As far as I am concerned, there is no better place for conservatives to mount a vociferous resistance to the Brave New World of Obama than on the issue of abortion.  Specifically, we must unite to defeat the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
In one fell swoop, FOCA will immediately irradicate more than 300 state statutes [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Culture, Family, Goverment Reform, Marriage, Morality, Politics, Religion by Kyle-Anne Shiver

I have always frankly admitted that abortion is murder, the extermination of the powerless by the powerful. Liberals for the most part have shrunk from facing the ethical consequences of their embrace of abortion, which results in the annihilation of concrete individuals and not just clumps of insensate tissue.

Camille Paglia
If given the [...]

Filed under: American Thinker, Culture, Election, Family, Morality, Politics, Religion by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Yesterday, “Black Friday,” I skipped the first day of shopping-stampede madness and went with two girlfriends to see the box-office splash of the season,  “Four Christmases.” Starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, this movie is part of the genre I’ve labeled, “Disgrace-to-Christmas” movies.
“Disgrace-to-Christmas” movies usually have several things in common and have been coming out [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Culture, Family, Marriage, Morality, Religion by Kyle-Anne Shiver

A Priest’s View of the Palins
In the best of worlds, I would leave most discussion of a politician’s family matters to the privacy of the home. But over the last few days I have witnessed such meanness, such venomous politicking, such childish gossip -all, of course, in the name of news reporting -that I have felt [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Culture, Family, Politics by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Since John McCain’s Friday announcement of Governor Sarah Palin as his pick for a Vice Presidential running mate, my inbox has been filled with comments, especially from women.  First, all of the women who wrote were ecstatic at McCain’s choice.
A woman on the Republican ticket!  Hallelujah!!!!
A few thought it looked like a pander [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Election, Family by Kyle-Anne Shiver