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On Thanksgiving: Eat. Pray. Love. Do Not Watch Lady Gaga.
ABC has just announced that on Thanksgiving Day, as Americans sit back to digest the turkey and stuffing, the network…
Monthly Archives: November, 2011
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Personhood Begins when Life Begins
Most news reports about Mississippi’s proposed “personhood amendment” have cast the measure’s pro-life sponsors as the aggressors in a brand-new…
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The New Roman Missal: “And with Your Spirit”
Catholics are very familiar with the parts of the Mass—perhaps too familiar. Sunday after Sunday, we recite certain words such…
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Media calls Cain’s Comments on Planned Parenthood Racist Roots a Lie
Several mainstream media “fact checkers” piled on to GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain after the latter reaffirmed his statements condemning…
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Little Dorrit and the Debt Crisis
With the name of the great author Charles Dickens, titles such as A Christmas Carol or Great Expectations frequently come to…
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They Are People, Too!
Protecting immigrants from oppression is a centuries old duty of both Jews and Christians. “You shall not oppress or afflict…
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No Regrets: Frank Kravetz’s Story
“Just existing became what was important,” says 87-year-old Frank Kravetz of Pittsburgh, captive of the “hell-hole” that was Nuremberg Prison…
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Poem: “Harmonies of Heaven…”
Harmonies of Heaven… Have you heard what Strauss has written of late? His ‘Space Odyssey’ just a Prelude To fresh…
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Poem: “Disrespectful Flesh”
Disrespectful Flesh As I walked along the river In the spate of rushing spring, I gave it voice and heard…
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Poem: “The Luckiest Tree”
The Luckiest Tree I am just a simple tree Though prouder you could never be, For near the outskirts of…