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  “Leading with Love,” a conference on pregnancy crisis centers and concrete assistance to new mothers – especially those in crisis pregnancies – took place October 8 at The Catholic University of America, Washington. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Human Life... Read More →

The setting was the East Village in the mid-1990s, and we were just two of the many writers you could have conked if you threw a rock in any direction. We had washed out of the arts and culture scene of the previous decade, and although we didn’t know each other then, we were... Read More →

There are more than eight billion people in our world. It would seem, based on the overwhelming evidence, that any notion that life is hateful and that no more human beings ought to be born has been thoroughly rejected. Births are obviously not a rare event. Human beings, on... Read More →

  It has become common in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade for prolifers to describe the Dobbs decision as a milestone in a longer journey, and in that same time frame it has become clear that we need a better roadmap. The prolife movement spent... Read More →

  The pro-life sensibility extends beyond the manifest beauty of a baby and the awesome realities of prenatal life. It extends beyond the intricate, sometimes self-sacrificing, and perduring interconnections of mother and child. Indeed, the pro-life sensibility extends... Read More →

  Catholic social teaching provides a compelling and coherent account of the dignity of the human person. More than a collection of moral teachings pertaining to political, economic, and social life, Catholic social teaching provides a robust framework by which the defense... Read More →

  The prolife movement has rightly focused on protecting life before birth and has saved countless people in the process. The next essential step is to advocate for the dignity and quality of life of those same individuals after birth. Unfortunately, our advocacy for them in... Read More →

This September marked my 28th Gotcha Day. Normally it is a time for cake, family dinners, and retelling the story of how, when I was 18 months old, I joined my family through adoption. But this year felt different. My husband and I are living as digital nomads on the East Coast,... Read More →

  “Without truth there must be a dissolution of society. As it is there is so little truth, that we are almost afraid to trust our ears; but how should we be, if falsehood were multiplied ten times?” —Samuel Johnson quoted in Boswell’s Life of Johnson   In the Oxford... Read More →

As I write, news outlets are reporting what AP calls “the first reported use of [Chinese] artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion.” On the euthanasia/suicide front, a Canadian reports losing two grandmothers to Medical Assistance in... Read More →