I had the Rev. John Paris for a course while at Holy Cross, where the oh-so-Jesuit cleric peddled his plug-pulling ethics before he went to BC. The last time I saw his puss he was testifying before Congress in 1983 against the “Baby Doe” regulations that sought to protect spina bifida children from the Useless Eater police that crawl through some hospitals. As you can imagine, Paris was there to find fault with the Reagan Administration’s policy. As a teacher, I found Paris insufferable. If he is a “theologian,” then the bar has been set very low indeed. Thomas Aquinas must be doing backflips in his coffin. And people wonder why the pews are emptying