Author Archives: James J Heaney

Romney Wins AZ & MI: The Two-Man Race

Quick thoughts.  Ten-minute post, before I get back to my work backlog for tonight.  Mostly I’m posting this to show off our new Facebook comments system. Romney won.  Good for him.  He proved himself electable in the Midwest, and electable … Continue reading

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The James J. Heaney Institute Presents: A New Study of Religion and Contraceptive Use

In 2011, the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, published a routine paper analyzing religion and contraception use.  During the past week, that paper has caused quite the little internet brouhaha, in light of the Obama Administration’s new … Continue reading

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Santorum: “If government is going to get smaller, then people have to get bigger.”

Quote of the day.  A very good reminder to me and many of my friends on the Right, perhaps especially my libertarian-leaning fellow Ron Paul supporters. We can, in our zeal against Big Gubmint, sometimes forget that one of the … Continue reading

Posted in Horse Race, Pith | 963 Comments

On Graphic Images of Abortion

From a reader (who really needs a blog of his own): What is your opinion on showing graphic images of aborted fetuses in public?

Posted in Abolitionism, Mere Opinion | 1,245 Comments

A Modest Compromise on the Contraceptive Mandate

Let’s split the difference: From now on, the Catholic Church will pay for what its employees want to do in the privacy of their bedrooms. In exchange, all employees will give the Catholic Church a say in what they’re allowed … Continue reading

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“Let Them Eat Condoms”

The ever-abrasive Mark Steyn gets it right unsettlingly often: The U.S. economy is about to be terminally clobbered by $100 trillion of entitlement obligations it can never meet. And, as Chart 5-1 on page 58 of the official Obama budget … Continue reading

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READS: NR Gets the Payroll Tax Cut Right

I was afraid I was the only conservative scratching his head that the House GOP seemed ready to make a tax increase the hill they wanted to die on.  Money quotes: While we welcome the newfound Republican hawkishness on the … Continue reading

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Are Abortifacients Abortifacient?

Here is an atrocious, obviously biased, and above all badly written piece of dreck from the New York Times.  You should all read it, because, if you can get through the gentle assassination of the English language in the service … Continue reading

Posted in Abolitionism, Mere Opinion | 212 Comments

READS: Meanwhile, In Contraceptive-Occupied Great Britain…

So five years ago — perhaps longer — the government gave the green light to fit girls with hormone releasing implants that are inserted under the skin of the upper arm, The Telegraph reports. So-called sexual health clinics have performed … Continue reading

Posted in Mere Opinion | 1,285 Comments