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February 2015

February 11, 2015
    Several people have called my attention to this superb, empathetic, and charitable essay...
February 11, 2015
    Very shortly after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, which targeted the editorial...
February 11, 2015
    An interesting thought experiment:     What would they be saying today?...
February 11, 2015
    The situation is slightly more complex than the author acknowledges, but this essay...
February 11, 2015
    “These forces tell us that our defeat in the causes of marriage and...
February 10, 2015
    I'm not equipped to say whether this holds any water.  But it's intriguing,...
February 10, 2015
    It's extraordinarily rare for the Church to comment publicly on an excommunication.  However,...
February 10, 2015
    He says -- and the national media compliantly echo his claim -- that...
February 10, 2015
    Background commentary:      
February 10, 2015
    Another entry -- I've fallen behind -- from our friends who're serving in...
February 10, 2015
     
February 10, 2015
    Whenever I speak to general audiences about Islam, which I do fairly frequently,...
February 10, 2015
    With his newest blog entry, "Notes on Modern Scribal Training II."    
February 09, 2015
    It could have been worse:     I disagree with Rollo Romig's...
February 09, 2015
    A charitable and insightful post on the topic:     I've heard...
February 09, 2015
    "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds,...
February 09, 2015
    Okay.  You've got to watch the entire 3:33 minutes of this video.  ...
February 09, 2015
    About 2.5 months ago, I posted an entry here about a major recent...
February 09, 2015
    Matthew 7:6   A very brief passage.  I'll simply reproduce it here:  ...
February 09, 2015
    My wife, who was on Maui a few days ago with her sister,...
February 09, 2015
    As I noted yesterday, Kate Kelly, the founder of "Ordain Women" has pronounced...
February 09, 2015
    What a fascinating experience this must have been!     I hope that...
February 09, 2015
    "Be nice to people on your way up because you meet them on...
February 08, 2015
    Matthew 7:1-5 Compare Mark 4:24-25; Luke 6:37-42; John 7:53-8:11   The principles expressed...
February 08, 2015
    The Vatican astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Ph.D. (who, by the way, has agreed...
February 08, 2015
    "Sadly, the Mormon faith has become a place that incentivizes the survival of...
February 08, 2015
    Or "not religious, and not spiritual"?     In quest of a...
February 07, 2015
    A hadith or tradition from the Prophet Muhammad, narrated on the authority of...
February 07, 2015
    "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has...
February 07, 2015
    “Modern scientific findings harmonize with revelation through the ages. No conflict exists between...
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