Dr. George Tiller was Shot to Death today. Tiller, a Kansas physician, performed late term abortions, one of the few physician in the country to do so. He was found not guilty in March in a politically motivated trial where he was charged with 19 misdemeanors stemming from procedures he …
Wednesday Wonderings, WTF’s and Sound Bites.
The Church of Scientology is on trial in France, accused of “targeting vulnerable people for commercial gain”. I’m not an expert on Scientology, know little of it except that Greta Van Susteren — FOX news semi talking-head formerly of CNN — is one, as is her husband John Coale, a …
To Soporific Feasts and Good Gin
Running for the Congo Women early in the morning, spending the rest of the day cleaning. The nocuous living conditions here must end. The place has fallen to ruin, undeterred by the Easter break I’ve been on since Thursday. I haven’t done a thing around here, and surprisingly neither have …
They’d Like To Teach The World To Sing In Perfect Harmony
I’d like to build the world a home And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves While you were lamenting your shrinking investment portfolio, discussing whether Adam (American Idol) looks better with or without eye liner and fingernail polish, and worrying about Obama’s …
Do You See What I See From The Holy See
Even as abuse victims seek a court date with the Vatican, the Vatican issued it’s Dignitas Personae: On Certain Bio ethical Questions. Dignitas Personae meaning (The Dignity of a Person). Focusing on the dignity of an embryo, as if any lack of dignity subsequently is insignificant – it is surely …
Pope Culture
I was writing in a closed journal system in high school, or was it Freshman year of college – how quickly things run together these days – when the priest pedophile scandal broke. I was horrified, and outraged then. I wrote about it, made a few enemies, and was obviously …
