“Pro-choice”: an illusion and a misnomer

By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation When I began working as a radio reporter while still in college, I quickly learned how decisively important the choice of words was and is in conveying the meaning of a story. On the topic of abortion, for example, I thought that the best way to refer …

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The power of dishonest words to change our capacity for reason and moral action

By Dave Andrusko As we begin the new year, I’d like to revisit a post that was originally stirred into existence by the headline of a piece that ran in the Irish Times. It read, “Words can change our capacity for reason,” and it was written by John Waters who at the time was a …

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