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RNC Day 1: "Make America Safe Again"
[The following is part of a series on bringing the Consistent Life Ethic to various political conventions. Click to see Day 2 & Day 3] On...
Jul 23, 20163 min read


Voting Matters: The Battle for the Soul of America
I don't think I know of a single person who would deny that voting matters. In our Democratic Republic, we have a chance to participate...
Jul 21, 20169 min read


What SCOTUS’s Rejection of Texas HB2 Tells Us About the Current Abortion Debate
We knew when it happened. For three hours we had been in the sea of shouting, chanting, and chaos, and in an instance, it was all over....
Jul 6, 20165 min read


A Millennial Goes to Harrisburg: Pennsylvanians Voice Support for HB 1948
On June 7, #SummerTeam16 headed to Harrisburg for its first rally of the summer to educate Pennsylvanians on the facts of late-term and...
Jun 22, 20163 min read


3 Things a Pro-Life Atheist Encountered at Reason Rally '16
My name is Rosemary and I’m a #SummerTeam16 intern at Life Matters Journal. I recently attended Reason Rally 2016, the largest gathering...
Jun 18, 20165 min read


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...
Apr 12, 20165 min read


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...
Apr 12, 20166 min read


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...
Apr 12, 20164 min read


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...
Apr 12, 20164 min read


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...
Feb 24, 20164 min read


The Death Penalty: A Violation of Human Dignity
The United States was recently able to experience the presence of Pope Francis. During the Pope’s visit, it seemed that the American...
Feb 6, 20166 min read


Suicide By Another Name: The Destructive Reality of Euthanasia
The etymology of euthanasia, when translated from Greek, means “good death (1).” In our present debate on euthanasia in the United...
Feb 6, 20166 min read


Why I'm Pro-Life
This is a pro-life response to the article from The Salon, “I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the...
Feb 6, 201611 min read


The Psychological Morass of the Abortion Issue
morass: 2. a complicated or confused situation Think of all the array of views related to abortion that you have ever encountered. It’s a...
Feb 6, 20169 min read


Provide A Safe Haven: A Case for Admitting Syrian Refugees
The United States’ plans to admit 10,000 refugees from the Syrian civil war into the country has become the center of a major political...
Feb 6, 20168 min read


True Life: A Good Morning at the Abortion Clinic
The abortion clinic in Asheville, North Carolina is located on Orange Street, a quiet street on the edge of the downtown area. It’s only...
Feb 6, 201613 min read
The Ghost in the Garbage Can
There’s a dumpster near my place That smells bad But it’s shorter to the 7-11. When it’s dark Misting a little I hear a voice. “I was...
Feb 6, 20161 min read


Responding to Paris with Love and Action
The terrorist attacks in Paris were tragic. That sentence cannot be followed by but. No tragedy can be used to make a point — no matter...
Feb 6, 20163 min read


An Aristotelian Defense of the Pro-Life Position
Ancient Greek philosophy, which undergirds our western way of thinking, can provide insights into the current debate over the morality of...
Feb 6, 20166 min read


An Open Letter to Emma Watson
Dear Emma, There’s a truly touching scene in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in which the character you played in the film,...
Feb 6, 20167 min read
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