The Ethic of Control: Margaret Sanger, Eugenics, and Planned Parenthood by Angela Franz2/25/09 The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), despite coming under frequent attacks by pro-lifers, remains one of the most respected and well-funded organizations in the country. Add the Internation...

I admit, I was kind of lukewarm about the WBC before it started. But that was before all the compelling, entertaining and exciting games and upsets we've seen so far. Tonight, there are three games, with one more tomorrow that will end the first round. Use this thread for discussing all three of the...

The Cubs have their first of two scheduled off-days during spring training today, so let's first talk about Carlos Marmol's performance during the Netherlands' stunning 2-1 win over the Dominican Republic last night, a game that eliminated the DR from the WBC and will shortly send Marmol back to Cub...

The 5 Most Pathetic Words: “I Am a Pro-Choice Catholic� How does a formerly pro-life Catholic college girl morph into a pro-abortion zealot who identifies the roots of her transformation as including attending the National March for Life?You read that right.As implausible as it might sound, Kate...

Rev. Reese and the Fallacy of the Mean Rev. Thomas Reese, sj, after proposing ways to limit research on embryonic human beings, admits that his suggestions "will not satisfy those who find any use of embryos ethically objectionable, but it will indicate that the Obama administration is trying to fin...

And this time, I mean it: Cubs pitchers were outstanding in today's 8-1 win over the Mariners. Rich Harden threw two shutout innings, Ryan Dempster followed with three, and Aaron Heilman struck out five in his three innings, and allowed the Mariners' only run. Jose Ascanio finished up; all told, Cub...

I'm really not sure what to make of this, and I want to try to be fair to Milton Bradley. In yesterday's Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, writer Gil Lebreton said that Bradley, essentially, was jaking it at times last year: "My agent was saying that Jon Daniels was telling him, 'There are days when he doesn...

Yesterday, Obama did exactly what was expected, he lifted the few limits there were on embryonic stem cell (ESC) research . & lied in so many ways while doing it. I have talked so many times before about the false hope using ESCs offers so I won't go into that here. But, if what I read is right,...

Pro-lifers get all over Guttmacher Charlie Butts and Jody Brown - OneNewsNow - 2/26/2009 7:00:00 AM (My comments at the bottom) The Guttmacher Institute has completed a study that suggests Planned Parenthood needs more money. The American Life League, in response, calls the study a "well-timed and s...

King Tutt - The Evolution EP (Unruly Records) When I picked King Tutt as the best club music producer in the City Paper's 2007 Best Of Baltimore issue, I was really trying to look ahead, and find someone less known that was showing a lot of potential, instead of just giving the award to someone more...