"It is hard to overstate just how popular Austin has become in the American psyche. When I travel and tell people where I’m from, I almost invariably hear that it is either the coolest town they have ever visited or the place they most want to go on their next vacation. It consistently ranks near the top on lists of where to live, whether you’re a college student, recent graduate, single, young family or retiree." That's Richard Parker for the NYT, in an article where he worries that Austin is losing what makes the town so beloved.
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"Deep reflections on the origins of human life and on God’s providence in the face of evil are hardly to be expected on the campaign trail. But Mourdock’s claims, rather than evincing yet another front in the “war on women,” approach a significant truth: human life is profoundly and even transcendently special, even when, as is too often the case, it is the result of wicked and wrongful acts. Its inviolability rests in that specialness, its sanctity, or dignity, and is not obviated by the distorted choices of men." From Christopher O. Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina, in The Public Discourse. Read the rest.
Hear, Hear: "President Obama is the most radically pro-abortion president we’ve ever had....Not only is he pro-abortion rights at every stage of pregnancy, he also once supported the right of doctors to kill live human infants who survived an abortion attempt. Moreover, Obama’s HHS mandate requires Christians and other pro-life persons to pay for abortions." Denny Burk.
"My big beef in this whole thing is not so much that pro-life candidates are asked tough questions. Abortion is a super tough topic and one deserving of tough questions. What chaps my hide is that reporters are incapable of asking any tough questions of pro-choice candidates." Mollie has more at GetReligion.
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