1. New York Times: Elaborate Suicide Attack Hits Christian Village in Lebanon
2. Public Discourse: Luma Simms on Mary Eberstadt’s new book, It’s Dangerous to Believe.
3. Pre-tweeting today’s event from Amtrak last night.
4. Join our noon event here– in person or via livestream.
5. Did the majority on the Court unconsciously admit abortion is not health care?
Similar thoughts:
Maybe a ruling which says that abortion clinics aren’t medical facilities at all is actually the most important judicial concession yet.
— C. C. Pecknold (@ccpecknold) June 28, 2016
6. Mollie Hemingway on abortion “comedy.”
7. You need to be 16 to play outside? (Even odder if you’ve ever been to New Albany, Ohio.)
8. Get Religion on coverage of the latest papal plane presser.
9. Tomorrow’s the 65th anniversary of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s ordination to the priesthood. He gave his first address since stepping down as pontiff today in Rome, giving thanks for his priesthood and:
expressing his hope that all would, with the help of God, help in the “transubstantiation of the world: that it be a world not of death, but of life; a world in which love has overcome death.”
PLUS:
I’ve got an alternative Donald in my syndicated column this week.
Q&A with Jeanne Mancini from the March for Life about yesterday’s SCOTUS decision.
And with Chuck Donovan on the same here.
More here with Helen Alvare and Steve Aden.
Over the weekend we ran this with Brian Burch of Catholic Vote about meeting with Trump.
Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (June 28, 2016)