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Freedom? Yeah, Right!

By Kathryn Lopez (May 25, 2012)

Confronted with a "train wreck," the new archbishop of Baltimore implores us to "pray diligently as communities, as families and as... more

Love, Freedom And The 'War on Women'

By Kathryn Lopez (May 21, 2012)

On his initial road to the White House, President Obama sold himself as "change we can believe in." A day after Mother's Day this year, he ran with that terminology in a... more

A True Hero In War On Religious Freedom

By Kathryn Lopez (May 14, 2012)

They call it a war -- mainly, to dismiss it. As in: There go the Democrats again, fanning the flames of the culture wars, dividing Americans to win an election. But it's... more

Moral Duties in a Muddied World

By Kathryn Lopez (May 05, 2012)

Vatican City -- In an election season in which the White House has instituted a policy that puts unprecedented limits on the constitutional right to freedom of religion,... more

Physician, Heal Thyself

By Kathryn Lopez (Apr 09, 2012)

"We have to get beyond the damn rhetoric," Dr. John Bruchalski tells a group of medical students on a recent stop in his second annual National Medical Students for... more

War-on-Women Rhetoric a Smokescreen

By Kathryn Lopez (Mar 31, 2012)

"This is what a feminist looks like." So proclaimed Barry Lynn, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He proudly held up a... more

Behind the Kerfuffle, Stark Choices

By Kathryn Lopez (Mar 24, 2012)

The Huffington Post was all a-twitter, even off Twitter: "GOP Lawmaker Accidentally Reveals Truth Behind Solyndra Investigation." Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio,... more

The War on Men

By Kathryn Lopez (Mar 18, 2012)

I am woman, and I'm offended. I am offended that, once again, parties in positions of power have decided to pretend that all women are cut from the same political cloth. I... more

Shouts About 'Choice' And 'Women's Health' Are Disengenuous

By Kathryn Lopez (Mar 09, 2012)

There is something special about a mother and her love.We seem to know it innately. We tend to reflect it in our laws, at least family law. It's one reason "women's... more

Higher Things In A Holy Land

By Kathryn Lopez (Mar 05, 2012)

Jerusalem -- Many of the most contentious controversies of the hour are only made worse by Christians not acting like Christians, people not being who they say they are. It's... more

Jests Mask a More Sinister Agenda

By Kathryn Lopez (Feb 27, 2012)

There's no doubt that Planned Parenthood and its supporters had a brilliant strategy: Get as many people as possible to repeat the word "transvaginal" in news and commentary... more

Women to the Front on Contraception

By Kathryn Lopez (Feb 23, 2012)

"Where are the women?" This was the persistent -- but lazy and disingenuous -- cry after the House Oversight Committee began a hearing with an all-male panel over the... more

White House Mandate Ignites Firestorm

By Kathryn Lopez (Feb 13, 2012)

Sean Hannity calls President Barack Obama "The Chosen One." And as a matter of policy, it turns out to be the perfect characterization. Obama unites people; he is a... more

Komen Backlash Wrongheaded

By Kathryn Lopez (Feb 03, 2012)

To hear much of the American media tell it, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the breast-cancer charity that recently cut its ties with Planned Parenthood before (sort of) backing... more

Santorum Isn't Bad, He's Just Drawn that Way

By Kathryn Lopez (Jan 07, 2012)

The piece has whipped up a predictable frenzy on the Internet, with one commenter labeling the Catholic Church a "cult." The problem with these headlines and comments... more