August 2015

August 5, 2015

Pro-Life vs. Anti-Abortion

I wrote about this some time ago (here) saying that I thought it had been a mistake for the movement against abortion to adopt the term "pro-life." Not that it's not accurate, and not that I don't understand the rationale for it. But it invites the response which it regularly gets: "You're not truly pro-life,…

52 Authors: Week 31 – Newman

I am not a Newman enthusiast. I find his prose to be dense, difficult, and often obtuse, not to mention unnecessarily long-winded. This is probably one of those differences in sensibilities between 19th century Victorians and 21st century blog readers. I find much more pleasure reading Lewis. That being said, Newman is one of the…

Pro-Life vs. Anti-Abortion

52 Authors: Week 31 – Newman

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