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...answer, of course is simple: to legalize abortion is to put a seal of moral acceptability on the procedure. It is inconsistent to view the procedure as morally wrong, yet advocate for its legality in the name of personal choice. This tenuous position advocates the legality of a procedure that—if it is morally wrong—is wrong because it destroys human life. To some, other contentious issues, such as drinking alcohol, might be considered wrong, but not because of their effect on an innocent third party. Thus, even those who view drinking as wrong can advocate...

Author: By Caleb L. Weatherl | Title: Pro-Choice Consistency | 4/23/2008 | See Source »

...Curran's dismissal (and a subsequent re-tooling of the school along more conventionally Catholic lines). That apparently led to more obedience to Rome's dictates. In 1999 the American bishops mandated that if a college wanted to call itself Catholic, its theologians needed a bishop's good-housekeeping seal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope on Academic Freedom | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

...CONS: Yahoo's share price will continue to erode since it will be seen as a less-coveted property. While Yahoo could still seal a deal with AOL or continue to use Google's advertising network in order to prop up its revenue, the terms would almost certainly be less favorable for Jerry Yang and company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fight for Yahoo: Five Scenarios | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...Show me a hero," F. Scott Fitzgerald dared us, "and I will write you a tragedy." For Navy seal Michael Monsoor, heroism and tragedy arrived together, when the grenade thrown onto the Ramadi rooftop he patrolled bounced off his chest; he could escape--and let it kill his two comrades--or throw himself on top of it and trade his life for theirs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Reckoning. | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...coming weeks Sea Shepherd’s decrepit black trawler, the Farley Mowat, will patrol the ice-clad waters of Newfoundland, as Canada’s 2008 seal hunt begins. The Canadian government has increased this year’s permits to allow the killing of 275,000 seals, 98 percent of them babies, in what Watson calls “the world’s largest marine slaughter.” And in spite of new government regulations designed to stop the live skinning and clubbing of seals, Watson says that his crews have already documented seals bleeding...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Eco-Pirates | 4/2/2008 | See Source »

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