The Wall Street Journal
April 19, 2013
Pg. A15
The Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial Challenges a Traditional Defense
of Roe v. Wade
By James Taranto

Safety is one of the most potent defenses of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that imposed a national policy of abortion on demand. Women had abortions even before it was legal to do so, the argument goes, but restrictive laws forced them to go to back-alley quacks. In this view, the story of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortionist on trial for the murders of one woman and seven infants, is a cautionary tale about illegal, not legal, abortion. The facts tell a different story.

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The Washington Post
March 6, 2013
Letter to the Editor

Much of what Lisa Miller says in her March 2 On Faith column, “Even if they don’t obey the rules, Catholics stick with the Church,” is true. The Catholic Church has a history of scandal and corruption. What large global institution does not?
Many Catholics criticize the church for this and for its refusal to modernize, to “get with the times,” such as changing its views about human sexuality, approving same-sex marriage, granting women the power of the priesthood, approving of abortion and so forth. And yet, while casting aside the church’s teachings, they still claim to be Catholic.
But the “old” Catholic Church, which these people reject, has survived 2,000 years. It speaks with the authority and truth given it by Jesus Christ when he bestowed on Peter the Keys of the Kingdom. At that time, he assured that the church would survive to the end of time and the gates of hell would not prevail against it.

Press Release
March 5, 2013
U.S. Congressman Diane Black

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Diane Black (R-TN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), and John Fleming, M.D. (R-LA) held a press conference to announce the introduction of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HCCRA). This legislation would protect Americans’ First Amendment rights and would stop the Obama Administration’s assault on religious freedom. HCCRA offers reprieve from ongoing violations of our First Amendment, including full exemption from the Obama Administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate and conscience protection for individuals and health care entities that refuse to provide, pay for, or refer patients to abortion providers because of their deeply-held, reasoned beliefs. HCCRA has 50 original co-sponsors.

The Washington Post
March 3, 2013
Pg. A1
By Michelle Boorstein

When someone becomes pope - God's representative on Earth to Catholics - he dons all white, takes the title "his holiness" and is greeted even by top cardinals with a kiss of his ring. Can a cardinal who pals around with Stephen Colbert fill such a vaunted role? How about one with a style so simple that he serves tuna sandwiches and chips to even his most important guests?
Yet these two men - Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston - are being talked about as contenders for the papacy, marking the first time an American has ever been seriously considered.