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Pro-Life & Pro-Choice Campaign Finance
Rochester, NY – Federally-focused Political Action Committees (PACs) and 527s with a pro-choice mission contribute a total of 25 times...
Feb 13, 20142 min read


Sonder: The Key to Peace
A post came across my dashboard on Tumblr back in December and it gave me more than a moment of pause. It was an entry from the...
Feb 13, 20144 min read


Child Messiah: A Look at Ender's Game
Recently, a film titled Ender’s Game (a film adaptation of the science fiction best-seller with the same name) was released at the box...
Feb 13, 201410 min read


Catching Fire and the Metaphysics of Hope
I must admit, I very much enjoyed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The film improved over its predecessor in almost every way, and the...
Feb 13, 20143 min read


War on Marriage: Why Social Conservatives Should Oppose A Hawkish Foreign Policy
Americans who favor traditional marriage and family life—sometimes referred to as “social conservatives”—tend to be lumped together...
Feb 13, 20146 min read


Adoption Rocks!
“He’s so dark.” That is something that always brings a smile to my face. A lot of people are too shy to ask if my brother is adopted....
Feb 13, 20145 min read


When Humans are Problematic
It's an incredibly surreal feeling to see someone you knew from high school being charged with murder. It's a feeling I imagine most of...
Nov 19, 20132 min read


Butterflies: a short story
Six-year-old Cassie Mitchell stepped off of the school bus wearing a t-shirt with a silk-screened monarch butterfly on the front, purple...
Nov 19, 20133 min read


A Globe-Trotting Detective Story: Dirty Wars
Dirty Wars, the documentary film counterpart to the book of the same name, begins its investigation of the secretive world of U.S....
Nov 19, 20133 min read


Don Jon can Teach a Thing or Two
WARNING: This film contains explicitly sexual scenes. Please watch responsibly. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s first foray into directing, “Don...
Nov 19, 20134 min read


New Voice to an Ancient Witness: Pope Francis's Plea for Peace
The pope’s weekly Angelus message, named for the prayer it accompanies, is generally a routine occurrence akin to a Sunday homily. On...
Nov 19, 20135 min read


Reflections on the Women's Peace Encampment: 30 Years Later
Mark Hare is not the kind of person who strikes you as being aware that he played more than a minor role in changing the world. When I...
Nov 19, 20136 min read


Re-Thinking the Death Penalty: Religious & Pro-Life Leaders Voice Serious Questions
Concern about the death penalty in America is beginning to move through Evangelical and pro-life communities across the country. It’s...
Nov 19, 20134 min read


Supporting Non-Violence in Syria
The worsening violence and repression in Syria has left many analysts and policymakers in the United States and other western countries...
Nov 19, 201313 min read


PTSD & Military Suicides
There has been an increase in suicides of military personnel in recent years. It has become quite a major issue. In fact, more veterans...
Nov 19, 20133 min read


Choice: Texas: A Video Game About Abortion
Abortion advocates were outraged when Texas legislators decided to advance a law restricting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and...
Nov 19, 20132 min read
Human Trafficking Statistics
BY MARY STROKA Today we need to pray for our country, in remembrance of 9/11, and for Osama bin Laden, who orchestrated the devastating...
Sep 11, 20131 min read


Abortion's Effects
BY NICKI JURINA From the Feminist Majority Foundation's "blog carnival," you read stories of women who have capitalized on their "right"...
Aug 28, 20133 min read


Abortion Providers and the Emotional Impact of Abortion
BY SARAH TERZO Much has been written about the emotional trauma that women go through after their abortions. But what most people don't...
Aug 26, 201312 min read


Pro-Life Feminist Collegians
BY MARY STROKA The purpose of real feminism is to empower women. The best ways to empower women are not by tearing men down or by...
Aug 25, 20132 min read
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