As I type this, I’m cruising at 39,000 feet on an American Airlines flight to Boston.
At issue in Massachusetts: End of life
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Forgiving monsters: The Dutroux Case
One of the most notorious criminal cases in modern European history has returned to the public eye, dominating the front pages and leaders of Belgium’s newspapers. A judge has agreed to release Michelle Martin from prison on the condition she enter the Convent of the Les Soeurs Clarisses de Malonne (Poor Clares) and remain under police supervision.
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The media as referees. NBA referees.
Apparently Dan Rather was on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show not too long ago where he scoffed at the idea that the media is biased in a liberal fashion. He said that criticizing the media for liberal bias is just “working the refs.” I’m going based on second-hand reports because I’m traveling right now and for some reason the wifi system I’m on won’t let me actually watch this video.
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Just war and Obama's kill list
As much as we look at coverage of domestic policies and whether the religion angles in those stories were covered well, we rarely see much coverage that explores religion angles in foreign policy.
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Sex with dead wives? Please give readers some facts
Please consider this post the strangest possible sequel to my recent posts on the need for journalists to be more precise when using terms such as “Islamist.”
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Cats, dogs, contraception and Rick Warren
Do all dogs go to heaven? Rick Warren thinks so, and he believes cats will enter paradise too according to an interview the mega-church pastor gave to ABC’s Jake Tapper for This Week on Easter Sunday. The influential pastor of Southern California’s Saddleback Church offered his views on the immortality of animal souls as well as comments on a wide range of issues including the implications of the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate.
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Raptured pet owners insurance a hoax
Follow-up stories can be hard to come by, since people’s attention seems to fade as the next hot topic comes along. As Twitter streams new trending topics, stories seem to become old news quicker than ever.
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Double effect and the birth control debate
Nothing hinders one act from having two effects, only one of which is intended, while the other is beside the intention. Now moral acts take their species according to what is intended, and not according to what is beside the intention, since this is accidental … . Thomas Aquinas, (Summa Theologica, Secunda Secundae Partis, Q. 64)
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IVF after Death
Bottle of mine, it’s you I’ve always wanted!Bottle of mine, why was I ever decanted?  Skies are blue inside of you,  The weather’s always fine;For … There ain’t no Bottle in all the worldLike that dear little Bottle of mine.
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