Op-Ed piece from the Wall Street Journal

[connecticut yankee]

'Culture of Life'
The Schiavo case shows that it's about more than abortion.

BY BRENDAN MINITER
Tuesday, March 22, 2005 12:01 a.m. EST

During the presidential campaign last year, George W. Bush talked about the need to promote a "culture of life." Anyone who dismissed such talk as just a way to spin antiabortion views without scaring pro-choice voters should pay closer attention. Today the Terri Schiavo case is revealing that protecting life is much broader than that single issue, and that it is a central component of Mr. Bush's governing philosophy.

for the rest of it, click on

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006452

I only wish they had as much regard for the lives of the soldiers fighting in Iraq and the hundreds of thousands of Iraquis that have been killed.

[bloom]

1. Universal Health Care

should be the mantra. If they REALLY wanted a "culture of life" - that is what they would be spending their time and money on.

(Instead of the Iraq war, of course).