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As part of the SF paper’s "Finding my religion" series, they interview former SNL star Julia Sweeney, who has moved from Catholicism to atheism, done a one-woman show about it, and has a book forthcoming It’s an interesting interview, with a path that’s by no means unique. From what she says, it’s all about deciding…

Because he’s good at nailing things: Ramesh Ponnuru on dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its contemporary conservative apologists: To increase tolerance for "collateral damage" — a move that Boot implicitly raises, though he does not endorse it (as Steyn does) — would be a substantial change in American, British, and Israeli military…

Katha Pollitt in the Nation, excoriates Feminists for Life because, you know, abortion is necessary for women’s selfhood. If she can live to find a self. NEW DELHI – It’s a scenario that’s hit India straight in the gut. Some time in the future in a village in eastern India, there are only a few…

Former OMB director under Bush and now governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels, is under fire for letting Planned Parenthood rent out the governor’s mansion for a party. Thursday evening, the group that advocates for family planning, contraception and abortion rights held a thank-you party for volunteers at the residence. Per the governor’s residence policies, nonprofits…

Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio has a helpful, brief introduction to the feast The Pope’s words at the Angelus: On today’s feast of the Assumption, we contemplate the mystery of the passing of Mary from this world to Paradise: we may say we celebrate her “Easter”. Just as  Christ rose from the dead with his glorified body…

I think not, if you’ve not yet read Tom at Donegal Express’s explanation of the real hidden meaning of Harry Potter….

Two weekend posts worth checking out: A "post your story" kind of thread about why you like and appreciate your local parish. My collection of WYD coverage and blogging links, which will be hot-linked over there on the right for the next week

Over at Get Relgion, they’ve posted the text of that Kenneth Woodward piece on abortion language and the NYTimes.

At Mirror of Justice, Rick Garnett has good commentary on a piece in the London Times yesterday decrying U.S.-funded anti-abortion efforts in Europe. Women’s groups in Europe [rg:  presumably, "pro-abortion-rights women’s groups] contend that antiabortion positions have been promoted by otherwise mainstream politicians with debts to pay. In Poland, the Solidarity movement, which overthrew decades…

Some of you might not know that commentor Todd, has a blog, and further, that commentor Neil Dhingra contributes quite interesting posts to that blog: Here, for example, Neil examines the role of a 17th century bishop, especially in the context of their predominantly Sulpician formation
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