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Minimum Wage Law Backfires in American Samoa
A 1961 Reader’s Digest piece called it “America’s shame on the South Seas.” American Samoa remains relatively impoverished compared to…
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
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A Hero and an Era Passes Even as Hope is Renewed
The news has an element of sadness, but also of hope. The element of sadness is that Otto von Hapsburg, a good…
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Finding God in the Housework
I do not enjoy housework. Not even a little bit. Just yesterday I was telling the young lady who lives…
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Storm Clouds Ahead for More Than One Child
In May, a Toronto couple made international news when they revealed what they’re not revealing: the gender of their baby,…
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Distributism and the Current Crisis, Part 1: The Scale of Government
Discussions of what to do about the current crisis commonly take the form of an argument between “socialism” and “capitalism.”…
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St. Peter of Luxemburg
PETER OF LUXEMBURG, descended both by his father and mother from the noblest families in Europe, was born in Lorraine,…
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Poem: “The Sculptor’s Chisel”
The Sculptor’s Chisel His living bread His body The Sculptor’s chisel In clay kneaded like a potter’s mound He moulds…
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Welcoming the Stranger
“Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels (Hebrews 13:2).” Perhaps one of the greatest examples…
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Obama’s Inalienables
Each time President Obama addresses America’s inalienable rights, I get emails. “Did you see Obama left out ‘Creator’ again?” began…
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Reflections for Sunday, July 10, 2011
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion (Isaiah 55:10-11; Psalm 65:10-14; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-23) Preparing the Soil of…