UNICEF

1. "Lobbied New Zealand Parliamentarians to oppose a law that would require parental consent for minor abortions in 2004."
2. "News also broke that year that evidence of sterilizing agents had been discovered in a polio vaccine UNICEF had campaigned for in Nigeria."
3. "In 2009, a top UNICEF official publicly opposed a pro-life constitutional amendment in the Dominican Republic, "

Sports

1. "When we spend too much time focusing only on sports, we move God from the center of our life to the sideline of our life." - Stephen Kokx  (4/26/13)
2. "One of the great myths in America is that sports build character," Ehrmann writes in his new book, "InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives.""They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the perfect venue in which to build character. But sports don't build character unless a coach possesses character and intentionally teaches it." (10/13/11)
3. Adverse Effects of Sports Paticapition
1. "During 2001-2005, an estimated 207,830 emergency department (ED) visits for concussions and other TBIs [traumatic brain injuries} related to sports and recreation activities were reported annually." (12/6/11)
2. May be associated with later development of hip and knee osteoarthritis (PSm ,2/6/12)

Humility

1. Definitions
1. "St. Theresa of Avila said that humility is living in the truth ("andar en la verdad")'
1. "God is God and we are not.  We live out our relationship with God by being lovingly obedient. "
2. "We live in the truth with ourselves by being just who we are and not trying to be something that we are not.  "
3. "We live in truth with our neighbor through mutual respect, kindness, and acceptance."
2. "Humility is the most basic of all of the Christian virtues. "
1. "In order to believe in God, we need to humble.  Humility allows us to believe in someone greater than ourselves."
2. "In order to love, we need to be humble.  Humility allows us to forget ourselves and love our neighbor. "
3. How do we acquire humility?
1. "Humility is a gift.  We need to ask God to make us humble. "
2. "But, asking for humility is not enough; we need to do acts of humility. "
1. "We have many opportunities every day to do many acts of humility."
2. " The more we exercise the virtue of humility, the humbler we will become. "

Suffering

1. "Pain is inevitable, Suffering is optional" - Buddhist proverb
2. "...the acceptance of suffering is a reverse or the process of sin." Theology for Beginners, page 170 (10/26/11)
3. "The great tragedy of the world is not what people suffer, but how much they miss when they suffer. Nothing is quite as depressing as wasted pain, agony without an ultimate meaning or purpose." - Archbishop Fulton Sheen (On Being Human) (2/20/13)
4. ‎"I wish to learn in the Sacred Heart of Jesus to suffer all things in silence, and never complain of what may be done to me" ~St. Margaret Mary Alacoque † (2/6/12)

Scripture

1. Scripture alone
1. If Jesus wanted us to rely on his written word alone than why didn't he write down his words?
2. "Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ." -St. Jerome (2/28/12)

Vitamins

1. Some vitamins/supplements where associated with an increased rate of death in an observational study of older women.

Venting

1. Rumination increased rather than decreased anger and aggression
1.  “venting to reduce anger is like using gasoline to put out a fire—it only feeds the flame. By fueling aggressive thoughts and feelings, venting also increases aggressive responding. Venting did not lead to a more positive mood either.”

2. Talking about thoughts and feelings after a trauma may not help. Worse, it may be psychologically damaging (Seery et al., 2008)

The Way

"To have found the way is not the end; it is the beginning." Theology for Beginners, page 104

Monopolies

‎"It is a free market that makes monopolies impossible." -- Ayn Rand

State

"The State is nothing but a gang of thieves writ large, the locus of the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society." -Murray Rothbard

IOM

1. Pro-abortion bias