There’s no such thing as “personally pro-life”
When confronted with an uncomfortable issue—and one which people have very strong views on—people often try to find a middle road, a way of agreeing with everyone, or at least not ...
Why our leaders are boring
There are few politicians who do not claim that “youth engagement” in politics is near and dear to his or her heart. As any young person who has attempted to get involved in politics ...
Taking back Morgentaler’s Canada
The passing of abortion pioneer Henry Morgentaler has provoked many reactions on all fronts of the abortion fight. The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada rejoiced darkly that Morgentaler ...
Review of “And the Mountains Echoed”
For the fans of Khaled Hosseini’s first two best-selling novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns (of which there are many, as his books have sold a combined 36 million ...
Learning from History: An Interview with Brock Thoene
“People have often asked, and we’ve asked ourselves—how could Nazi Germany participate in the Holocaust? How can you take entire segments of your society, Jews as well as Gypsies ...
Kermit’s Carnage: A Day at The Abortion Trial of the Century
Yesterday, my colleague, Stephanie Gray, and I arrived at the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center at 1:30 PM and headed through security and up three flights of stairs to Courtroom ...
Kermit’s Cutthroats: Abortion on trial
In spite of an almost complete mainstream media blackout, details of the murder trial of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell are still leaking out, anecdote by bloody, gruesome ...
Against Stephen Harper: A Pro-Life Manifesto
In January of 2006, shortly after Stephen Harper’s election as the first Conservative prime minister since Brian Mulroney, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired a biography ...
From the Old Guard to the New: “Find Out What Happened.”
At 84 years old, Ted Byfield sounds like Clint Eastwood at the Republican Convention; although, if possible, a bit more gravelly still. Speaking from Edmonton, Alberta, Byfield explains ...
A Late-Term Abortionist and the Banality of Evil
I suppose that it is a bit strange that I have been in the pro-life movement for close to five years and until the other week, I never actually laid eyes on an abortionist. I’ve ...

