Just when I think our culture can't get any lower.

Representative Michael Burgess is an ob-gyn and a congressman. He has delivered thousands of babies. Recently, he spoke about babies' ability to feel pain in the womb due to an upcoming bill in the legislature. He mentions the fact that babies in the womb have been seen touching their own faces or genitals for what may be pleasure so it's logical to believe they can feel pain. It seems like worthy testimony but watch it and guess what the national conversation is.

Here's the headlines:

The Atlantic Wire writes: "GOP Congressman Wants to Ban Abortion to Save Masturbating Fetuses."

Slate Magazine reports: "Texas Congressman...READ MORE

Babies are born every day; thousands, in fact. If one can believe the internet about such things, 370,000 babies are born each day worldwide. It appears that making babies is easy. Sadly, making fathers seem much harder.

Perhaps we’ve forgotten how. It’s as if some alchemy passed from generation to generation for thousands of years has been lost and cannot be found. And the world aches for what it has misplaced.

I’ve noticed that on the sidelines of children’s games there aren’t as many fathers as there used to be. When I was a kid it was a joke among parents that one kid yelling “Dad” made dozens of heads turn. I don’t see as many heads turning anymore.

We, as a society all...READ MORE

My oldest girl just entered her teens, so I still have some time. However, lately I have been giving some thought to my requirements, yes requirements, for any young man that may one day seek her hand. It is never too soon to start planning.

He must be a Catholic. Period. Now I know that for many CINOs or C & E Catholics, intermarriage is no big deal. It is a big deal. The key to a successful marriage, which I define as a mutually supportive relationship that will assist the spouses and their children reaching heaven, is to have agreement on the fundamentals. To be a Catholic in today's world is increasingly counter-cultural. Unless both spouses are on-board with what the Church teaches...READ MORE

Security vs. Privacy is the topic of the day.

Security inherently involves giving up something else.    We understand this.  In the past we have been more adept at paying for our security with blood and treasure.  However, today's enemy is not as easily foiled with blood and treasure and increasingly we have been asked to pay for our security with other things we hold dear. To get security we give up our freedom of movement and our freedom of privacy.

When we put our young people in harm's way to protect our security, it is a great trust.  We all understand the dangers involved, but we also expect our military to reasonably protect the lives of those in their charge.  It is a great...READ MORE

Calling all Gosnells. If you are disgusting murderous abortionist or even just an out-of-work plumber looking to up your body count, New York wants you to know that you are welcome here.

According to the new law being actively pushed by 'Catholic in good standing' Gov. Andrew Cuomo, you will no longer need to be a doctor to perform abortions in New York State. That's right. You don't even need to be a medical professional to perform abortions in NY. The killing fields are wide open.

Now some might say that this opens up a can of worms, what what with all the non-qualified killers out there doing the state-sanctioned killing. But NY has that covered too. Governor Cuomo's new law would...READ MORE

Republican congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington announced in a Facebook post yesterday that her unborn baby has been diagnosed with a medical condition that is often fatal for the baby.

Herrera Beutler wrote that ultrasounds and follow-up tests sadly showed that her baby had a disease called Potter's Syndrome, which is identified by "abnormally low amniotic fluid caused by impaired kidney function which inhibits normal lung development."

Herrera Beutler said she and her husband are "praying for a miracle."

The news quickly became a national story and wonderfully thousands of people reached out to the expectant mother with words of support and prayers. Sadly, the request...READ MORE

When children are desperate for attention they scream and cry, talk show hosts in need of attention make fun of Catholics. Actually "make fun" isn't the proper term. They hurl hate at Catholics with a smile on their face so they can accuse anyone who's offended of being humorless.

Television host Bill Maher has long lost the power to shock because he's so consistently misinformed and hateful about religious people. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take note of what is said by him and others like him. Sometimes when I write about anti-Catholic screeds from the media some see it as akin to reporting that the sun came up that morning. My thinking, however, is that someone might just take...READ MORE

Georgetown sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson said yesterday that Eric Holder was the Moses of this Administration. Hey, that's one of the most religious things to come out of a Georgetown professor's mouth in a long time so we should probably take what we can get.

But it did get me wondering, in that metaphor wouldn't Obama be God? Certainly by now, that shouldn't surprise anyone. The Obama-as-God metaphors have been rampant the past half decade. After all my years of religious study I'm sure of only two things. There is a God. And Obama ain't Him. But that doesn't stop me from enjoying some of the most egregious and just flat out hilarious attempted deifications of ts of  the...READ MORE