Last year at this time the nation was convulsed by "The Passion of the Christ." This year we are convulsed by the passion of Terri Schiavo. We can debate the latter without referencing the former. We can ignore that both narratives revolve around an innocent victim whose life was judged expendable by those who found that life inconvenient. We can overlook the two stories' many parallels -- people of good will anguishing over what to do; hypocrites drunk with power committing evil under cover of "the law"; cowards washing their hands of another human's fate. We can ignore the heartbroken...