Reflections on Hanukkah
by Rachel MacNair For several years now, during the eight days of Hanukkah, I have a hanukkiah (like a menorah, only eight branches instead of six because it’s eight days). I do the ceremony of lighting one candle the first night, two the second night, and so on. I’m a Christian rather than a Jew,…
PITS and Operation Southern Spear
by Christy Yao Pellicioni As I was sitting down to write on this very subject, I got an alert on my phone from CNN saying four more people were killed by the US striking vessels allegedly carrying drugs. I went to open the news outlet’s main website on my computer, and that news story did…
Making an Activist of the Witch of the West in “Wicked for Good”
by Rachel MacNair This movie is the second part of the story; I reviewed the first part in Making a Real Person of the Witch of the West. The point that excited me most was reflected in that title. The famous 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz is a clear literary illustration of how war…
The Concept of Viability Is Not Really Viable
by Fr. Jim Hewes YouTube has many videos in which “viability” is a major aspect of debates on abortion morality and legality. I have seen such videos as Lila Rose debating Dr. Mary Ann Frank, Trent Horn debating Professor Cecilia Charbaird, Kristan Hawkins presenting on college campuses, etc. Why is this? For 50 years,…
It is Time That the UK Had a National Conversation About the Rights of the Unborn
by Irfan Chowdhury Troubling Legislation The United Kingom (UK) is currently considering legislation that will decriminalise abortion up to birth; this is Clause 191 of the Crime and Policing Bill, which states: Clause 191 would disapply the existing criminal law on abortion in England and Wales for women acting in…
Another Vital Wake-Up Call: ‘A House of Dynamite’ and the Nuclear Threat
by John Whitehead The threat from nuclear weapons seems to be receiving more attention these days. Over the past few years, members of the media and entertainment industry have been raising the alarm in various ways about the ongoing danger to humanity from current stockpiles of thousands of nuclear weapons. An addition to…
A Letter to PayPal
by Fr. Jim Hewes This letter is lightly edited. PayPal is one of many companies that have the problematic employee abortion policy, so all the thoughts here would apply to the other companies as well. Dear PayPal: My perspective comes from directing Project Rachel, a post abortion healing program, for 18 years. I saw a…
Prevent a New Nuclear Arms Race: Replace the New START Treaty
by John Whitehead The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is the last significant nuclear arms control agreement that is still in effect between the United States and Russia. New START will expire in a matter of months, on February 5, 2026. Once New START is gone, the door would be open for the…
Orange California Planned Parenthood 911 Calls
by Sarah Terzo A collection of 911 calls from Planned Parenthood of Orange, California, which took place between 2013 and 2025, shows the organization’s lack of concern about its patients – even those experiencing medical emergencies. In one 911 recording on February 22, 2013, the Planned Parenthood worker told the operator: There’s a patient…