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• Army May Still Pursue Desertion Or Other Charges Against Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

  

  That directly from General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Dempsey also told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from his... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 SOCIETY

• "But Most of All, I'm Proud of How Much You Wanted to Help the Afghan People, an...

  

  That, and more from Bowe Bergdahl's father as events surrounding his son's release from captivity unfold. What did he specifically mean? Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 SOCIETY

• "Our Reading and Discussion Resolved Most of Our Objections, Which Were Almost...

  

  Father Raymond Ryland's conversion to Catholicism I find fascinating: Frequently, in television coverage of baseball games, the camera will focus several times... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 SOCIETY

• Toddy Theology

  

  The Ironic Catholic is tackling the deep stuff in Edinburgh Scotland, theology of the toddy: Local Catholics gathered yesterday for what has been called the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 SOCIETY

• "If It is True..."

  

  Fr. Dwight Longenecker on revolutionary revelation: The Catholic teaching is that there are two forms of revelation. The first is called “general” revelation. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 SOCIETY

• "I Didn't Feel That First Bullet."

  

  Regular readers will know the name Locutisprime.  He's been a guest blogger here at Brutally Honest since June of 2008 and has posted often since then though no... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 SOCIETY

• Bowe Bergdahl, American POW in Afghanistan, is Free

  

  Outstanding news via The New York Times: The lone American prisoner of war from the Afghan conflict, captured by insurgents nearly five years ago, has been... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "This is the Solzhenitsyn World, Where You Fear Everyone Around You."

  

  Austin Ruse is writing about courage... and our strong need for it: The great Russian dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn despaired of many things, not the least o... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Contrast and Compare the State of Catholicism...

  

  ... in the Western Catholic blogosphere with the state of Catholicism in Central Africa. For those not in the know, a major kerfluffle broke out amongst a numbe... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "How the Press Generally Reports on Catholicism"

  

  Simcha Fisher: I haven't seen the new religion chapter [of the AP Stylebook], but I have seen how the press generally reports on Catholicism -- and it seems... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Elliot Rodger is an Indictment Against the Therapuetic Industry

  

  Or sure as hell ought to be. Brendan O'Neill delves deeper: The most striking revelation about Elliot Rodger, the alleged Santa Barbara shooter, is that he had... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SOCIETY

• 'It is in This Context That the Holy Father's Earlier Criticism of...

  

  Cardinal Timothy Dolan has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal defending Pope Francis' views on capitalism, an op-ed that isn't making much noise in the Catholi... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "Whether We Are Willing to Admit It Or Not, Some Things Are Black-and-white"

  

  This one from Tod Worner resonates with me at a deep level: In our busy lives it is easy to dismiss that which is simple, disdain the black-and-white and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "If You Want to Change the World..."

  

  Via Gerard Vanderleun comes a commencement speech to put others to shame.  The speaker, Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "It is a post-Christian Replacement for Prayer"

  

  Marc Barnes on #hashtag campaigns: What are we to make of these “campaigns”? What are we to call it when those who cannot or will not act directly and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Fr. Emil Kapaun, One of So Many to Remember on Memorial Day

  

  Chris Stefanick has a beautiful write-up worth sharing on this day we remember those who've given all: The Korean war was one of the most brutal conflicts in... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 SOCIETY

• The Enamor of Beautiful Things

  

  I sit this morning in wonder.  In wonder of those things that move me and what that wonder and that moving might mean. In the wee hours of this morning, I came... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Show of Hands of Those Needing a Chuckle

  

  This is guaranteed to at least make you smile. H/T to CMR. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "Build Your Life Around This"

  

  Jennifer Fitz is writing about the Sunday Obligation: God doesn’t want you skipping Mass just because you aren’t picture-perfect. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "I'm Going to Play Ping Pong Now..."

  

  Rod Dreher on the federal judicial ruling overthrowing traditional marriage in Pennsylvania: I haven’t commented on this recent spate of rulings, because... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 SOCIETY