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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A Letter From Maria

February 25, 2020 Dear Friends, Have we got news! A new matching grant for our donors, and a new editor! That’s just the beginning. In an exciting first for us, a generous donor is offering to match your donations with $2 for every $1 donated up to $40,000 —which means a possible...
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HOT TOPIC: Warren’s ‘Virtue Posturing’ on Abortion Rings Hollow

Maria McFadden Maffucci writes about the latest debate scene It was a startling moment in the frenetic and furious presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., repeated her (questionable) claim that she once lost a job because she became...
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