NSA Inevitability and what Ted Kennedy Knew! – UPDATE

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“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Just some stuff to think about as we digest all of this breaking news about what the government knows and when it knows it, how it gets it and where it stores it. And how [...]

Temporarily Closing Comments for Adjustment

Regular readers know I have, for some time, now, set my comboxes to close after a few days. For some reason, with our new situation, once comments are closed, all of the comments are vanishing. People put a lot of thought and effort into their comments — most of the time — and it seems [...]

Remembering Bobby Kennedy and Missing Great Oratory

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Today is the anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy. On Facebook, Bishop Christopher Coyne posted this quote from him: “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists, is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about [...]

Sebelius meets Major Major’s Catch-22 – UPDATED

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What could you possibly say to him? Major Major wondered forlornly. One thing he could not say was that there was nothing he could do. To say there was nothing he could do would suggest he would do something if he could and imply the existence of an error or injustice in Colonel Korn’s policy. [...]

First Ladies get to Learn how to do it well UPDATE: AUDIO

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“One of the things that I don’t do well is this. . .Do you understand?” Whaaaa? That was our First Lady, not having one of her best moments while dealing with a heckler at (what else?) a fundraiser. Obama was addressing a Democratic Party fundraiser in a private Kalorama home in Northwest Washington when Ellen [...]

Girls and Guillotines: Glorifying God

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If you’re not subscribing to The Catholic Answer Magazine (which you should because it’s a little six-times-a-year gem of Catholic information on scripture, doctrine and tradition, but I won’t scold!) I hope you’re at least liking the OSV Twitter account so you can click on to some of its goodness! The July/August edition is particularly [...]

Men on Strike: Fathers, Family, Frank Talk and First Things

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Two weeks ago at First Things, I wondered what it would be like if Rep Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) had her way and women ruled the world. This week I’m continuing on the theme of men and women and families and faith: Family illiteracy, [author Mary Eberstadt] says, “breeds religious illiteracy.” In turn, increasing our scriptural [...]