La Corona: On the Calculus of Mortality

    For this we put aside our claim on love Lay waste our little square of common home Emotion stoked and fearful we refrain Impassioned, rationed and enthroned alone.   Corona is the circle of the sun A super-nova scourg’d upon the earth A clash of opposites to life...
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HOT TOPIC: THE CITIZENS JUST GET ON WITH IT

      You can tell we’re getting restless — twitching and twisting and otherwise maneuvering ourselves into the familiar postures that characterized life, say, last January.  We’re homesick: sick of being at home and making allowances for spouses, children, boarders, ...
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COVID-19 and Abortion: Why Are We Concerned?

  I write this from my home in North Carolina, not having seen (in person) anyone outside of my family (except the postman) for almost two weeks. Our governor has issued a stay-at-home order for April. Like many other places in the country, most everything here is shut down,...
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The Importance of Being Self-Governed

At the close of World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur headed the American occupation forces in Japan. As part of the plan to eliminate Japanese militarism and Emperor-worship, and to encourage the democratization of the Japanese people, the occupation forces disseminated examples...
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HOT TOPIC: 7 Arrested for Praying Near Greensboro Abortion Clinic During Stay-at Home Order (P.J. Media)

https://pjmedia.com/trending/christian-round-ups-continue-in-greensboro-7-arrested-for-praying-near-abortion-clinic/ On Sunday, we reported that four men were arrested outside a Greensboro, N.C., abortion clinic, where they were conducting a prayer walk. Despite the fact that...
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The Pro-Life Movement Meets Biopolitics

  “We will have to discard simple dichotomies” when the coronavirus pandemic finally subsides, Francis Fukuyama predicts in The Atlantic. Let’s borrow that line for a moment and apply it to the pro-life cause. The dichotomy that concerns Fukuyama is between liberal...
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HOT TOPIC: Maria McFadden Maffucci (NEWSMAX BLOG) on Gov. Cuomo’s Coronavirus Response

Today, I almost fell of my chair when he said this,” No American is going to say accelerate the economy at the cost of human life. Because no American is going to say how much a human life is worth.” Now, I am not trying to discern Governor Cuomo’s sincerity or...
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HOT TOPIC: WILLIAM MURCHISON “BY THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH”

        I am finding people, in their common befuddlement, being just people; carrying on friendly conversations with strangers in the check-out line — while observing a prim and proper 6-foot distance;  entering or re-entering relationships based on the common peril (or...
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Singing in the Darkness

  “Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, and let your trumpets shout salvation for the victory of our mighty king . . .” These are the opening words of the Exsultet, the chant sung by the deacon at the Great Vigil of Easter invoking all powers and creatures to...
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HOT TOPIC: News Flash Chuck Schumer — You Don’t Speak for Me

https://www.newsmax.com/mariamcfaddenmaffucci/gallup-roberts-russo/2020/03/12/id/958046/   A recent Gallup poll found that 51 percent of American women consider themselves “pro-life.” I’d say quite a few them are angry — at Schumer. Another recent poll, the...
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