...this would be one of my questions: if, as you claim, God expects unmarried people to practice sexual abstinence, and expects teenagers to benefit from abstinence-only sex "education," then why can't your own ordained Catholic priests manage to practice it? Isn't your demand for abstinence a bit like declaring that…
Most of you probably already know that more than 35,000 people are killed in the U.S. *every year* (more than ten times the number killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack) by drivers who are impaired by alcohol. But you might not know that, since the 9/11 attack, drivers who run…
Last year, the Bush Administration told us they wouldn't withdraw American troops from Iraq because there was "too much violence" in Baghdad; this year they're telling us they won't withdraw troops because "the surge is working" and they don't want to "jeopardize the security gains of the past several months."…
In a tragic story from my own state of Wisconsin, an 11-year-old girl died last week because her parents trusted God to heal her. The parents apparently didn't realize that their child had diabetes, so they never sought medical help. Instead, they prayed. Though not reported in the StarTribune article,…
Readers in the U.S. know that the 'Big Game' is this weekend, and many of you will be watching it, either to watch the game itself or to see the very expensive advertisements. Here are a couple of things to ponder while you're eating munchies and savoring the beverage of…