PEACE & LIFE CONNECTIONS

“Flexible” on the Hyde Amendment ? We’ve long made the case that politicians not being consistent about opposing all violence comes with a possible lack of sincerity on any one of them. But with many Republicans and abortion, the lack of sincerity on effectively opposing abortion has been clear for a while. It’s becoming more obvious to single-issue pro-lifers, as Kathryn Jean Lopez explains recently in The National Review : Let the Pro-Life Movement Declare Independence Trum

Breaking News: The Killing of Renee Nicole Good One thing that binds all our issues together is the danger to people protesting the violence. Those accustomed to committing violence, such as ICE agents, by having a violence-saturated understanding, may spread that violence from the initial targets to protesters and use similar justifications. But there is no valid justification for any of the violence. War in Venezuela & War on Christmas & War on Hanukah The MAGA movement in

Note: due to the holidays, the next issue is scheduled for January 9, 2026 Happy Holidays! This year’s theme is Reflections on Hanukkah , which works best as a blog post. [Last week’s blog post comes from the recent uproar over the killing of people on boats near Venezuela: PITS and Operation Southern Spear by Christy Yao Pellicioni]. We have a treasure trove of different topics for our Holiday Editions throughout the years: In 2024 , Christmas carols with backgrounds that h

War Crimes To our minds, “war crimes” is a tautology, like wet water and round circles. Nevertheless, some who find war acceptable at times use the term when the situation gets too extreme. With drone strikes on Venezuelan fishing vessels, military thinking allows for those if the boats were an immediate threat – but we know they weren’t. If they were carrying illegal drugs, that calls for police work, not mass murder. We have yet to be offered any evidence they were doing ev