Let’s leave public policy aside (mostly) this week and focus on higher things.
A week ago, I handed in a Lenten reflection I had been asked to submit for the weekly bulletin of my church. I had to keep it short. Here’s what I wrote:

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Washington is all atwitter about Senate Republicans conducting a temporary filibuster against Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. Whatever one thinks of Hagel, it is important to understand that, for once, this isn't just a game of political "gotcha." There are substantive reasons for concern (if not outright opposition, which is not my point here) about various implications of some of Hagel's positions. The concerns are rooted in the unique, and thoroughly justified, status of good will between Israel and the United States.

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In light of the ongoing controversy about Department of Health and Human Services regulations requiring almost all employers to provide insurance coverage that includes full payment for prescriptive contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs, a little history might be enlightening.

 

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In terms of both law and logic, the federal Department of Health and Human Services has utterly failed in its newest claims to “accommodate” religious institutions and others who object to paying for abortion-inducing drugs. The new “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” on the ObamaCare/HHS insurance mandate is nothing but a smokescreen - even if it is a cleverly designed attempt to survive multiple court challenges.

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