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This article was originally posted June 10, 2025, on Ed Mechmann’s Public Policy Blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   New York State’s government, already infamous for its hostility to life in the womb, has taken another tragic step towards the moral abyss – the State... Read More →

    In my last reflection here, I argued against euthanasia and physician assisted suicide—medically available options in an increasing number of countries, and states in the U.S. But as with many other unethical practices, simply making the case for their wrongness is... Read More →

  In my first-ever anti-euthanasia article, published in Newsweek in 1993, I described the suicide of my friend Frances, who killed herself under the influence of the euthanasia-promoting Hemlock Society (since rechristened Compassion and Choices). Toward the end of the... Read More →

  In political science, there is a concept known as the “Overton Window.” Named after the professor who first suggested it, the idea is that the public discussion or advocacy of policies must take place within a range of opinions that are generally accepted by society as... Read More →

    In the first chapter of his first epistle to the Corinthians, Saint Paul writes: “The preaching of the cross is to them that [are] perish[ing], foolishness; but unto us which are [being] saved, it is the power of God.” Recently preaching on this passage, I first... Read More →

___________________________________________________ LOSING OUR DIGNITY: HOW SECULARIZED MEDICINE IS UNDERMINING FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN EQUALITY Charles C. Camosy (Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2021, paperback, 224 pp., $22.95) Reviewed by Wesley J. Smith... Read More →

  KILLING IN THE NAME OF HEALING: CONFRONTING MEDICAL HOLOCAUSTS PAST AND PRESENT William C. Brennan (Franciscan University Press, 2021, hardcover, 299 pages, $40) Reviewed by John M. Grondelski _______________________________________________________________________ The 75th... Read More →

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This day brings fond memories of many happy celebrations at the McFadden’s New York City apartment, which was next to the parade route. My parents welcomed family and friends for what was truly a multi-cultural event: German food, because my Dad’s mom was... Read More →

  As readers of this journal only too painfully know, in May 2018 Ireland voted by a two-to-one margin to remove from its Constitution the amendment protecting the right to life of unborn children. It was a devastating blow not just to the pro-life movement in Ireland, but... Read More →