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• It's Come to This

  

  Last week China launched a lunar mission, a precursor to its plans to put a man on the moon.  India, Japan and Russia are also considering similar missions.... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Let Them Eat Cake... and You Must Bake It for Them

  

  America, land of the free, kinda sorta: A Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple has been given an ultimatum by a judge; serve gay weddings... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "We Are People in a Hurry. We Are People Who Are Saying, Insistently: Give It...

  

  Deacon Greg is a remarkable homilist, having the ability to weave a topical event beautifully into his message and with effect. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Dealing with Life's Pain

  

  A loved one is going through a very tough time.  He's watching his wife struggle with a debilitating disease.  He's watching their children watch her suffer.... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Church Has Never Fit the Hyper-politicized Lens the Western World Has Come...

  

  So my criticism of Rush Limbaugh (here and here) is generating some heat, in the comments and particularly in my email.  Interestingly enough, this from people ... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "Millennials Are Not So Hot on Their President"

  

  I find this hopeful: Young Americans are turning against Barack Obama and Obamacare, according to a new survey of millennials, people between the ages of 18... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Up is Down, Wrong is Right and Tolerance is Anything but

  

  Two related stories catching my eye today.   First up, the following video, which contains objectionable material (to say the least) showing feminists in... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 SOCIETY

• And I Thought I Was a Decent Tipper

  

  How's this for Christmas Spirit? "Tips for Jesus" is their name, leaving massive tips at restaurants is their game. From a $1,500 tip at a restaurant in San... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "If You Forget the Way to Go and Lose Where You Came From, If No One is...

  

  So without delving into a pity party and saving you dear reader from the details, know simply that yours truly has been having a bit of tough time of late.  ... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 SOCIETY

• A Cogent (and Quite Damning) Response to Rush Limbaugh

  

  I've been waiting for someone to counter Rush Limbaugh's rather shallow proclamation on his show last Wednesday concerning things Pope Francis was alleged to... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 SOCIETY

• This Just In... Men and Women Are Different

  

  Progressive feminists are not going to be happy with this study: A pioneering study has shown for the first time that the brains of men and women are wired up... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "As Much, If Not More"

  

  You might've missed this from last week: President Barack Obama told the crowd at a Democratic fundraiser in Beverly Hills on  Tuesday that he has accomplished... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "These Concepts Transcend Ideology by Focusing on Outcomes Over Philosophical...

  

  Ed Morrissey responds to those who see Pope Francis' recent words on capitalism to be problematic: The reaction across the political spectrum suggested that Pop... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "My Personal Experience, Though, as a Catholic, Who is Also a Homosexual,...

  

  Norm Betland is a convert to Catholicism and a defender of the Church.  He is also gay. Mr. Betland penned the following letter in response to a published... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Advent and the Knockout Game

  

  This may to some be a stretch and perhaps I should start by apologizing in advance but I thought this might be worth sharing and so I forge ahead boldly. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "Girl After Girl Pulled Me Aside to Share That She Was Battling Pornography...

  

  Mark Shea brings us to this revealing, and redemptive, interview of Audrey Assad by Matt Fradd: Matt: Audrey, on a scale from 1 to stepping on lego barefoot, ho... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Walking It Back

  

  I screwed the pooch.  Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. On Wednesday I linked to a CatholicVote piece decrying the Obama administration's decision to... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 SOCIETY

• Did You Know?

  

  I did not: Do you remember Squanto, the Native American who assisted the Puritan Pilgrims at the “first Thanksgiving”? Well, Squanto, our beloved hero of... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 SOCIETY

• ...If You Are... I Want You to Know That I Am Grateful

  

  by guestblogger BroKen   Dr. Dennis Kinlaw was president of Asbury College when I was there so many years ago. He was a professor of Biblical languages at Asbur... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 SOCIETY

• "Niceness is a Barrier to the Pursuit of Excellence"

  

  Your must read of the week comes our way via Bruce Frohnen at Crisis Magazine: More than twenty-five years ago, in The Closing of the American Mind, Allan... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 SOCIETY