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  The choice to abort a baby is often driven by poverty and isolation. One study states, “Sixty percent [of women who aborted their children] reported they would have preferred to give birth if they had received more support from others or had more financial security.1”... Read More →

  Lisa Rose, a graduate of UCLA, is the president and founder of Live Action, a non-profit organization that supports life and is known for its media advocacy and undercover investigations.   She recounts an incident that took place while she was a student at UCLA that tells us,... Read More →

  Rosalie Markezich loved working with children at her daycare job.1,2 According to documents uploaded by Louisiana Right to Life, she looked at the positive result of her pregnancy test and smiled. However, she was apprehensive about her boyfriend’s reaction. Should she... Read More →

  Recently, some prominent cultural figures have bucked a longstanding American tradition of vilifying people with different political views. When Republicans and Democrats come together to talk to one another as human beings, they often emphasize shared humanity over... Read More →

  It’s an ordinary day in the ancient city of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is growling, but that’s been going on for years. For now, the streets are busy with merchants, farmers, shopkeepers, laborers and soldiers going about their business. A weaver named Successus pauses before... Read More →

  Over ten years ago, writer and cultural analyst Douglas Murray warned that when Iran became close to acquiring nuclear weapons, Israel would strike and, if necessary, strike alone. Has that moment arrived? If so, would that justify the decapitation of Iran’s leadership,... Read More →

  I would like to ask students the following question: “In the interest of equality, do you think that pilots and passengers should take turns in flying the plane”?  “No,” I would expect them to say, because an untrained passenger would expose everyone on the aircraft to... Read More →

  I recently read news about a British woman named Wendy Duffy, who died in April at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland. Duffy’s son, Marcus, passed away some four years ago in a freak accident at their home. Since then, Duffy said, she has wanted to join him in... Read More →

  One frigid afternoon not long ago, I stood overlooking the paddock at the Aqueduct racetrack, doing my best to evaluate the entries in the upcoming contest; it was an event for younger horses who had never won a race, or maidens. A couple of them were going out for the... Read More →

  I was in Florida with my brother and his family for Easter and Good Friday found us in the Emergency Room at the local hospital. Nothing tragic here, my sister-in-law is getting infusions for a health issue (not cancer), a portal has been attached near her breast bone to... Read More →