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On Writing in Dark Times
In a (very) recent episode of the confessional Lutheran podcast “Issues, Etc.,” Matt Harrison, interviewing Allan Carlson, reflected on the…
Yearly Archives: 2012
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The Petraeus Affair in Context
We’ve all encountered the media spectacle of General Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell. In fact I’m sure most…
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Restoring the Foundations of Civil Society
In the wake of President Obama’s decisive reelection, the GOP is engaged in some serious soul-searching. Pundits on the Right…
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Advent: A Time to Prepare for the Lord’s Coming
He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him.…
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German Fed Court: No Patenting Stem Cells Obtained Through Destruction of Human Embryos
The German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH = the supreme judicial instance in Germany in all matters pertaining to civil law)…
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“Two and a Half Men” Teen is the Real Grown-Up
Another of the stars of the hit CBS comedy “Two and a Half Men” has imploded, metaphorically speaking, but this…
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Homily at Creation of New Cardinals
Your Eminences, Dear Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today’s Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe, the…
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A Spoonful of Grace
The little boy is playing happily on the kitchen floor. Mommy is busy above, at the counter, far over his…
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UNFPA Promotes Social Engineering Through Family Planning
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) drew international headlines this past week for claiming a new human right to contraception. Contraception as…
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Unnatural Law? An Interview with Fr. John Hollowell
A particular “hot-button” issue facing contemporary American culture concerns homosexuality and the Catholic Church. The general position of the Catholic…