[bdeaner]

Noonan was formerly a faculty member at Notre Dame. This is probably a favor. But a big mistake on his part.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Well, here's an interesting point: Noonan is an advisor to the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, which is considered more or less the student prolife hdq. on campus at Notre Dame. Their own list of "who inspires us" is illuminating and encouraging:

• Elizabeth Anscombe
• Orestes Brownson
• G.K. Chesterton
• Christopher Dawson
• Dorothy Day
• John Paul the Great
• C.S. Lewis
• Jacques Maritain
• John Henry Newman
• Dorothy Sayers

According to their website:

Judge Noonan joined the Center during his tenure as a visiting professor at the Notre Dame Law School as a Visiting Research Fellow. He gave a plenary presentation at the Center's "Culture of Death" conference in October 2000. In 1998, he delivered the J. Philip Clarke Family Lecture on Medical Ethics for the annual Notre Dame Medical Ethics Conference.