Blogicus
reminds us that the Khartoum regime of Sudan has killed almost 400,000 civilians.
That’s about half of the death toll from the genocide in Rwanda. The deaths
caused by the tsunamis – a natural disaster – happened nearly instantly in comparison
to these murders. We can’t stop nature’s wrath, but we should have done – should
still be doing – something about man’s.
Hundreds of thousands of people are dead or dying in the wake of the recent tsunamis.
Why then is the richest and most powerful nation in the world spending
$40 million to celebrate Bush’s second inauguration and buzzing
Iranian airspace? Our resources are already spread too thinly. Should we really
be partying or contemplating another costly war?
Theomorph presents an interesting view on sacred versus profane Christmas debates. Unlike a lot of secularists, he’s not hostile toward religious expression. Perhaps it’s because he was once Christian. Then again, maybe he’s just a nice guy. 😉
On a somewhat related note, here’s an article about the growing popularity of Festivus.
For one segment of society, the
live birth of a baby at 26 weeks is cause for celebration. For another, abortion
after 26 weeks is exercising the “right to choose”. When and how will
our society resolve this conflict?
World’s smallest baby ready to go home
CHICAGO (AP) — A baby who weighed less than a can of soda when she was born by Caesarean section three months ago is nearly ready to be released from the hospital. She is believed to be the smallest baby in the world ever to survive.
How to stop the attack on abortion rights
THE BUSH administration thinks it has political “capital.†And it plans on spending some to destroy women’s right to choose abortion.
Tucked away in the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress last month was a provision that would allow physicians, hospitals, HMOs and insurance plans to opt out of giving abortion referrals, as they currently are required to. This provision will especially affect poor women, who rely on federally funded health care.
Readers of this blog may know the following things about me:
Knowing these things, a reader might be led to believe that I’d agree with the conclusions
presented in “The
politics of the Christmas story” by James Carroll of the Boston Globe.
That reader would be wrong.