Last month, I wrote a column where I was reposting a letter I sent to the President. If that is Hit and Run, I am sorry. Usually no one responds to my entries, so I don't generally go back to them. Also, of late, my reply button has been missing.
As to the question of legislating baptism, I was was not suggesting that. What I was suggesting was that the Catholic Church (not the state) should allow its hospitals to perform second trimester inductions rather than pushing them off to other hospitals. I was making a suggestion to the Church, not the government.
I was not suggesting we legislate baptism but that the Church get a clue and quit being moral wimps about the fact of second and third trimester abortion for medical necessity. In the same way, they should provide supportive care to downs syndrome parents at no cost if they continue to preach against aborting such children.
There is more to life than government action. Sometimes sticking it to the bishops is necessary.
As for personal accounts, yes that is the same as what Bush offered, with a profound difference - I advocate equal sized accounts for every workers rather than basing them on income AND I would require that they be invested in essentially the socializing of the workplace, rather than enriching Wall Street with the proceeds.
Some of you guys need to think before commenting.