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  • In Love With Death (Peggy's Noonan's Tour De Force On The Terri Schiavo Case Alert)

    03/23/2005 9:11:56 PM PST · by goldstategop · 104 replies · 2,766+ views
    Opinionjournal.com ^ | 03/24/05 | Peggy Noonan
    God made the world or he didn't. God made you or he didn't. .... Our children have been reared in the age of abortion, and are coming of age in a time when seemingly respectable people are enthusiastic for euthanasia. It cannot be good for our children, and the world they will make, that they are given this new lesson that human life is not precious, not touched by the divine, not of infinite value. Once you "know" that--that human life is not so special after all--then everything is possible, and none of it is good. When a society comes...
  • Imaginary gunplay backfires (my title: Tree of Liberty now watered with Stupidity)

    04/07/2002 8:48:43 AM PDT · by pa_dweller · 14 replies · 76+ views
    WEBSTER Ten-year-old Hailie Whatley was sitting on a bench with two other fifth-graders outside of Webster Elementary School about two weeks ago during a break from test taking. The honor student was trying to figure out a way to cheer up a crying classmate sitting next to her, the girl’s mother said. Within hours, however, the Webster girl was sitting in the principal’s office facing accusations that she threatened to kill the girl. According to Marty Whatley, her daughter Hailie was hoping to encourage her schoolmate with a role-playing game she called “Civil War.” Designating herself a Confederate soldier, Hailie...