Dystopian Utopia: The Giver and the Sanctity of Human Life
At just under 200 pages, The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a one- or two-day read. The novel tells of a society that seeks perfection at...
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Jan 12, 20154 min read
Five Great Anti-War Movies
Movies can be a valuable resource for consistent life ethic activists. A movie that touches on one of the life issues can engage...
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Jan 12, 20155 min read
Sexual Assault on Campus, and Why the Accused Should Still Have Justice
Sexual assault is a serious issue, especially on college campuses. The White House’s “It’s On Us” Campaign, launched in September, is...
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Jan 12, 20153 min read
The Imago Dei, or "Why should secularists care about human life?"
I’ve had a few Christian pro-life friends of mine (kindly) tell me they don’t really understand how a secularist can defend the pro-life...
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Jan 12, 20158 min read
After Abortion: The Hard Questions
Contemporary “pro-life” discourse often emphasizes—and rightly so—the goal of ending legal abortion. My criticism of much of it, however,...
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Jan 12, 20156 min read
Argument From Bodily Rights
The Supreme Court’s momentous 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade was meant to settle the abortion issue once and for all. Instead, the debate...
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Jan 12, 20157 min read
Increasingly Isolated: States’ Misguided Attempts to Preserve the Death Penalty
When an ill-conceived yet deeply entrenched practice loses popularity and becomes less common, it does not always fade away quietly....
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Jan 12, 201512 min read
Preventing a New Cold War: A Proposal for Resolving the Ukraine Crisis
A new Cold War is rapidly taking shape. Relations between the United States and Russia have deteriorated dramatically this past year as...
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Jan 12, 20153 min read
A Migrant's Right to Life and the War Against the Weak
Unaccompanied children from Central and South America have entered the United States by the tens of thousands, and more are on their way....
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Jan 12, 20153 min read
Scalia Wrong on Torture
Federal Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, when interviewed by Radio Television Suisse on December 10, reportedly invoked the ticking...
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Sep 13, 20116 min read
Family Planning Freedom is Pro-Life
BY MARY KRANE DERR The right to access the full range of voluntary family planning methods is often neglected or actively undermined in...
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Sep 13, 20111 min read
Sonnet -- At 40 Weeks
BY LILIANNA SERBICKI Swollen, a dream on its way to fruition; Nothing romantic. Lense (soft-focus) gone. Real fruit bruises; a real fruit...
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Sep 13, 20115 min read
Ten Years Later
BY AIMEE BEDOY I am writing this ten years to the day that those towers fell. And ten years later, I want us to discuss what we have...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
The Abolition of Capital Punishment in Illinois
BY NICHOLAS NEAL The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois began when Governor George Ryan placed a moratorium on capital punishment...
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Sep 13, 201113 min read
Justice in the Face of Unknowing
BY AIMEE BEDOY & STEVEN OETJEN A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
The Rebels Storming Tripoli
BY NICHOLAS NEAL & AIMEE BEDOY On Tuesday, August 23rd, the rebel forces in Libya stormed Gadhafi's capital of Tripoli, thus declaring...
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Sep 13, 20118 min read
Just War, Just Peace, Or What?
BY BILL SAMUEL What should our attitude -- as individuals, social movements and nations -- be toward war? When, if ever, is war...
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Sep 13, 20111 min read
Mother to Child
BY OLIVIA MELDRUM While I am mistress of my mind, You will sleep safely every hour. No morning will you wake to find My warmth turned...
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Sep 13, 20114 min read
A Terse Nonpartisan Assessment of Our Political Prospects
BY JULIA SMUCKER It's that time of year again -- or has been, since sometime last year. The mud is flying left and right as a motley...
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Sep 13, 20116 min read
What is the Consistent Life Ethic?
BY NICHOLAS NEAL We often hear partisan pundits criticize their opponents for the opponents' inconsistencies about killing people. We...
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