Africa’s abortion-rights breakthrough
Despite U.S. right-wingers’ best efforts, Kenya’s abortion restrictions are being loosened in hopes fewer women die
Religious freedom: use it or lose it
This is a Paul Revere moment for America. But it’s not the British who are coming; it’s Big Brother. Do you assume America is a free country? Do you assume…
The Beloved Country – crying out for leadership
A visit to South Africa showed there are still reasons to cry, and reason to hope. Young South Africans need good leaders. Picture: Komati Foundation Last year I spent five…
What’s Behind the HHS Mandate?
What do the University of Notre Dame, EWTN, and the Archdiocese of New York have in common? More than you probably think. Each is a Catholic institution, of course. Each…
Teen girls get ‘porn star’ treatment – with mum’s help?
A couple of weeks ago my local newspaper thought it newsworthy that men are getting Brazilian waxes. Now an Australian paper reports that girls as young as 14 are…
“I felt as if I had been given my country back”
It was all joy. There had been such muddles over the complex ticketing arrangements, and such hostility from sections of the mass media, and such horrible things said by campaigners…
Is tolerant Islam a myth?
It appears to be a sign that you’re doing something abundantly right when the leaders of major Arab and Muslim groups demand that your conference be monitored by the thought…
A new battler for Britain
Defying dreary weather and drearier protests, the state visit of Benedict XVI to England and Scotland was, by all accounts, a smashing success. Although only about 5 million of 60…
The Rwandan genocide: a revisionist history
Political wars around the history of genocide are most evident in controversies over the Holocaust (see "The Holocaust, genocide studies, and politics", 18 August 2010). But they are also sharpening…
United Nations demands inquiry into mass rapes in Congo
Mass rapes of women and children strongly condemned A United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the mass rapes in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, or…
Reaping the whirlwind
“It began on Saturday 7th September 1940 at around tea-time… That Saturday was a warm, sunny Autumn day. In the late afternoon we of the Auxiliary Fire Service, stationed at…
NYC Imam says ‘No Deal’ after Florida Pastor Cancels Burning of Quran
Pastor Terry Jones announced earlier today that he was cancelling the burning of copies of the Quran in response to a decision by the Imam in New York City to…