I ended up skipping the Weigel this time around. Oh, I read it, but I gave so much time to critiquing Triumph that there was no room left for my qualified praise of Weigel. I highly recommend the Bottum. That doesn't sound right. But I do...the poems are excellent. Mostly about death in some form or other, but still great.
Wednesday, January 9
Blessed Tommaso Reggio, who established the first Catholic newspaper. He did a lot of other great things, too, another, less well-known Saint To Make You Tired.
...to make abortion a standard part of OB-GYN instruction in the city's hospitals. Because his election seemed so improbable, Bloomberg's Blueprint for Public Health barely made a ripple—let alone a splash—when it was first unveiled. But should the new mayor make good on the document's controversial promise, the result will be groundbreaking. No other city is known to have institutionalized abortion training in its public hospitals. Jubilant pro-choice advocates say the move would not only improve services for the city's uninsured women but also help alleviate a shortage of abortion providers nationwide.
That's a relief.