{"id":9956,"date":"2009-05-11T22:35:32","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T02:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/theanchoress\/?p=9956"},"modified":"2017-03-15T19:09:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T19:09:15","slug":"an-exceedingly-interesting-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2009\/05\/11\/an-exceedingly-interesting-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exceedingly Interesting Round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

You will like this round-up of links. No, seriously, you will; it is full of chewy, satisfying round-uppy goodness, and contains no artificial sweeteners, and I will fully resist the urge to fall into my cowgirl lingo of yore. Some religion, some politics, some gossipy stuff.<\/p>\n

Bookworm:<\/strong> is wondering if Obama is an atheist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s White Houses instinctively uses the same wishy-washy language atheists use: \u201cMy heart is with you.\u201d \u201cMy thoughts are with you.\u201d \u201cI send you my wishes.\u201d No prayers. Never any prayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well\u2026but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s an atheist.<\/strong> Could be he likes to keep his prayerful inclinations really, really private. Could be he has some sort of disconnect or that his prayers are especially recollected; we know he sat in Jeremiah Wright\u2019s church for 20 years and didn\u2019t hear anything-he might have been praying. Could be the way he prays is not like other people pray, or that he fears his prayers would not be understood by the rest of us. Or, you know\u2026gods don\u2019t, themselves, pray.<\/p>\n

Governmental intrusion on the seal of Confession:<\/strong> pithily entitled: Today\u2019s Practical Problem<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The past century is nothing if not a stark lesson in how easily utilitarian calculations can, in the name of some greater good, strike at the very roots of human dignity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Indeed. You\u2019ll want to read it all.
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\n\u201c\u2026His mercies are not spent\u2026\u201d:<\/strong> Benedict\u2019s inscription<\/a> in the Book of Remembrance at Yad Vashem. His speech (which predictably<\/em> displeased some) video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Chaput:<\/strong> on living as a half-way Christian<\/a>. It\u2019s not a good thing. If you recall Revelation, \u201chalf-way Christianity\u201d made Jesus vomit<\/a>. Be like a little child<\/a>.<\/p>\n

F. Scott Fitzgerald got it right:<\/strong> the rich are different from you and me<\/a>. And some citizens are more equal than others<\/a>.
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\nHe should be,<\/strong> but he ain\u2019t<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Obama\u2019s wide grin as Sykes was telling her joke, we saw the smug look of a man who enjoys seeing his critics dehumanized. The president of the United States should be better than this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Something is nagging me about the idea of the president getting a kick out of seeing his critics \u201cdehumanized,\u201d when he spent the last year or so wagging a finger about treating people with humanity, and being post-partisan. I guess some humans are more entitled to being de-humanized than others, or something.<\/p>\n

Winston Smith had to drink ersatz coffee, too:<\/strong> Prices set to skyrocket<\/a>. Of course. Well, for as long as there are monks, no ersatz for me!<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawaii:<\/strong> Celebratin\u2019 Islam<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Frank J. Starting Trouble:<\/strong> if you like gossipy rumors<\/a>. Althouse was already hinting<\/a> and NiceDeb has the pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neo-Neocon crying:<\/strong> \u201cmasks off! Masks off!\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

AP notices:<\/strong> the Notre Dame Dust Up<\/a>. I love it when the press focuses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

President not as beefy<\/a> as first thought.<\/strong> A bit silly<\/a>, actually.<\/p>\n

Smile<\/a>, and smile<\/strong> and be<\/a> a<\/a> villain<\/a>. It\u2019s not<\/a> just for females<\/a>, anymore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

People are out of work:<\/strong> Why doesn\u2019t Obama hire someone who can calculate<\/a>? I mean numerically<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is not difficult:<\/strong> he\u2019s showing more class than them<\/a>. And also not feeding a beast.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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