People Are More Than Their Circumstances
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Religious Education Congress, an annual gathering of about 40,000 Catholics who...
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- Apr 12, 2016
- 6 min
Reflections on the Consistent Ethic of Life
Having worked for several years to advance the Consistent Ethic of Life as an editor for Life Matters Journal and a member of the...
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- Apr 12, 2016
- 4 min
Don't Kill, and Don't Be Killed: Undertale and the Consistent Life Ethic
Undertale is an independently developed video game created and written by Toby Fox that was released this past September. It has since...
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- Apr 12, 2016
- 4 min
Arguing on the Internet: How Anonymity Dehumanizes Our Opponents
As a millennial, my life is inundated with social media. Whether it's Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, or a myriad of other...
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- Feb 24, 2016
- 4 min
Community and Belonging: A Place for People with Intellectual Disabilities
My friend Vincent [a pseudonum] lived in a state-run institution called Forest Haven outside of Washington, DC, from early adulthood...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 6 min
Family Planning Freedom is Pro-Life
BY MARY KRANE DERR The right to access the full range of voluntary family planning methods is often neglected or actively undermined in...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 1 min
Sonnet -- At 40 Weeks
BY LILIANNA SERBICKI Swollen, a dream on its way to fruition; Nothing romantic. Lense (soft-focus) gone. Real fruit bruises; a real fruit...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 5 min
Ten Years Later
BY AIMEE BEDOY I am writing this ten years to the day that those towers fell. And ten years later, I want us to discuss what we have...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 2 min
The Abolition of Capital Punishment in Illinois
BY NICHOLAS NEAL The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois began when Governor George Ryan placed a moratorium on capital punishment...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 13 min
Justice in the Face of Unknowing
BY AIMEE BEDOY & STEVEN OETJEN A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 2 min
The Rebels Storming Tripoli
BY NICHOLAS NEAL & AIMEE BEDOY On Tuesday, August 23rd, the rebel forces in Libya stormed Gadhafi's capital of Tripoli, thus declaring...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 8 min
Just War, Just Peace, Or What?
BY BILL SAMUEL What should our attitude -- as individuals, social movements and nations -- be toward war? When, if ever, is war...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 1 min
Mother to Child
BY OLIVIA MELDRUM While I am mistress of my mind, You will sleep safely every hour. No morning will you wake to find My warmth turned...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 4 min
A Terse Nonpartisan Assessment of Our Political Prospects
BY JULIA SMUCKER It's that time of year again -- or has been, since sometime last year. The mud is flying left and right as a motley...
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- Sep 13, 2011
- 6 min
What is the Consistent Life Ethic?
BY NICHOLAS NEAL We often hear partisan pundits criticize their opponents for the opponents' inconsistencies about killing people. We...
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