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Past Column Indexes for the Years 2000, 2001,

 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

 

In chronological order:

 

Life Insight 2000, the year Part I

 

1-14-00 "No" to Destructive Research on Human Embryos                                    

1-21-00 U.S. Supreme Court to Review

1-28-00 Nebraska’s Partial Birth Abortion Ban 27 Years of Pro-Life Activities 

2-04-00  "For a New Culture of Life"

2-11-00  New Culture of Human Life—II

2-18-00  Senators Urged to Ban Use of Aborted Fetal Tissue

3-03-00  Truth Shines Bright

3-10-00  Value of Human Life

3-17-00  Moral Dimensions of Vaccines

3-27-00  Change Minds and Hearts

4-07-00  UNMC Wins Round One, Not Battle

4-14-00  Pro Life Meditations/Stations

4-21-00  Prayer and Fasting

4-28-00  End of Life Issues Update

5-08-00  Pope Paul VI Institute

5-19-00  Rotten Fruit- 40 Years of "The Pill"

5-26-00  Be Faithful, Leave the Rest to God

6-02-00  The Visitation

6-16-00  Surgical Abortions Drop in 1999

6-30-00  Sloppy Intellectual Reasoning

Life Insight 2000, the year Part II

 

7-14-00  Stenberg v. Carhart Ruling

7-28-00  Pro-Life Legislation in Congress

8-11-00  When Does Human Life Begin?

8-25-00  Life's Beginning and Personhood

9-01-00  Destroying Human Beings to Help Others

9-08-00  Urge Senator Kerrey's Support of the Pain Relief Promotion Act

9-15-00  Hope-Healing Following Abortion

9-22-00  Faith and Divine Providence, Pt. I

9-29-00  Faith and Divine Providence, Pt. II

10-06-00  RU 486: Another Tool for Killing

10-20-00  A Pilgrim's Reflections on Rome

10-27-00  Society’s Response to "The Least Ones"

11-10-00  A New and Effective Language

11-17-00  Rediscovering Awe-Human Life

11-24-00  Giving Thanks

12-01-00  US Bishops Issue Statement on Abortion and the Supreme Court

12-15-00  Was Election Confusion Inevitable

12-22-00  Christ's Birth Reveals Joy/Meaning

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2001, the year Part I

 

1-05-01  Defend and Proclaim Life

1-12-01  Congress 2000-Pro Life Legislation

1-19-01  Roe v. Wade:  What Have We Learned After 28 Years? 

1-26-01  Project Rachel Media Campaign

2-02-01  Stem Cell Recommendations Demonstrate Moral/Intellectual Incoherency

2-09-01  Why Using Aborted Babies for Research is Wrong, Part I

2-16-01  Why Using Aborted Babies for Research is Wrong, Part II

2-23-01  Are Prayer and Fasting Reducing Abortions in Nebraska?

3-02-01  Chambers’ Bills Highlight Verbal Dehumanization

3-09-01  Legislative Update/Action Request

3-23-01  More Information on Using Aborted Baby Tissue in Research

3-30-01  Help in Understanding our Culture

4-06-01  UN Arrogance, Disregard Towards Nebraskans Moral Concerns

4-13-01  Lack Intellectual Substance? Religion's a Good Scapegoat

4-20-01  Fetal Tissue Research and Beyond

4-27-01  Rachel Media Campaign Success

5-04-01  Legislation Exposes "Pro-Choice" Incoherency, Dishonesty

5-11-01  Motherhood:  A Proud Profession

5-25-01  Pro-Life is TRULY Pro-Woman

6-01-01  Is "Busy-ness" a Tool of the Devil?

6-29-01  First Question:  Is It Ethical?

Life Insight 2001, the year Part II

 

7-13-01  President Bush:  Don't Fund Research that Kills Human Beings

7-27-01  Embryonic Stem Cell Issue Heats

8-10-01  A Jaundiced View of Church Teaching

8-24-01  President Bush's Stem Cell Decision:  What Does It Mean?

9-14-01  Pro Life Legislation in Congress

9-21-01  A Culture of Life Responds to Evil

9-28-01  October Is Respect Life Month

10-05-01 Contemplation Essential to Form New Culture of Human Life

10-12-01  Practical Ways to Help Build a Culture of Life and Love

10-19-01  Knowing Where Medical Charities Stand on Life Issues

10-26-01  Some Positive Developments in Thwarting the Culture of Death

11-02-01  End-of-Life Decision-making and Catholic Teaching

11-09-01  Federal Pro-Life Legislative Update

11-16-01  Another Blow to the Practice Assisted Suicide

11-23-01  Thank You God!

11-30-01  Seeking and Destroying the Disabled

12-07-01  The Problem with Human Cloning

12-14-01  Let Us Make Mary's Fiat Our Own

12-21-01  Christmas Reveals Full Meaning of Every Human Birth

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2002, the year Part I

Holy Innocents and Holy Family (1/4/02)

Answering Some What Do You Mean by Pro Life? (1/11/02)

Questions on Revised Pastoral Plan & Nebr. Catholics for Life (1/18/02)

Fetal Tissue/Fetal Homicide Bills - Different Fates (2/2/02)

The Unmasking of "Pro Choice" (2/8/02)

When a Cloning Ban Doesn't Ban Cloning (2/15/02)

Amazing Grace, Awesome Conversion (2/22/02)

Unconventional Pro-Life Activities (3/1/02)

Pro Life in Pro-Active Mode for a Change (3/8/02)

Hail Mary Full of Grace, Pray for Us Sinners (3/15/02)

Animals More Protected Than Unborn Humans (3/22/02)

Pro Life Legislation in Congress 2002 (3/29/02)

The Annunciation:  The Pro Life Feastday (4/5/02)

Abortions Continue Downward Trend in Nebr. (4/12/02)

Bush Speaks Strongly Against Human Cloning (4/19/02)

The Gospel of Life Turns Seven (4/26/02)

Don't Underestimate the Power of One (5/3/02)

The Dignity and Importance of Mothers (5/10/02)

Hostility Not Defused with Intellect (5/17/02)

"Pill Bills": Further Enculturation of Contraception (5/24/02)

Voter Turnout Shameful (5/31/02)

Church Teaching (6/14/02)

Life Insight 2002, the year Part II

 

Pro Life Federal Legislative Update (7/12/02)

Capture the Romance with Natural Family Planning (7/26/02)

Bush Disassociates US from China's Reproductive Oppression (8/9/02)

Another Dagger in the Heart of Human Dignity (8/23/02)

A Story You Won't See in the Mainstream Media (9/6/02)

It's Religious Bigotry, Pure and Simple (9/13/02)

Our Lady of Sorrows and Project Rachel (9/20/02)

Respect Life Sunday (9/27/02)

Women Deserve Better (10/4/02)

Life Principles I  (10/11/02)

Life Principles II (10/18/02)

Life Principles III (10/25/02)

Vote and Vote Well (11/01/02)

Church Teaching on End of Life Issues (11/08/02)

Democrats Soul Searching Should Include Ditching Abortion (11/15/02)

Ignorance or Religious Bigotry?  (11/22/02)

It's About Principle (11/27/02)

An Anatomy of Ethical and Intellectual Incoherency (12/6/02)

A Sacred Gift So Defiled (12/20/03)

 

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2003, the year Part I

Planned Parenthood's Subterfuge (1/3/03)

Women Deserve Better (1/10/03)

30 Years of Killing: Body, Mind and Soul (1/17/03)

Modern Day Magi (1/24/03)

Form Your Children Well (1/31/03)

Pro Life Leader's Actions Reveal Planned Parenthood's Violations (2/7/03)

Upcoming Pro Life Legislation (2/14/03)

Catholics in Political Life (2/21/03)

Prayer and Sacrifice for Life (2/28/03)

The Everyday Apostle (3/14/03)

The Everyday Apostle II (3/21/03)

Begotten Not Made (3/28/03)

Pro Life Legislative Update (4/3/03)

Surprise Mom, I'm Pro Life! (4/11/03)

The Scandal of Pro-Abortion "Catholic" Politicians (4/18/03)

Pray, Think and Act (4/25/03)

Fetal Homicide Laws Expose the Lie of "Choice" (5/2/03)

Poor Choice, Not Pro Choice (5/9/03)

Nebraska Abortions Continue Steady Decline (5/16/03)

Schadenfreude (5/23/03)

The Contraceptive Deception (5/30/03)

Third Times A Charm for Partial Birth Abortion? (6/13/03)

Exorcising the Abortion Demon (6/27/03)

Life Insight 2003, the year Part II

 

The Beauty & Truth of Humanae Vitae (7/11/03)

The Beauty & Truth of Humanae Vitae II (7/25/03)

Pro Life Apologetics (8/08/03)

Pro Life Apologetics II  (8/15/03)

Pro Life Apologetics III (9/5/03)

Human Dignity/Will You Stand Up for Life? (9/12/03)

Planned Parenthood Funding Offensive and Disappointing (9/19/03)

Abortion Mill Prayer Project (9/26/03)

Life is a Miracle (10/3/03)

Calling Evil Good (10/17/03)

A Powerhouse Pro Life Convention (10/17T/03)

The Starvation of a Disabled Woman (10/24/03)

Speaking Truth and Love to Power (10/31/03)

President Signs Partial Birth Abortion Ban (11/7/03)

Partial Birth Abortion Battle Continues (11/14/03)

Judges, Politicians, Bishops and Abortion (11/21/03)

Thanks Be to God (11/26/03)

Medical Treatment Decisionmaking (12/5/03)

On the Provision of Nutrition and Hydration (12/12/03)

It's a Matter of the Heart and Will (12/19/03)

 

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2004, the year Part I

The Case Against Human Cloning (1/9/04)

Scriptures Directly Illustrates God's Pro Life Message for Us All (1/16/04)

It's a Matter of the Heart and Will (1/23/04)

One Vote Could Doom Cloning Ban (1/30/04)

Can A Single Issue Disqualify a Candidate? (2/06/04)

The Inspiring Beauty of Heroic Virtue (2/13/04)

Pray and Fast for a Culture of Life and Love (2/20/04)

Clone and Kill Now Reality (2/27/04)

72 Hours to Erase Last Night? (3/5/04)

Roe and Doe Seek to Overturn Roe and Doe (3/12/04)

Blest is the Fruit of Your Womb (3/19/04)

Nebraska Abortions Increase in 2003 (3/26/04)

Courts Begin Review of Federal PBA Ban (4/2/04)

Two Pro Life Bills Enacted on the Annunciation (4/9/04)

A Glimpse of Pure Evil (4/16/04)

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration (4/23/04)

March Against Women's Lives (4/30/04)

A Second Glimpse at Pure Evil (5/7/04)

A Two-Edged Sword (5/14/04)

Bishops Challenge Pro-Abortion "Catholic" Pols (5/21/04)

Culture of Death Dislikes Moral Clarity (5/28/04)

Gen Y: Hope for Our Future (6/4/04)

Shameless Distortions and Fairy Tales (6/18/04)

Life Insight 2004, the year Part II

 

Michael Reagan Chides Stem Cell Opportunists (7/2/04)

The Culture of Death at Catholic Colleges (7/16/04)

Med Center Continues Slide Down Ethical Slope (7/30/04)

Good and Bad Stem Cells (8/13/04)

Pro Woman Emphasis Effective? (8/27/04)

Register, Vote and Pray (9/3/04)

Strike Two on Banning Partial Birth Abortions (9/10/04)

Strike Three on PBA Ban? (9/17/04)

Thirty-two Years of Celebrating Life (10/01/04)

Umbilical Cord Blood Saves Lives (10/08/04)

Stem Cells, Abortion and Catholic Doctrine (10/22/04)

Are You Equipped to Fight the Culture of Death? (10/29/04)

Our Vision and Tools to Get Us There (11/5/04)

Our Vision and Tools to Get us There (11/12/04)

Our Vision and the Tools to Get us There, Part III (11/19/04)

Our Vision and the Tools to Get us There, Part IV (11/26/04)

Michael Reagen Headlines Pro Life Dinner (12/03/04) 

Our Vision and the Tools to Get Us There, Part V (12/10/04)

Abstinence Education Under Attack Again (12/17/04)

 

 

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2005, the year Part I

Good News (1/07/05)

Thirty Two Years of Roe and Doe (1/14/05)

FDA Considers Making EC Available OTC (1/21/05)

Will the Real Ban Please Stand Up? (1/28/05)

Thirty-two Years of Marching for Life (2/02/05)
No Serious Opposition? (2/11/05)
Prayer & Fasting for Life (2/18/05)
Pain of the Unborn (2/25/05)
Terry Schiavo (3/5/05)

Pro Life Legislative Summary (3/11/05)

Money Trumps Ethics (3/18/05)
Take Up Your Cross (3/25/05)
Medical Treatment Decisionmaking (4/1/05)
Verbum Caro Factum Est (4/8/05)
Double Digit Decrease in Abortions (4/15/05)

The Divine Providence of JP II's Papacy (4/22/05)

The Battle Over Judges (4/29/05)
How Little We Know About Roe (5/6/05)
A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small (6/17/05)

House Approved Embryo-destructive Research (6/3/05)

 

Life Insight 2005, the year Part II

Political Responsibility (7/1/05)
The Myths, Facts and Future of Roe v. Wade (7/15/05)

Understanding Body Language Will Set Us Free (7/29/05)

Frist's Position Morally Incoherent (8/12/05)
Vatican Addresses Tainted Vaccines (8/26/05)

Angels Sent From God (9/2/05)

MAPs Over the Counter? (9/9/05)
Embryo Adoption (9/16/05)
How to Talk to a Friend Who's Had an Abortion (9/23/05)
Be Vigilant with Charities (10/7/05)
65 to 0 (10/14/05)
Anti-Child Pressures in Parishes (10/21/05)
Is America Taking a Second Look at Roe? (10/28/05)
Death with True Dignity (11/04/05)
Faithfulness and Perseverance (11/11/05)
The Pastoral Plan and Its Activities (11/18/05)
Celebrating and Appreciating Human Life (11/25/05)
Who's Blocking Cures? (12/09/05)
Is the Pro Life Battlefield Shifting? (12/16/05)
Christmas Reveals Meaning of Every Human Birth (12/23/05)
 

 

In chronological order:

 

Life Insight 2006, the year Part I

 

Raise a Glass for Life (6/30/06)

The Importance of Fathers (6/16/06)

Signs of Hope in 2006 (6/2/06)

Nebraska Abortions Continue Major Decline (5/26/06)

Keeping Track of Our Congressman (5/19/06)

Motherhood Proud Profession (05/12/06)

Voting: A privilege and duty(5/05/06)

Communication Key to Good Decision-making (4/28/06)

Social Science Illuminates Contraception's Impact (4/21/06)

God's Redemptive Love and Mercy (4/14/06)

The Five Minute Pro-Lifer (4/7/06)

You Knit Me in My Mother's Womb (3/31/06)

House Dems Offer "Catholic" Statement (3/24/06)

South Dakota's Frontal Assault on Roe (3/17/05)

A Snow Job About Unintended Pregnancies (3/10/06)

It's All About Hope? (3/03/06)

Abortion's Link to Feminism (2/24/06)

Holly's Law (2/17/06)

Abortion and the Mother's Health (2/10/06)

Understanding Supreme Court Rulings (2/03/06)

Scientific Fraud and the Silence that Followed (1/27/06)

The Poisonous Legacy of Roe (1/20/06)

Roe Reality Checks II (1/13/06)

Roe Reality Checks I  (1/06/06)

Life Insight 2006, the year Part II

 

UNMC Undermines Public Trust (12/08/06)

Does More Contraception Mean Less Abortion? (12/01/06)

Post Election Overview (11/17/06)

Proudly Post Abortive? (11/10/06)

Get Informed and Vote (11/03/06)

Countdown to Supreme Court's PBA Hearing (10/27/06)

More Answers to Stem Cell Questions (10/20/06)

Why Doesn't the Public Know This? (10/13/06)

Nebraskans Say No to Embryonic Stem Cell Research (10/6/06)

Take It To the Bank (09/29/06)

Created, Loved, Redeemed by God (09/22/06)

Positive Alternatives (09/15/06)

Dishonest Scientists, Sloppy Reporter (09/08/06)

The Fertility Gap (9/01/06)

FDA Poised to Approve Plan B (08/25/06)

And Then There Were Two (08/11/06)

99% Effective, 100% Natural (07/28/06)

Americans Oppose Funding Embryo-Destructive Research (07/14/06)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In chronological order:

Life Insight 2007, the year Part I

Roes' Deformation of a Great Nation (1/12/07)                                               

House Votes to Expand Embryo Research 1/19/07                                        

Legislature Takes Up Cloning Ban Again (1/26/07)                                       

 Abortionist Degrades, Insults Women (2/02/07)                                             

An Undeniably Slippery Slope (2/09/07)                                                      

Separating Myth from Fact on Cloning I (2/16/07)                                           

Separating Myth from Fact on Cloning II (2/23/07)                                       

Separating Myth from Fact on Cloning III (03/02/07)                                       

Intercessors for Life (03/09/07)                                                                             

University Continues Divisive Path (03/16/07)

Legislature Debates Death Penalty (03/23/07)

Redeemer in the Womb (03/30/07)

New Life (04/06/07)

Reproductive Technologies and Catholic Teaching (04/13/07)

Question the Policies of Medical Charities 04/20/07

Supreme Court Ruling an Answer to Prayers (04/27/07)

Legislative Update (05/04/07) 

Good News in the Battle for Life (05/11/07)

The Pro Life Feast of the Visitation (05/25/07)                          

More Analysis on Court’s PBA Ruling (06/01/07)

The Importance of Fathers (06/15/07)  

Life Insight 2007, the year Part II

Be Critical of Stem Cell Reports (06/29/07)

Exposing the Stem Cell Word Games (07/13/07)

Muddle-Headed Science and Ethics II (08/10/07)

The Prevention Deception (08/24/07)

Supporting Our Pro Life Public Officials (09/07/07)

Legal Doesn’t Equal Safe(09/14/07)

Toddler Tactics (09/21/07)

Respect Life Sunday (09/28/07)

Virtue Media Inspires the Soul (10/05/07)

Vatican Answers Dubium on Food and Water (10/14/07)

Apostles for Life (10/19/07)

Tools to Build a Culture of Life (10/26/07)

Caregiving Testifies to Human Sanctity (11/02/07)

Selling Out Young People (11/09/07)

Ethical Ignorance is Not Bliss (11/16/07)

Giving Thanks and Witness Through Service (11/23/07)

Great News in Stem Cell, Cloning Debate (11/30/07)

A Pro Life Giant Passes (12/07/07)

An Evangelist of Love (12/14/07)

 

 

 

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