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"We Coveted Selma"
Hans Fiene is a Lutheran pastor in Illinois and the author of this rather provocative piece titled Gay Marriage Isn’t About Justice, It’s About Selma Envy: Afte... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2015 SOCIETY -
"If the Indiana Witch Hunt Doesn’t Convince You of the Truth of the Law of...
Rod Dreher is sounding the alarm: It seems to me that the media/elite freakout over the Indiana law is a moral panic analogous to the freakout over the UVA... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 SOCIETY -
What's the Real Deal with the Indiana RFRA Law?
Mark Shea answers the question emphatically: The real deal is this: People in flyover country are being told the terms of their surrender. This is not about... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2015 SOCIETY -
Is Apple CEO Tim Cook Selective About His Problems with Religious Based...
By now most have heard about Tim Cook's problems with the new bill passed in Indiana: There’s something very dangerous happening in states across the country. Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 SOCIETY -
The Inevitable Result of Whitewashing Evil
Anne Skomorowsky over at Slate is thinking through the conclusions being drawn in the aftermath of the Germanwings mass murder: Because Germanwings pilot Andrea... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2015 SOCIETY -
'If the Prevailing Philosophy in Our Society is Relativism, Then “Who Are You...
A much needed lesson on judgment from Fr. Longenecker: Most non-Catholics will take up the fashionable cry, “Who are you to judge?!” whenever anyone... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2015 SOCIETY -
What is Palm Sunday?
It occurs to me that many, though they've heard of Palm Sunday, today really know nothing about it, know nothing of its richness and what is being commemorated. Read more
Posted on 29 March 2015 SOCIETY -
What Are They Smoking in Colorado? And in New York?
This is an indictment, of epic proportions, against the legal system: Murder will not be among the charges filed Friday by Boulder County's District Attorney... Read more
Posted on 27 March 2015 SOCIETY -
Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
I came across this story today and was immediately saddened by it: On Jan. 17, 2014, University of Pennsylvania runner Madison Holleran committed suicide. She... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"Mind-numbingly Stupid"
Calah Alexander's brutal honesty on the idiocy of the #RaceTogether campaign is refreshing: I was a Starbucks barista for years in college, and when I heard... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2015 SOCIETY -
Abortion Clinic Fire-bombed
You probably hadn't heard about this... because... in reality, it was a prayer group at that abortion clinic that was targeted: Police have arrested a woman... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2015 SOCIETY -
A Glimpse of Things to Come
Lawmakers in San Francisco are upset over the attempt to keep Catholic schools Catholic: Two Bay Area lawmakers are seeking an investigation of working... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"Hypocrisy May Be Among the Easiest Charges Any American Can Let Fly at...
Hypocrisy is the charge frequently claimed to be the reason why many decide to abandon regular Church attendance or to abandon organized religion altogether. Read more
Posted on 24 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"Now the Push from Progressive Elites Will Be to Tear Down the Wall Protecting...
Rod Dreher is sounding the alarm most will dismiss or simply ignore: This just in on behalf of the Pacific School of Religion, a major liberal Protestant... Read more
Posted on 24 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"A Gross Miscarriage of Justice"
Kathy Platoni's piece in the Wall Street Journal should get the widest of attention: It was more than five years ago that the gunshots rang out, but those of... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2015 SOCIETY -
I Wish You Sublime Beatitudo
We all seek to be happy... in fact, it is that pursuit of happiness that drives life for most of us. Today I learned, via Father Mike's homily and I'm sure,... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"Anthropologists Have Found That ‘Slutty’ Behavior is Good for the Species"
Get your attention? David Virtue has more: One of man’s persistent dreams is to find a good reason he can’t help sinning. It started with Adam’s trying to... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"Religion is a Myth. A Fairy Tale."
Tod Worner takes on his faith's critics: My faith, I would like to think, has always been strong and my relationship with Christ has grown deep (in spite of my... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2015 SOCIETY -
"It is the Truth of a Belief, Not the Failure Or Success of Alleged Followers...
Padre Steve brings us a must read Michael Coren piece on the movie that helped him come back to his Catholic roots: I originally wrote about The Passion of the... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2015 SOCIETY -
Doing the Right Thing
There were many faithful Catholics shaking their collective heads when this news broke earlier in the week: KCBS has learned that Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the... Read more
Posted on 19 March 2015 SOCIETY