Benedict's UK Triumph Ignored in US

September 21, 2010 By

Shamelessly cribbed from Lucianne.com Deacon Greg, who rarely has time to really sit down and write like this, hits one out of the ballpark, today, as he takes a look at the complete non-coverage of Pope Benedict’s triumphant visit to the United Kingdom. Really, it’s so good that it’s difficult to excerpt, but here is [...]

Filed Under: Benedict in UK, Benedict XVI, Blogs and Blogging, Bookchat, Catholicism, Christians in Exile, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Culture of Life/Death, Faith Perspective, The Fourth Estate, The Perpetual Adolescents

Triumph Trending

September 14, 2010 By

Raphael Rooms of Vatican Museum, Cross Triumphant over Paganism Today is the feastday of the Triumph of the Cross, (a great day) and my husband shot this in the Raphael Rooms of the Vatican Museum, as our wonderful, brilliant guide, Elizabeth Lev gave us such an informative and fascinating background on various pieces of art, [...]

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The Elite Magic Circle – UPDATED

August 9, 2010 By

Check out Michael Liccione’s latest on the falling of the Catholic Church from the magic circle of the elite. Whatever the ideological coloration, if any, of a magic circle might be, just being part of a magic circle is usually bad for peoples’ souls. It constitutes a culture of privilege that insulates them from the [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Catholicism, Celibacy, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Crooks and Liars, Crucible of Faith, Culture of Life/Death

The Best & Brightest Need to Vacate

August 9, 2010 By

Well, for sure, Mrs. Obama will never go back to her life, as usual. Apparently there are two more vacations scheduled before September, next weekend’s overnight “somewhere” at Florida’s Gulf coast, and then 10 days at Martha’s Vineyard. I don’t begrudge anyone a vacation, especially not to Martha’s Vineyard, which I hear is great. But [...]

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Ken Howell Update

July 30, 2010 By

The other day I wrote of the firing of U of I’s Ken Howell, who had taught “Introduction to Catholicism and Modern Catholic Thought“ and other courses on Catholic doctrine, understanding and reason: The Howell story, however, goes beyond grim: it tells us that a simple charge of thinking incorrect thoughts and encouraging others to [...]

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Obama chooses Behar over Boy Scouts?

July 28, 2010 By

Eagle Scout son Buster, rappelling down cliff; part of 50 mile Trek The 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America is an occasion worth noting by an American president; the organization can count among its former members numerous Presidents, Astronauts, Military Leaders, Legislators, Churchmen, Public Servants, Businessmen, Environmentalists, First Responders and Entrepreneurs who, as [...]

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The Clampdown; Shirley Sherrod & Ken Howell – UPDATED

July 28, 2010 By

Here we have the presentment of two job losses: Shirley Sherrod gives a speech; within the speech she indulges in a bit of roundaboutation, saying some things that seemed offensive, until the larger context was understood. Because the embrasure of “politically correct speech” has encouraged reactionary hyper-vigilance as to words, sentences or modes of reasoning [...]

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