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RFK Jr, Autism, Eugenics–and Pro-Life Silence?

  From its beginning, the pro-life movement has been identifying the reemergence of eugenics, in medicine, law, and society. Indeed, despite the horrors of the Third Reich, the evil ideology never really went away. From Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s crusade to...
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IVF: The Frozen Sleep Evading Time

  This article previously appeared in AMERICAN THINKER May 4, 2025, here and is used with permission. ___________________________________________________________________________   Lost in Space was a hit sci-fi show when I was growing up, and “Condemned of Space” was...
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The Other AI

  Long before Pope Leo XIV spoke of the mixed blessings of artificial intelligence and was named by Time a Top 100 figure on the hot topic, the Catholic Church had expounded on another AI, i.e., artificial insemination. The two AIs have more in common than might seem at...
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Seen But Not Heard

  I recently made a trip to Tabora, Tanzania, a place most people I know have probably never heard of let alone visited. Certainly, I would not have heard of it but for a connection with the Anglican bishop there, who had repeatedly invited me to visit his diocese. The trip...
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