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Brutally Honest
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In Netanyahu, We See Clearly the Weakness of Barack Obama
The speech was more than incredible... it was the purest of examples of what America lacks. Leadership. Glenn Reynolds speaks truth in his related post:... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 SOCIETY -
“We Can’t Just Drill Our Way To Lower Gas Prices”…Turns out We Can
While the Fed agonizes over a 0.25% increase in the federal funds rate. The drop in oil prices have essentially injected $500 Billion in direct economic... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"... It is Not ‘hypocrisy’ to Simply Be a Struggling Sinner"
A validating, and at the same time challenging, piece posted by Fr. Denis Lemieux: Hypocrisy is the great charge levelled by those who are not religious... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 SOCIETY -
What Stirs in You to Do Something Great, to Shed the Masks of a False Life?
“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"What is This Thing Called Love?"
I've spent nearly a week with my wife, my youngest son, his soon to be bride and my beautiful granddaughter Amelia. We experienced moments that will be... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"Sadly for Most Christians, Too, the Cross Has Become Little More Than an...
Father Robert Barron has published thoughts on ISIS and how the meaning of the Cross actually taunts them: Last week, the attention of the world was riveted to ... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"Overcoming Loneliness is a Rotten Reason to Get Married"
Larry D. is commenting on Rob Bell's assertion that the Church is becoming irrelevant: So I get the “being alone” thing. God understood the “being... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 SOCIETY -
“We Are Ready to Intervene. Our Job is Security. and as Gendarmes We Are Well...
That from the commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard reacting to the threats posed by ISIS against the Pope: “We are ready to intervene. Our job is security.... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"That is What ISIS Is."
On Monday, I put up a post linking to Graeme Wood's Atlantic piece and called it a must read. Today, I read Frank Weathers' related words and would be wrong... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"There's Something About Beauty That Has Its Own Language"
This morning, the Pope sent out this tweet: Wherever there are men and women who have consecrated their lives to God, there you find joy. Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"Dear God, Please Open Their Eyes to Be Saved and to Quit Their Ignorance and th...
A riveting video of an interview with a brother of two of the Coptic Christians killed by ISIS last week has surfaced. From the video liner: The brother of... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"We Are Wired to Think We Are Right"
A great way to start Lent is to start by admitting we're wrong. Take it away, Fr. Longenecker: Ash Wednesday is the day when we wear our error on our brow. The... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 SOCIETY -
"Lent is a Time to Get Tuned Up, to Get Back to Basics, to Remember the...
I'm challenging my readers to sign up for Father Robert Barron's Lenten Reflections. His first one, in part, follows: At the beginning of baseball season, the... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 SOCIETY -
The Title of the ISIS Coptic Christian Beheading Video is One Needing to Be...
That title is "A Message Signed With Blood To The Nation Of The Cross." It's a message the White House dared not acknowledge as evidenced by their rather weak... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2015 SOCIETY -
“The Blood of Our Christian Brothers is a Witness That Cries Out”
That and much more from Pope Francis earlier today on the murder of 21 Coptic Egyptian Christians in Libya by ISIL radicals: Pope Francis on Monday condemned th... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2015 SOCIETY -
So You Think the Church Stinks? Join the Club...
"The Church is like Noah's ark that was full of both clean and unclean animals. It must have had an unholy smell, and yet it was carrying eight persons to... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2015 SOCIETY -
It’s Friday in America
Guest posted by tim, The Godless Heathen In light of a suggestion by someone who I respect I’ve posted the following to help retain some of my humanity. Also,... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 SOCIETY -
“Well, That’s the First Intelligent Thing You’ve Done.”
That from one SCOTUS Justice to another: In a lighthearted moment before an audience at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 SOCIETY -
Do Not Judge
How many times have you heard that said? How many times have you said it? What does it really mean? I just came across this Peter Kreeft opinion worth sharing... Read more
Posted on 13 February 2015 SOCIETY -
This is What You Might Call a Pegged Bovine Fecal Matter Detector
There are rants that are better left unread or unheard... and then there are rants from our beloved Anchoress: Yes, yes, yes, I’ll recover my head and my... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2015 SOCIETY