Author: Dr. Jim Asher

  • December 4, 2014

Abortifacients and agendas

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail...
  • October 21, 2014

The Catholic Doctor is In: The dilemmas of aging

In 2008, 53-year-old Randy Stroup applied to the state of Oregon for cancer treatment. It was refused, but...
  • July 25, 2014

Indian spirituality and the Cursillo

Browning Montana on the eastern edge of Glacier National Park is in the middle of the Blackfeet Reservation....
  • June 20, 2014

Adolescence and Maturity

Raising teenagers to be chaste in an era in which 70 percent of men aged 18-24 regularly visit...
  • May 6, 2014

What about the United Nations?

In February, representatives of the United Nations enjoined the Church to change its teachings on birth control (including...
  • March 19, 2014

The place of disabled people

We don't see much of severely disabled children in America. Years ago, many were institutionalized. In Arizona that...
  • February 12, 2014

Where are the Catholic student doctors?

I just returned from one of my favorite annual activities – 4 days spent in Pomona, working with...
  • January 17, 2014

ACLU versus the U.S. Bishops

The Americans for Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Bishops....
  • November 25, 2013

Getting over prejudices against the homeless

Someone heading toward me that I know is going to ask for money, I tense up. Why? I'm...
  • October 30, 2013

The Catholic Doctor Is In: A case of infidelity

His wife had been unfaithful and now she wanted to come back. He was willing to consider. I...