Notes: (1) Some of the posts below are listed at the STR blog as having been posted by Melinda. This is because all posts during the first months of the STR blog were posted by Melinda, regardless of author. (2) Some of the posts below include broken links. You may have to do a Google search using the names of articles to which I’ve linked (and/or authors) in order to find them. My apologies. (3) Posts preceded by an asterisk have been selected by the author as “especially recommended.”
- As the Curtain Falls… (a Farewell Message from Steve Wagner) (12/31/08)
- Here’s a Model to Follow (12/6/08)
- Is Prop. 4 a No-Brainer for CA Pro-Life Advocates? (10/9/08)
- LA Times Asks the Right Question (10/7/08)
- Construction vs. Development (Share your dialogue with us!) (9/12/08)
- Resources to Help Church Leaders Equip Their Members to Defend the Unborn (9/10/08)
- ** Are Sermons Enough? (8/31/08)
- Casey, Obama, and the Common Good (8/27/08)
- More Common Ground: Abortion Without Consent (7/19/08)
- A Better Visual Evangelism Tool? (7/1/08)
- Can You Still Think Well Since the WWW? (6/29/08)
- One Dialogue, One Person, One Hour (6/13/08)
- Showing Up (5/30/08)
- ** We agree… (5/9/08) – reposted here
- Student Group Finds Common Ground (Results of Portland Survey, 3/26/08) (5/6/08)
- ** We Have So Easily Forgotten (4/29/08)
- ** Merely Being Human…Does Anyone Seriously Argue This Alone Gives Value? (4/25/08)
- Shvarts Art Puts Yale in a Tough Spot… (4/22/08)
- Should Abortion Be Used for Personal Artistic Expression? (4/18/08)
- Pastor Hamilton, Hard Cases, and Common Ground: Your Comments Please (4/9/08)
- Find Common Ground with Your Church or Sunday School Class (4/8/08)
- Canadian Pro-Life Students Speak Truth to Power (4/3/08)
- Pictures Would Have Helped…and a More Humble Tone too. (3/30/08)
- Confused About When Life Begins? This Video Can Help. (3/28/08)
- Talking Bible Talk (2/15/08)
- Prager Builds Common Ground on Abortion (2/12/08)
- Common Ground: Don’t Use Violence to Make Your Point (2/1/08)
- ** A Lesson at the Supermarket (1/31/08)
- Kissling and Michelman Refuse to Dismiss Pro-Lifers as Irrelevant (1/25/08)
- Common Ground: Man Has No “Choice” (1/21/08)
- What Does It Mean to Care for Those Who Have Had Abortions? (1/18/08)
- Not Just a Women’s Issue (1/14/08)
- Title Good, Title Bad, Which is the Title that Makes You Mad? (1/10/08)
- Honorary Degrees Are Neither (1/5/08)
- Reputation Is a Fragile Thing (1/2/08)
- ** Grandma and the Christmas Rush (12/30/07)
- Tactics in Action: Evangelism by Abortion? (12/7/07)
- CSUN Survey Results: Common Ground Abounds (11/18/07)
- CSUN Survey Results: Pro-Life? Pro-Choice? Can I Be Both? (11/16/07)
- CSUN Survey Results: Should Abortion Be Legal After 18 Weeks? (11/15/07)
- CSUN Survey Results: Organisms, Rights, and the Law (11/14/07)
- CSUN Survey Results, Introduction (11/12/07)
- Garry Wills & Abortion: If We Should Leave the Decision to Women, Then We’ve Already Decided (11/5/07)
- Chesterton Pegs the Media (10/22/07)
- The Real Value of Poll Data (10/11/07)
- Would Jesus Use a Graphic Picture to Get His Message Across? (10/10/07)
- Common Ground on Abortion: Deadly or Essential? (10/6/07)
- Parasitical Parable (9/4/07)
- Statistics – It’s Best to Be Skeptical First (9/3/07)
- Using Language in a Deconstructive…um…Destructive Way (8/22/07)
- Bigger Fish to Fry (8/21/07)
- Killing Fetuses with Injections Before Surgical Abortion (8/14/07)
- Pro-Lifers Squirm…but Why? Part IV (8/14/07)
- Pro-Lifers Squirm…but Why? Part III (8/11/07)
- Pro-Lifers Squirm…Part II (8/9/07)
- Pro-Lifers Squirm at the Punishment Question…but Why? (8/7/07) (referring to this post by Anna Quindlen)
- If You Can’t Start an Abortion Discussion with This…Part II (7/28/07)
- If You Can’t Start an Abortion Discussion With This… (7/26/07)
- ** It’s okay to kill them, but it violates their dignity to show them (7/26/07)
- Get Lost! (7/7/07)
- Gellman Gets It Right (7/2/07)
- Take the Pill and Decrease Your Chance of Death by 5x!!!! (6/29/07)
- ** Polling Uneducated Voters (6/22/07)
- ACOG Goes Glum Over Gonzales (5/2/07)
- ** The Law Can’t Force People to Believe Anything (4/25/07)
- Supreme Court Reminder: Focus on Abortion (4/19/07)
- Bible Verses No One “Claims” (3/7/07)
- Abortion and Breast Cancer: It’s Time to Take the Link Seriously (2/23/07)
- Do My Eyes Deceive Me? (2/21/07)
- ESCR Confusion: Embryos and Bacteria (2/19/07)
- ESCR Confusion: Is the Embryo a Member of the Human Race? (2/9/07)
- ** Good Ambassadors Lead with Compassion (12/28/06)
- What Are YOU Doing on Christmas? (12/25/06)
- Maureen Condic Exposes ESCR’s Real Record (12/20/06)
- A Little Diversion for Friday… (12/15/06)
- ** Huxley…then Postman…Now Orwell? (12/6/06)
- Canada’s Free Speech Phobia (12/4/06)
- The SLED Test Revisited – Four Leaky Buckets (11/30/06)
- The SLED Test – Who Created It? (11/25/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: Why Consent, Notification, or Neither? (11/16/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: Consent or Notification or …? (11/15/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: Until What Point SHOULD Abortion Be Legal? (11/13/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: Abortions until What Point in Pregnancy? (11/10/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: How Many Abortions in CA? (11/9/06)
- CSUN Survey Results: What Do Students Think about Abortion? (11/9/06)
- Ob/Gyns in England Want Debate about Killing Newborns (11/6/06)
- Who’s Judging You? (10/18/06)
- Habermas on Doubt: Now Available Online for FREE (10/17/06)
- ** Brain Waves at 6 Weeks: Sykes says, “Fiction!” (10/13/06)
- Brain Waves at 6 Weeks: Fact or Fiction or _____ ? (10/12/06)
- Contraceptive Culture (10/10/06)
- No Ball or Racket Needed (10/5/06)
- Buy An Internet Essay So Your Professor Will Be Sure to See How Little You Know (9/15/06)
- Why Is Ovulation Never Mentioned in Plan B Discussions? (8/23/06)
- The Danger of Unquestioned Answers (8/15/06)
- Egg Donation Not a Simple One-Step Process (8/12/06)
- Fetus Farming (8/9/06)
- The Problem Is Mom (8/5/06)
- Vaccine Schmaccine (7/25/06)
- Friend-Assisted Suicide (6/26/06)
- Right Sermon; Wrong Text (6/25/06)
- Countdown to Abortion (6/10/06)
- Cloner Asks Wrong Question (6/6/06)
- ** Do Abortion Advocates Think We Should Kill People to Solve Social Problems? No. (5/13/06)
- From Anti-Choice to Pro-Abortion: A Startling Teen Transformation (4/19/06)
- ** Was the Resurrection Only Metaphorical? (4/16/06)
- If Monogamous By Nature, Then Also… (3/29/06)
- “But What Do You Personally Believe?” (3/25/06)
- ** The Debate Continues (3/24/06)
- ** Abortion Forum Lasts More than Four Hours (3/18/06)
- Pregnant Rape Victims Deserve Better Than Abortion (3/10/06)
- Fetus Fetish (3/2/06)
- Good for nothing but a good laugh (2/23/06)
- ** The Common Ground Gamble (2/22/06)
- Raging Grannies (2/14/06)
- SD House Votes to Ban Abortion and Starts a Conversation (2/13/06)
- Brains of 18-Year-Olds Not Fully Mature? (2/7/06)
- Our Expectations Are WAY Too Low (1/19/06)
- ** Ambassadors and Panhandlers (1/6/05)
- And a little child will lead them… (12/20/05)
- Poor Indians to Be Treated Like Guinea Pigs? (12/19/05)
- Don’t Try This at Home…Or Anywhere. (12/14/05)
- Peter Singer Plays the Prophet…Rather Badly (12/5/05)
- Discussing ESCR: A Simple Plan (11/17/05)
- Can You Marry a Snake? (11/3/05)
- “How Can I Lead My Church on Abortion?” (Part 4b of 4) (10/22/05)
- No Third Option — How Can I Lead My Church on Abortion? (Part 4a of 4) (10/20/05)
- “How Can I Lead My Church on Abortion?” (Part 3 of 4) (10/19/05)
- “How Can I Lead My Church on Abortion?” (Part 2 of 4) (10/18/05)
- “How Can I Lead My Church on Abortion?”–A Pastor (10/17/05)
- Refining Our People Skills (10/15/05)
- Is Abortion about an Issue or about People? (10/13/05)
- Do You Work So You Can Relax? (10/11/05)
- Let’s Just Agree to Disagree? (10/8/05)
- “Bring Them Home” or “Set Them Straight”? (10/6/05)
- Lieutenant Columbo in the Back Alley: A Case Study (Part 2) (9/19/05)
- Lieutenant Columbo in the Back Alley: A Case Study (Part 1) (9/12/05)
- Did the Constitution Die With Rehnquist? (9/4/05)
- Now 65 Diseases Being Treated Using Adult Stem Cells (8/30/05)
- Shouldn’t Planned Parenthood Condemn All Abortion-Related Violence? (8/26/05)
- Self-Refuting Food-for-Thought (8/24/05)
- Robertson Provides a Lesson in How (Not) to Offer Critique (8/23/05)
- I’m Not Imposing Anything on Anyone (8/21/05)
- ** Is Market Work the Only Work that Matters? (8/20/05)
- Dr. Dobson: Right On Target (Part 2) (8/15/05)
- Dr. Dobson: Right On Target (Part 1) (8/12/05)
- What about Abortion in the Case of Rape? A Response (8/11/05)
- Christmas in August? (8/10/05)
- Prayer that Reaffirms the Value of Each Life (8/10/05)
- A Threnody for the Innocent (8/10/05)
- “Superhero for Choice” Restricts Choice by Destroying Pro-Lifers (8/9/05)
- Dobson’s Comment: Great Opportunity for Dialogue (8/8/05)
- Two Proverbs to Remember in Any Conversation (8/6/05)
- We Can Do Better than Embryo Research (8/5/05)
- If It’s Wrong to Change Settled Law, Roe Is Wrong (8/2/05)
- Does Frist Mean What He Says? Does He Know What He Means? by Steve Wagner (7/29/05)
- Scientists NOT Gone Mad by Steve Wagner (7/6/05)
- Let’s Clarify: Adult Stem Cells Are Being Used to Treat 56 Diseases NOW by Steve Wagner (6/28/05)
- How to Stay Calm When They Think You’re Nuts by Steve Wagner (6/21/05)
- Doesn’t Funding ESCR Force Us to Participate? (Part 2) by Steve Wagner (6/20/05)
- Doesn’t Funding ESCR Force Us to Participate? (Part 1) by Steve Wagner (6/20/05)
- On Destructive Biotechnologies, We Agree with Feminists and Environmentalists by Steve Wagner (6/14/05)
- Bioethics: Essential to Forming a Complete Christian Worldview by Steve Wagner (6/14/05)
- The Biotech Century — Conference Today (So Cal) by Steve Wagner (6/14/05)
- Defining the Mystery Passage Out of Existence by Steve Wagner (6/10/05)
- A Tale of Two Verdicts (for Only One Crime) by Steve Wagner (6/9/05)
- Dr. Hwang Says He’s Not Creating Humans, But He Talks to Them Anyway by Steve Wagner (6/3/05)
- “Makin’ Whoopee” — A Welcome Retreat from Modern Pop Culture by Steve Wagner (6/2/05)
- Are You Wrong If You Think You’re Right? (6/1/05)
- ESCR Advocates: Be Honest by Steve Wagner (6/1/05)
- The Biotech Century: So Cal Conference on 6/14 by Steve Wagner (6/1/05)
- Postmodern Story-Telling at its Best (or Worst) by Steve Wagner (5/31/05)
- Anti-ESCR and Pro-CP: Is Bush Inconsistent? by Steve Wagner (5/28/05)
- Embryo Sound Bites, Part 3: Does embryo research KILL embryos? by Steve Wagner (5/27/05)
- Embryo Sound Bites, Part 2 by Steve Wagner (5/26/05)
- Is Homosexuality Decreasing the Child Population in SF? by Steve Wagner (5/25/05)
- To Defend Embryos, Reason in Sound Bites by Steve Wagner (5/25/05)
- Naturalism Wins the Contest…for Most Dangerous Definition of Science by Steve Wagner (5/17/05)
- Human Beings Can’t Be Donated by Steve Wagner (5/17/05)
- Had an Abortion? There’s Help Just Around the Corner by Steve Wagner (5/16/05)
- If We Don’t Know What to Do, Do Nothing? by Steve Wagner (5/12/05)
- ** Mothers Have Professional Impact – They Deserve Professional Respect by Steve Wagner (5/9/05)
- ** Do You Think I’m Going to Hell? by Steve Wagner (5/7/05)
- Paul Is Obsessed with Giving Thanks ? Why? by Steve Wagner (5/6/05)
- Relativist Parents Gone AWOL – Absent Without Leaving by Steve Wagner (5/5/05)
- Embryo Research: Let’s Call It What It Is by Steve Wagner (5/4/05)
- Today’s Riddle: Is There an Abortion that Protects the Child? by Steve Wagner (4/26/05)
- Closing Clinics Can’t Stop Abortion. Opening Dialogue Can. by Steve Wagner (3/10/05)
- ** How to Win an Argument and Still Lose by Steve Wagner (3/4/05)
- Is Giving Money Away Good for Your Health? by Steve Wagner (2/28/05)
- Pictures of Abortion: Necessary but Not Sufficient by Steve Wagner (2/19/05)
- Serial Nuclear Transfer- Just a more deadly cloning process by Steve Wagner (2/17/05)
Human Beings Matter More 