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National Catholic Reporter Vs. Catholic Church
It’s been obvious for a long time, but now it is official: the National Catholic Reporter rejects the teachings of…
Yearly Archives: 2012
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St. Augustine on Women – Worth a Second Look
Let it not be said that St. Augustine was a misogynist. He thought very seriously about the place in creation…
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Etch-a-Sketch or Mr. Flexible?
It was a fitting blunder for a candidate with authenticity issues. Asked last week on CNN if the protracted Republican…
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Human Nature: The Question behind the Culture Wars
Culture wars can produce nasty rhetoric. Political discourse quickly becomes emotionally charged and divisive. We are tempted to view those…
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Practical Distributism: The Home Mortgage
We have had several articles and comments regarding usury, mainly focusing on what usury is and why distributists oppose it.…
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Poem: “Thrice Holy”
Thrice Holy In the name of God ever-living . Father of swirling atoms, Quasars and supernovae . in the cool…
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How Hedonism Became America’s Official Religion
No, I’m not exaggerating. The American experiment in religious liberty is officially over. The First Amendment provided institutional structures that…
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Who Gives a Hoot About the 1%?
Before they decamped for winter, the Occupy Wall Street folks were promoting the idea of redistributing wealth from the rich…
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Canada’s Seething Prejudice Against the Disabled
Earlier this month, Global Television Network in Canada featured a documentary about the so-called “mercy killing” of children with severe…
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Open Your Heart and Family to Love!
When our first son was born, my oldest daughter was 7. She had been an only child for so long,…