posted this video of a 13 year-old 8th grader and Romney supporter scoring the candidates, Jim Hoft over at Gateway Pundit has posted it today with an interesting perspective ... discuss

Yesterday I linked to a whole collection of Kindle deals from Zondervan. However, the deals took a couple of hours to go into effect. If you gave up waiting, you may want to take another look sin ... discuss

by Susan Michelle Tyrrell October 26, 2012 (Bound4Life.com) - Hey, America, do you know what you’re funding when your taxes go to “women’s health” via Planned Parenthood? You think I’m going ... discuss

I see bedtime stories for kids before I write them… I don’t take credit for this image, though… First of all, I’d like to say I’m not a “new age” kind of wr ... discuss

A new crop of babies has been born from among my young Facebook friends. These are mostly young, formerly homeschooled ladies who are Calvin's age and slightly younger. I mentioned a couple of week ... discuss

I have spent a lot of time recently studying and talking about agnosticism. Agnosticism in this post is simply the position that the proper response to a state of affairs or a body of eviden ... discuss

My Lumen Christi Missal arrived. It took me half an hour to wrap my brain around this visionary book and its implications for the future of the Catholic Mass. It's strange to see such a new book that ... discuss

Photo by Mark Perfetti, Copyright 2012I greatly enjoyed playing the ghost of Capt. Elisha Young, the first Amsterdamian to die in the Civil War, as part of the Green Hill Cemetery Haunted History Tour ... discuss

According to the headline from The Vatican Observer, Pope Paul VI to be beatified soon. All that is left is for the miracle needed to be approved. In reality it is a little more complicated than this. ... discuss

Once you train Hatha Yoga and fitness, you are required several queries. Although awareness of Yoga and fitness, and its lessons, has increased, lots of people are just finding several of the benefits ... discuss

Lily McCann is a guest blogger who has written the following article on the benefits of hydrotherapy for pain and symptom management.By Lily McCannFor people living with debilitating illness and pain ... discuss

 from Jill Stanek.comby Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN and Kelli We welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jil ... discuss

Logical fallacies, also known as non-sequiturs, abound in our postmodernist culture. If you are involved with pro-life ministry, you will hear the same clichés endlessly repeated by pro-abortion adv ... discuss

Te pro life position should have support across the left right spectrum. I congratulate Mehdi Hasan for this article. He is already being denounced by his leftist friends. Being Pro-Life Doesn't Mak ... discuss

 Four moms (one of us a grandmama, two of us now Mamas-in-law) of a still growing brood (three of us, anyway) of nearly 40 kids combined (so far), write about topics related to parenting, mothering, ... discuss

There has been a lot of talk about Dr. Yamanaka and his work on induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) since he won the Nobel Prize earlier this week.  There have been some rumblings that pr ... discuss

Thanks to everyone who shared their guess about this baby’s specs in the last update!  For those who haven’t yet, I have a new piece of info to help you.  My midwife changed her own gues ... discuss

The man that envisioned a better way than destroying human embryos to get embryonic-like stem cells has won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Dr. Shinya Yamanaka developed the technique to take an ad ... discuss

From another of those "excerpts" that Jack McDevitt likes to put at the beginning of his series from 9,000 years in the future.Intelligence and compassion are the heart of what it means to be human. H ... discuss

start here with Part 1 Perry had been casually looking at homes for sale over the past several years, but once we decided to seriously consider the idea we very quickly started searching for possibili ... discuss

An article in the New York Daily News, in an article entitled: Grace Sung Eun Lee says she wants to remain on ventilator, explains that Grace SungEun Lee (28), who has a brain tumour and had stated th ... discuss

Once you train Hatha Yoga and fitness, you are required several queries. Although awareness of Yoga and fitness, and its lessons, has increased, lots of people are just finding several of the benefits ... discuss

I, along with many other concerned parents, have recognized for a long time how the liberal media, from movies,television to music and public education, have negatively influenced children with too mu ... discuss

The new documentary Hellbound? has reignited discussion about the perennial topic of hell as well as revealed some very bizarre perspectives. Kevin Miller, the film’s director, who identifies as a C ... discuss

Hurrah!  It’s Q&A week again, my favorite because I can pick and choose the easiest questions and pretend I didn’t hear the hard ones! I jest, really.  I’m kidding!  I do try to c ... discuss

If you don't follow me on Facebook, you should, that's where I do most of my writing lately, because I have been suffering for five years with fear. Fear that Christina who once spoke beautifully and ... discuss

We have previously talked in this space about the ethics of organ donation, and what the Church teaches about it.  We also talked about how the Church's teaching in this, as in so much else, is i ... discuss

I'd heard about this before, but it's making the news again: Children live on in their mothers’ brains for decades, and not just as memories. Scientists have found pockets of male DNA, presumab ... discuss

This better not be true: A lawsuit filed in Manhattan accuses an organ collecting organization of pressuring doctors to declare dead and harvest.  From the New York Post story: The New York Org ... discuss

I wish I could have had an abortion… — Paula’s StoryI've tried googling Paula's story for more information, but all I get is re-re-re-re-re-postings. It's ubiquitous, but has no visible source. ... discuss

Bishop William Lori addressing the convention of the Knights of Columbus in August:“The question to ask is this: Are any of the candidates of either party, or independents, standing for something th ... discuss

Last night while researching my “Pro-life princess bride” post, I had an odd email exchange with blogger Marlene at Royal Musings. Marlene had some pictures posted of Katie Walker’s ... discuss

On September 21 the Huffington Post published results of a new survey on contraceptive use. The most provocative find: 5. The pill is the most popular form of contraception. About 15 percent of women ... discuss

I have my 24 week appointment at the midwife tomorrow and don't anticipate any surprises.  I love hearing the heartbeat, having the midwife tell me what position the baby is laying in, and the wo ... discuss

By Victor R. Claveau, MJSeptember 14-15, 2012 Cast of Characters: Cowboys – Professional ranch hands Ranch Boys – Residents of the Teenage Program (12-17) Beartooth Men – Residents of the Adul ... discuss

On January 22, 2001, exactly 28-years after abortion was federally legalized in the United States, Rae Carruth was convicted of “using an instrument to destroy an unborn child” – his unborn ... discuss

On January 22, 2001, exactly 28-years after abortion was federally legalized in the United States, Rae Carruth was convicted of “using an instrument to destroy an unborn child” – his unborn ... discuss

A logical argument that demonstrates the preborn in a human woman is a person:Premise 1 - A person is not defined by function, but by inherent essence and nature.Premise 2 - The preborn possesses the ... discuss

When I go to Adoration, it is such a privilege and such a humility. I go there in poverty — unworthy of anything, but willing to be open, because I trust that all God wants of us is our willingn ... discuss

Anybody been to Chicago lately? I visited the Shedd Aquarium this summer with the fam. It was interesting but expensive and very crowded. Easiest part of the trip was finding parking. Go figure. We al ... discuss

Tim Sweetman This is a repost from February 13, 2006. This article is referenced in the book Saving Leonardo by the excellent author and professor Nancy Pearcey. I wrote this as a young 16-year-old ... discuss

related, America's Final Solution: http://773.harrold.org   "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- Abraham Lincoln quotes: http://harrold.org/quotes Ca ... discuss

The HHS mandate associated with the Affordable Care Act nullifies the legal protection of Catholic health care providers to practice in a manner consistent with Catholic teaching on medical ... discuss

Why is it so difficult to live these verses? Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.  — ... discuss

Many people who smoke tobacco products expertise a really significant would like to cease there tobacco use habit. Yet it appears that whichever technique or formula they effort, they simply can not d ... discuss

Tweetby Jonathon Van MarenDid a graphic image of an aborted baby take down China’s policy of forced abortion?As the global pro-life community holds its breath in the wake of breaking news that China ... discuss

Placentas are generally useful for beautification and medicinal purposes for over 1400 several years. As a necessary component of pregnancy as well as giving birth, some sort of placenta contains rich ... discuss

We have discussed here repeatedly various religious/secular controversies that require the balancing of interests.  We have also repeatedly discussed why I believe–and many commenters donR ... discuss

It’s regrettable to see pro-life candidates falling for the same media trap all over again. The pro-abortion press presses in. “Do you favor overturning Roe v. Wade,” reporters ask ... discuss

Today on the 700 Club Pat Robertson jokingly advised a viewer of his show today to move to Saudia Arabia so he would be able to beat his wife.Buzzfeed reports:Robertson’s tone indicates he’ ... discuss

John Piper Quotes - Here’s another round-up of funny quotes from John Piper. Here’s a favorite (dealing with memorizing Scripture): “Which means you’ve gotta fight to learn the ... discuss

A few days ago I talked about God’s use of the weak to shame the strong. One of the examples I gave involved babies who survived abortion attempts, showing their would-be assassins who really ha ... discuss

“… But God also gave us a brain and intended us to use it.” I flinched. Most people don’t really mean it the way it sounds, and even those who do mean it wouldn’t say it ... discuss

Isn't it amazing how the Democrats seem to know exactly what the Republicans are thinking at any given moment about any given topic? You'd think that Republicans were created on an assembly line and a ... discuss

You wouldn’t know it from reading the reporter whines in this post, but: presidential campaigns are not conducted primarily for the amusement of the press, but to select a president of the Unite ... discuss

This time in the Mysterious Case of the Missing Contraceptive Implants (thanks to Daily Mail UK for reporting). Seems that those implants just like to float away from the original implant spot. N ... discuss

by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, Ontario, 4 September, 12 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Ontario’s organ donation agency aggressively campaigns to grow a list of registered organ donors, a legal scholar has sl ... discuss

by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, Ontario, 4 September, 12 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Ontario’s organ donation agency aggressively campaigns to grow a list of registered organ donors, a legal scholar has sl ... discuss

I am often asked how so many animal rights activists can also be so pro abortion.  For example, when I debated Gary Francione at Columbia Law School about animal rights, he said he supported abortion ... discuss

The one and only Zo takes on Democrats and Republicans on the abortion issue: See more from Zo at AlfonZoRachel.com. Subscribe in a reader ... discuss

In Bioethics of Organ Donation (OSV, 8/19/12), kudos should go to Dr Peter Colosi of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary for calling attention to Pope John Paul II's August 2000 address to the International ... discuss