Encouraging Words That Require Action: Comments on the Geneva Summit
by John Whitehead President Biden met, for the first time since his inauguration, Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva. While the summit meeting didn’t produce any dramatic breakthroughs in US-Russian relations, it did provide some encouraging signs. The two countries’ joint statement, released after the summit, contained an important declaration on the…
The Cure for Headache
by AcyutanandaCut off your head to be rid ofAll those pounds of ugly fat!Can’t you find any betterSolution than that?“Got to end this endless war,”Said President Truman,So he pulled out all the stops,Did something inhuman.Tony Timpa got excitable(It was cocaine self-pollution),So they arrested his cardiac,Called it conflict resolution.Your child was inside of you,I know you…
The Case for Abortion as the “Preeminent Priority”
by Fr. Jim Hewes Top Ten Reasons Wars killed over 100 million people in the last century. It took a hundred years to reach that number. The United Nations estimates 45-50 million abortion each year, so it would take only two or three years of abortions to surpass that number. The brutal reality is that…
A Cold War Comes Home? Anti-Asian Racism in Light of US-China Hostility
by John Whitehead Racism against Americans of Asian heritage has received significant attention recently. Concerns about anti-Asian hate crimes arose last spring as the Covid-19 pandemic began to affect the United States. The horrifying murders of eight people, six of them Asian, in the greater Atlanta area in March 2021 revived concerns about bigotry toward…
“I Became Like a Soldier Going to Battle”: Post-Abortion Trauma
by Sarah Terzo Jacqueline Middler had two abortions and deeply regretted them. She wrote a book, White Stick, hoping to convince other women not to make the same choices. (All quotations below are from this book). Middler became pregnant her first year of college. She didn’t know what to do but was leaning towards choosing…
Vaccinations and Tender Consciences
by Rachel MacNair I’m about to make some heavy criticisms of the way the Covid vaccines came to be, so I start by saying I’ve now gotten both of my Moderna vaccinations. I encourage everyone qualified to be socially responsible to the community by getting theirs as well. Failing to do so, under current circumstances,…
Making a Nonviolent Revolution – Review of Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
by John Whitehead Certain historical episodes of nonviolent resistance to injustice are famous: the Indian struggle for independence; the American civil rights movement; or the Arab Spring uprisings come to mind. However, many people who are aware of such episodes aren’t familiar with the larger history of nonviolent resistance nor with how such resistance can…
Abort or Face Discharge
by Sarah Terzo A book published in 2010 revealed that the military had a policy that all servicewomen who became pregnant had to abort or face discharge – and this policy was in place before Roe vs. Wade, when abortion was still illegal throughout the United States. The U.S. military’s purpose is to wage war….
Zoom Conference: April 24, 2021
Various people took screenshots and offer reflections. Bill Samuel Sen. Katrina Jackson was a really inspiring keynote speaker. The spirit she exudes is wonderful and it set the tone for the conference. The other speakers I heard from the workshops I attended and the closing session were also excellent. Those planning it did a great…
Death Penalty Jurisprudence of Former Missouri Supreme Court Judge Laura Denvir Stith
Author’s note: I recently retired from the Supreme Court of Missouri after serving as a judge of that court for 20 years. My brother, Richard Stith, a member of the Consistent Life Network, thought its members would be interested in learning about some of the death penalty decisions and dissents which I wrote while a…