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• "... the Most Persistent and Pernicious Heresy Within Catholicism"

  

  Fr. Longenecker is stirring the proverbial pot... and is suggesting we should not be good: When we put being good first instead of being holy first we are... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Long Live the Queen

  

  And don't you dare argue with her or get in her face: First lady Michelle Obama experienced a rare face-to-face encounter with a protester late Tuesday –... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Barack Obama: The Ghost of Columbia University

  Guest posted by tim, The Godless Heathen  From The Blaze -   I just returned from New York, where I attended my 30th Columbia University reunion. I celebrated... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Confirmation That I Am Indeed an Oddball

  

  Marco Tosatti at the Vatican Insider provides the proof: The motto printed on U.S. dollar bills may read “In God we trust” but over three-quarters of Americans... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Why Do I Love Catholicism?

  

  Because I'm allowed to see things now I know I would've missed before and in that seeing, learn something deep, something profound. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Coming Back to That Problem Within Islam

  Yesterday I wrote about the courage of Tony Blair, the former prime minister of England, when he proclaimed: "There is not a problem with Muslims in general.... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SOCIETY

• "Obama is the Most Impressive Sophist of His Age"

  

  Victor Davis Hanson delivers a BOOYAH! that will certainly leave a mark: Barack Obama has used executive orders for everything — amnesties, dismissal of the... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SOCIETY

• You Can't Handle the Truth

  

  That's what came to mind when I read Fr. Longenecker's piece about lamenting parents whose children no longer go to Mass: What’s the problem? The problem is... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SOCIETY

• "Now, More Than Ever, We Have to Be Strong and We Have to Be Strategic."

  

  Tony Blair is a courageous man.   How else do you describe someone willing to confront the problem within Islam? Mr Blair, the former prime minister, used... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Extending the Everyone Gets a Trophy Meme...

  

  ... to high school graduations: When the seniors say farewell to South Medford High in Oregon next weekend, one of the school's 21 valedictorians will lead the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 SOCIETY

• Helping Oklahomans out Once Again

  

  It was less than two weeks ago that I put up this post, listing charities who were helping those in need in Oklahoma. Now they've been hit again, this time... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY

• The IRS Plot Against Conservative Americans Thickens

  

  This ought to alarm every American: A group of anti-abortion activists in Iowa had to promise the Internal Revenue Service it wouldn’t picket in front of Planne... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Sincere Man, Therefore, is One Who Has the Grace to Know That He May Be...

  

  I'm not sure how to introduce this post in a manner that effectively communicates what I want it to communicate so bear with me as I trudge along anyway. Frank... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 SOCIETY

• “But If the President Orders Them to Do Something, They Have to Do It.”

  

  They being the FBI, the doing it being questioning the national director of a chain of crisis pregnancy centers: The FBI office charged with investigating... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 SOCIETY

• "Do You Want to Dope Slap Me, Lord...?"

  

  Elizabeth Scalia turned me on to this one via Facebook... and it so resonates: Do you roll your eyes in frustration, Lord,   when I don't pay attention to you,... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY

• No Mr. President... I'm Not in Today, I'm Out... Completely

  

  I received the following this morning in email... Thought I'd respond: Rick -- 1,332 days. That's how many days I have left as president. Yes, I know Mr.... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY

• We Are Losing Our Souls

  A happy ending here... but can you imagine the beginning? I cannot understand the callousness, the soullessness: Graphic yet stunning video has emerged showing... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY

• If You're Happy and Not Smiling, Clap Your Hands!

  

  Clap, clap: Several years ago, an ex-Catholic writer thought she would spend a year sampling all the different churches she could find, one per week. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 SOCIETY

• "I Had to Make a Decision"

  

  Megan Hodder overcomes her youthful embrace of atheism and after lots of thought and study, finds the draw of Catholicism too much. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 SOCIETY

• "As Individuals and as Nations We Live for Those Higher Purposes"

  

  I love what RC2 over at Wheat Weeds has done to commemorate Memorial day, pairing the beautiful and poignant words of Ken Masugi with the transcendent and... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY