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• An Obama Administration About-face

  

  We don't yet know why but who at this point cares: In a dramatic 24-hour turnaround, the German family that could have faced deportation after the Supreme... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 SOCIETY

• "That is a Rather Terrifying Demonstration of Naivete."

  

  Elizabeth Scalia's take on the Ukrainian crisis and the Obama administration's reaction: The Obama White House is learning the hard way that presidential power... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 SOCIETY

• "Why, Deep Down, Are So Many of Us So Unhappy?"

  

  Fr. Barron gives us an answer, a most unpopular, yet brutally honest, answer: The book of Genesis tells us that God placed his human creatures in the midst of... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SOCIETY

• “I Have Little Doubt That If This Family Had Been of Some Other Faith That the...

  

  Yet more reason to despise and abhor this administration and what it is they stand for: Uwe and Hannelore Romeike came to the United States in 2008 seeking... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SOCIETY

• No Faith?

  

  Maybe it's because there's no room for it: "In a heart possessed by riches, there is no longer much room for faith: everything is concerned with riches, there i... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SOCIETY

• "Just Once, I'd Like to Feel Fully Shriven"

  

  Shriven is not a word we're accustomed to hearing today.  It's particularly Catholic and it means to be absolved of wrongdoing, to have confessed one's sins. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 SOCIETY

• John Kerry is an Embarrassment, Obama Not Far Behind

  

  No... really. On this morning's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer, Kerry said: "Russia chose this brazen act aggression and moved in with its forces on a... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2014 SOCIETY

• "This is Not About Discrimination... It is About a Need for Approval and...

  

  Rebecca Hamilton is providing the kind of wisdom needed to counter the skilled propagandists who are fooling too many Americans: We are not talking about a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SOCIETY

• You Want to Believe This is a Sign of Hope for This Country

  

  You really do... but listen to this young reporterette at the end, listen to what she has to say, and know there are still people out there who've been hit in... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Wine and Wisdom

  

  Benjamin Franklin is known to have said that wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Which I think is wise... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Mom and Dad, You Need to Read This!

  

  I suspect many Catholics I know need to read this: In his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis gave a brief catechesis on the sacrament of the anointing of... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 SOCIETY

• The Enormous Influence of the Gay Lobby is Taking Us Down the Road to Complete...

  

  The Anchoress elaborates over at First Things: Same-sex marriage has become a judicial juggernaut; seventeen states now recognize same-sex unions, with couples... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 SOCIETY

• News Definitely Not Fit for Print Or Publication

  

  I would be greatly surprised to see this on our local and national news outlets this evening: A coalition of black pastors announced on Tuesday at the National... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "The Respect Deficiency in Our Culture Has Reached Crisis Levels"

  

  Particularly against men by women and Matt Walsh is arguing that young girls are being harmed by it: Disrespect for men is a joke to us now. A little while ago ... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "I'm Nothing More Than a Sinner in a Sailor Suit"

  

  This is a dated video of Coast Guard Rear Admiral William Lee speaking to last year's gathering at the National Day of Prayer.  First time I've seen it...... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "Has the Women's Liberation Movement Really Scared the Bejesus out of Men This...

  

  Men, do yourselves, and by extension society, a huge favor... bring back chivalry: The cynic in me finds the whole experience bemusing. I mentioned this to a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "What Papal Infallibility is Not"

  

  Fr. Robert Barron takes on one of the most controversial, and misunderstood, doctrines of Catholicism: This piece, by Sebastian Fama, summarizes for us:... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "A Solid Victory"

  

  Loss of freedom at the University of Wisconsin considered to be "a solid victory": In November 2013, a concerned citizen informed FFRF [*Ed - Freedom From... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 SOCIETY

• 'For the Ignorant and the Perpetually Angry, Papa Ratzinger is Only a...

  

  The Anchoress is doing her level best to drill holes in the 'Ratzi was a Nazi' meme: “Tenderness” is a word that has been usedwith some frequency by his... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Racism Ignored by the Race Pimps

  

  How many times have we heard from politicians and others that evidence for insitutional racism in this country can be found in her jails and prisons where the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2014 SOCIETY