First it was Big Love and its top tier talent. Then it was Sister Wives. Now, we’ve got My Five Wives from TLC. The commentary that I’ve seen on this show so far has been unalloyed promotion of polygamy. There are no complicating questions or even allusions to hint at a darker side of the misogynist practice of polygamy. It’s sell job, flat out. I also haven’t heard a nay-saying word from the sisters in the feminist tier. All is... Read more
Talk about burying the lead. CNN did just about everything they could to hide the results of their own poll on American attitudes toward the legality of abortion. The bottom line, which you have to read the entire article and then add it up for yourself to find, is that a full 58% of Americans think abortion should be illegal in most circumstances. Twenty percent of Americans think it should be illegal in all circumstances. Here’s the pertinent paragraph, which... Read more
Long life is a gift. The gift is mostly to those of us who are blessed to spend time with these oldsters. Never think the elderly are useless. Even when they grow vague with dementia, they are our best and wisest teachers. Read more
How to do Lent in the fast lane? More to the point, how to do Lent when I’m catching myself running in circles? This time of year is uber busy, fragmented and exhausting for Oklahoma House Members. How do I find time to pray more than Now I lay me and Bless us oh Lord? What of the disciplines of fasting, alms and deep examination of conscience? Does all that go by the board when I’m stuck eating whatever is... Read more
She can vote. She can join the Army. She can be participate in pornography and prostitution and no one will be tried for abusing a child. She can be tried and convicted of crimes as an adult in our courts of law. So, why is this “child” suing her parents for support? Not, mind you, just support. She is suing for tuition to private schools. The articles I read also said she is suing for a share of an educational... Read more
“Ummmm,” they begin, then lean toward you to whisper, “you’ve got a smudge on your forehead.” That happens a lot if you’re a Catholic Okie. How would you explain the “smudge” on your forehead, if someone asked you? Read more
It appears that the Romeike family will be staying in the United States, after all. Their story revolves around issues of religious freedom and the rights of parents to educate their children in their faith. The Romeikes elected to homeschool their children due to a desire to educate them in their Christian beliefs. Germany’s law evidently requires all children to attend public or state-approved schools. There are no exceptions for family home schools or facilities that group together to hire... Read more
I watched a bit of news last night in an attempt to figure out what’s happening in Ukraine. I flipped it off because the three cable news channels I looked at (CNN, MSNBC and Fox) were each interpreting everything according to whose side they are on in America’s partisan political brawls. It was heavy on political manipulation and light on information. Worse, it was difficult to sort out which was which. This video comes as close to explaining what... Read more
I slipped away from the grind to have an itty bitty medical procedure today. It was nothing serious; just one of those things you sometimes have to do. When I woke from the anesthesia, got a bit ungrogged and checked my email, I thought at first that the Onion had hacked The Anchoress’ blog. I found my fearless leader intoning on what may be the winner of the Most Absurd News Story Rolling Around the Internet Contest. These events actually... Read more
Patriarch Saitsolav Shevchuk and Pope Francis say mass together. Source Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation. Patriarch Svaitsolav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church warned us a few weeks ago. “Humanity may be on the verge of a new Cold War,” he said in early February on the Voice of America. “It is about the future of democracy in Europe.” Referring to Russia, he warned of the danger of “aggression, violence and interference from our northern neighbor.” I didn’t write about... Read more
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