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Remember God’s Role in Our Prosperity!
“May you have a happy and prosperous new year!” This warm and well- intentioned greeting in the week before and…
Browsing: Society & Common Good
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Befogging the Enemy: U.S. Officials as Human Pretzels
The most vexing video of 2011 may be this clip of Congressman Dan Lungren questioning Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul…
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Friends and Strangers: A Meditation on Money
I start my meditation with a true story that will serve as a parable. On his 21st birthday, the nature writer…
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A Response to Keith Ablow
Celebrity therapist and “life coach” Dr. Keith Ablow just jumped on the “let’s get the government out of the marriage…
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GOP Hypocrisy on Display in Virginia
In case you haven’t noticed yet, the battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has been a highly volatile, highly…
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Ron Paul is Dangerous
After the most recent GOP presidential debate, reasonable people can disagree as to who came out on top. It was…
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Taking Stock of 2011: Occupy Seattle, Part 4
During their brief existence, the Occupy movement has already yielded some benefits on the economic front. As Fr. Thomas Massaro…
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Two Visions: The Nativity vs. the Occupiers
I recently strolled down Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh and was struck by two images. First, there was the stirring…
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Is it Really Our Local Team? In Green Bay, Yes!
I did most of my growing up in Springville, New York, a small town boasting about 4,200 citizens in the…
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Tehran and Obama’s Reelection
The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor…