Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 160

Yesterday, Rod Bennett and I…

talked about Rene Girard, scapegoating, and Merian C. Cooper, among many other things:

12 Years Ago Terri Schiavo Was Killed by Thirst

Food and water were re-defined as “extraordinary care” and she was denied them and left to die. Prolife Christians very understandably spoke out against this. Last year, a man named Terrill Thomas was being held in the jail of right wing culture war folk hero David Clarke. His jailers chose to cut off his water [Read More...]

Some years back I wrote a post on why we don’t have busts and statues of Hitler to remind us of the Holocaust

Here’s the piece: In Arlington National Cemetery a coalition of white businessmen from various southern states just put up a statue of Adolf Hitler on D-Day to commemorate his work in helping to create so many of the hallowed dead being honored there.  Some have objected to this controversial decision, but the businessmen have waved [Read More...]

A chance to help a family in Africa that really needs our help

Reader Dennis Donovan writes: Four kids who lost their father in January 2015 need to start the next school term in May. Also, a group of underprivileged children need to return to (and begin) public schools in May – the fees for public school are low by US standards, but there are fees nevertheless. The [Read More...]

Strange Bedfellows

Here’s a piece by a doctor arguing that doctors (who are, recall, sworn to “do no harm”) should be permitted to act as executioners. The logic of his argument is that if doctors don’t do it, then people less qualified may botch the execution, leading to the kind of agonies recently witnessed in the botched [Read More...]

On the air with Rod Bennett at 5 PM Eastern…

…on Connecting the Dots, talking about all manner of arcana and gallimaufrey.  Give us a call at 1-573-4BREAD4.

Yesterday, we interviewed Aimee Christine Murphy…

…on Connecting the Dots and heard her powerful story about how a death threat from her rapist showed her the evil illogic of abortion: You can find out more about her work with a consistent ethic of non-violence and the sanctity of human life at Rehumanize International.

John Zmirak accidently explains…

…why it was obvious that Clinton should have been supported in the last election in order to defeat Trump: Sometimes a deeply flawed person leading a movement that’s morally mixed is the only hope of stopping something vastly more dangerous and evil. Wait, I take that back. That isn’t true “sometimes.” It’s true almost all the [Read More...]

More Catholic Prolife Triumphs from the Trump Administration

So far, what the Trump Administration has yielded is a SCOTUS judge who declares–exactly like Hillary Clinton–that Roe is settled law, that the fetus is not a person entitled to protection by law, and that he would have walked out of the room if asked to say otherwise by Trump (no fear of that ever [Read More...]

A Golden Age for Satire