Australian Open Tennis: Jeremiasz, Vergeer Win Wheelchair Titles

That would be Michael Jeremiasz and Esther Vergeer. He's French. She's Dutch...

USATODAY.com - Heart disease in women starts small

More to the point, more women than men have blockages in the smallest arteries of the heart, not out where most of the tests check...

The Paragraph Farmer: The first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI

re: the publication of Deus Caritas Est and the reaction to it...

Slobokan's Site O' Schtuff: Mexico Stops Map Handouts

...because they are afraid the maps might tip off patrols to where the migrants would gather...

Expat Yank: Are They Still Alive?

The difference between Iraq now and Iraq then...

"Stuck on 1968" - Maggie's Farm

On how some people correct their worldview as they grow older, and some...

open book: Abortion rebellion in England

Women are going on record wanting abortion restrictions...

RealChoice blog: Another touching anencephaly story

Another story of a woman pregnant with a baby that wouldn't have long to live, who chose life despite pressure to abort. And found that it changed her own life, for the better...

In this post, GrannyGrump says: "I can't stress this strongly enough: Legalization did not merely make abortion available to women who'd have chosen it anyway. It pushes it on women who'd never have even considered it."

Amy's Humble Musings : The clatter of clutter

On purging one's life of clutter...

Utah Town Has Question About President: 'What's Not to Like?'

Incredibly patronizing look by David Finkel of the Washington Post at a small Utah town where most people like President Bush...

Oh, wait. I see they ran it on page A01.

No comment. It wouldn't be nice.

On the other hand, Clarice Feldman says "I wish they’d let me do a similar piece on the part of Northwest Washington,D.C. where I live and Kerry (and before him, Gore) received almost unanimous support."

Heh.

Cheat Seeking Missiles: Making An Ash Of Oneself

It seems that people are being warned in Scotland that spreading the ashes of loved ones messes up the environment by causing plants to grow too fast and thick...

(More evidence, perhaps, that many 'environmentalists' have no sense of proportion whatsoever?)

girl talk: Friday Funnies

OK, so it isn't Friday. This sign is a delightful approach to a problem brick-and-mortar storekeepers everywhere will understand...

Grief, Gratitude and Baby Lee - Los Angeles Times

A mother stands by her son with anencephaly, knowing he will die soon after being born...

Includes info on perinatal hospices, which provide support for mothers carrying babies they know will not survive.

hat tip: Sad but beautiful story -- in the LA Times! at RealChoice.

The Cafeteria Is Closed: Great stuff

About a parish that implemented what the Council Fathers intended, instead of getting swept away by the "spirit of Vatican II"...

The Cafeteria Is Closed: Pius XII

There has been "a flood of new books clearing Pius XII's name"...

Carrying a Baby...A Baby Model, That Is :: :: ProLifeBlogs

An older gentleman has learned to carry plastic models of preborn children in his pocket, representing a gestational age of eight to ten weeks...

Schiavo-Centonze Marriage At Risk

If I understand this article correctly, the question is why did the Diocese of St. Petersburg allow Michael Schiavo to be remarried at Espiritu Santo Catholic Church in Safety Harbor, even though he and his fiance were not eligible for a Catholic marriage, having broken canon law in the three ways required for the impediment of crimen to apply?...

CTV.ca | All 72 Saskatchewan miners rescued after fire

The safety rooms and emergency procedures worked...

Cheat Seeking Missiles: Newt's Nine

Laer notes and briefly discusses some reforms suggested by Newt Gingrich...

OpinionJournal - Reign of the Radicals

Joel Mowbray, who is working on a book about Islam in America, relates the story of the battle between moderate and radical forces at one Illinois mosque...