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Religious Left to Obama: Man Up and Push Reform {Politics Daily}

Jan 27th 2010 7:36PM If the Catholic Church is losing membership, I highly doubt it has anything to do with its support of health care for all people. You are probably right, however, that the Church cares more about serving the poor and loving all of humanity, whoever they are, rather than the survival of any particular nation.

I Love the Name, but Hate the Nickname {ParentDish}

Nov 27th 2009 12:05PM My mother named me "Elizabeth" intending to never let me have a nickname. My second grade teacher called me "Liz" and for about two weeks, I liked it, but I grew to appreciate only going by my proper name. In middle school, however, I picked up a nickname that was part of my last name. I didn't like it at the time, but I began to think it was cute by the time I was in high school. When I started college, I began to introduce myself by this nickname.

My family and my boyfriend, however, still call me "Elizabeth". It would be weird for them to refer to me by anything resembling my last name. My mom rolls her eyes at my nickname, but since it's only my friends who refer to me as such, she can live with it.

Anti-Abortion? Then You Better Be Pro-Universal Health Care {Lemondrop}

Sep 10th 2009 11:20AM Amanda Marcotte, while "anti-choice" may be an accurate term for those who wish to ban abortion, I think Kate is right that is an unfair term, or at least unwise. Many people in the pro-life/anti-abortion movement view abortion as murder, and from that perspective, referring to abortion as a "choice" is horribly dismissive. Calling pro-choicers who are looking out for the welfare of society and the dignity of women "anti-life" would be considered unfair, so why not the other way around? Furthermore, the term rejects the myriad of non-abortion choices available, including those you rightly highlight as benefits of universal health care.

Your use of the term "anti-choice" gives this article a faint tone of disdain, which could cause embattled pro-lifers to overlook your well-reasoned points.

As a pro-lifer who does embrace the view of sex as being for unitive and procreative purposes within marriage, I still find it disapppointing that so much energy of the pro-life movement is spent working against contraceptives and sex education. I would like the world to agree with my view of sex, because I think it would be a better place for it. HOWEVER, I think the priority needs to be reducing abortions and taking care of pregnant women and unwanted children who are born. I support the rights of people to make the choices they wish in regards to religious and sexual practices; it is only the choice to dispose of innocent life that I oppose.

Thank you for a well-thought out argument and thanks to you, Kate and e for respectful comments.

What do American Girl and Sex & the City have in common? {ParentDish}

Jun 13th 2008 2:05AM You do know that the real product is supposedly several series of books? The books came a long time before the dolls were thought up, so it does actually make sense that the characters are "never referred to as dolls". The American Girl series used to be a reasonably educational and well-written set of books about various girls living in different periods of US history. While the commercial juggernaut the company has become is radically different from how the founder envisioned it, I believe the core is still pretty solid.... commercialism aside.

Austrian Incest Cellar: House of Horrors {News Bloggers}

Apr 30th 2008 12:47AM boredwell, if you read the full story, the 19-year-old was sick, and the father took her to the hospital, claiming that his daughter had left her on the doorstep. When the hospital sent a message to the 19-year-old's mother through the media, begging her to come forward and provide medical information, her father brought her to the hospital, where someone tipped off the police.

As for the children living upstairs, the wife believed that they were her daughter's children, abandoned because her daughter could not take care of them. The woman did not believe that the children randomly landed on her doorstep as Tika suggests. She knew that they were her grandchildren, just not that her daughter was so close. Josef, the father, clearly had all the details worked out, and was only discovered because he sought medical aid for the oldest of his daughter's children. Clearly, the man is pyschologically disturbed. It's a very unfortunate situation.