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Brutally Honest
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1590 )
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"So Can We Stop with the Crap About Hitler's Pope Already?"
That and this from RC2 at Wheat Weeds should, but won't, put an end to Catholic bashing during WWII: This is fascinating. At the start of WWII, the Vatican... Read more
Posted on 01 February 2013 SOCIETY -
"Being Snarky is Fun!"
It is. I like being snarky. Snarky is funny. Who doesn't like to laugh? But, and you thinking people could smell this but coming, snark can be problematic... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"Today’s Church Has Reduced Calvary to an Easter Egg Hunt and a Pretty Pageant."
Rebecca Hamilton serves as a Democrat in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. She's also serving some criticism aimed at Church leadership: When clergy... Read more
Posted on 31 January 2013 SOCIETY -
One Old Sitcom Please, Hold the Wisdom...
by guest blogger, BroKen When I was a teenager I was a fan of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I even followed her friend Rhoda Morgenstern when she moved to New... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2013 SOCIETY -
'If You Mention the Word “sin”, Be Prepared for Petulant Or Condescending Scorn'
Tom Graffagnino is speaking truth boldly, bluntly... some might even say brutally: We live in a time when the spiritual underpinnings of western civilization ar... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"If You Are a Liberal – as I Am – You Should Be the Most Offended"
Kirsten Powers is a rare breed... an honest liberal: Recently, the White House has kept Fox News off of conference calls dealing with the Benghazi attack,... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"I Gotta Ask, When Did That Love for Your Children Begin?"
AlfonZo Rachel of PJTV fame puts together his own version of the Center for Reproductive Rights Happy Anniversary Baby video I first put up here: With props... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"Death by Bureaucracy"
I stumbled across this story on Facebook this morning: After a two and a half year legal battle, 15 tons of cheese made and aged near Mountain View was hauled t... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"Are You [bleeping] Kidding Me? Are You [bleeping] Kidding Me?"
That's the reaction from Mollie Hemingway at GetReligion to The New York Times coverage of this past weekend's March for Life in DC: The story that has... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"Who is Driving This Agenda?"
USMC Captain Katie Petronio is giving strong opinions on the women in combat issue, opinions that will be ignored, opinions likely to hurt her career... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2013 SOCIETY -
“The Descendants of Apes and Pigs”
I missed this, from the current President of Egypt, back in 2010: These futile [Israeli-Palestinian] negotiations are a waste of time and opportunities. Read more
Posted on 27 January 2013 SOCIETY -
What's Mass Like in a Church with No Heat?
Well... that would depend on the person. Webster Bull explains: When I entered for 7 am Mass, it was like entering a walk-in freezer with icons of Mary, Jesus,... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"I Wish My Catholicism Horrified More Smug Christians"
Hell of a title for a post isn't it? Of course, those aren't my words. My words are usually rather inadequate, inarticulate, ineffective I think in getting... Read more
Posted on 26 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY -
Here's an Assault Weapon I'll Support Banning
When President Obama says that we should do all we can to prevent the killing of even one child, does he really mean it? We know the answer to that. H/T to Mr. Read more
Posted on 26 January 2013 SOCIETY -
Perspective
Can I get a show of hands of those of you who abhor the notion that at one time in America this sort of thing was commonplace? The Jim Crow laws and system of... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"The Pentagon Would Do Well to Consider Realities of Life in Combat..."
Ryan Smith, a Marine who served in Iraq as an infantryman and is now a lawyer, weighs in on the administration's decision to place women on the frontlines:... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY -
Perhaps They Should Rename the Hospital St. Judas
Via Gawker: A major Catholic health provider has successfully dismantled a wrongful death lawsuit brought against it by arguing — in defiance of its own... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"I Really Do Love Certain Cuss Words"
Calah Alexander is giving a language lesson and it's... colorful: I really do love certain cuss words. “Hell” is a particular favorite of mine. So is “shit”. An... Read more
Posted on 24 January 2013 SOCIETY -
"God is Not a Rapist, Forcing Himself on Us."
I am frustrated and puzzled and at times angry about it. The unfairness of it all is something I sometimes think though rarely allow to pass my lips to... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2013 SOCIETY -
Four Inches from the Top of the Sidewalk to the Gutter
By guest blogger, BroKen On our anniversary, I took my wife to see Les Miserables. To describe the experience, I told a friend that it is a wonderful story; we... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2013 SELF EXPRESSION