Dorothy Day: “I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the...
“I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least.” Dorothy Day More Dorothy Day quoteshttp://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/119043.Dorothy_Day***“Don't worry about being...
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The moral flabbiness born of the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess Success. That - with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word "success" - is our national disease. William JamesThomas...
View ArticleCatholic Worker Movement
Dear Fred,Thanks for your email.If you have not been to a Catholic Worker House, I encourage you to visit.By and large, they are rich in good people doing good work. Funky, down home, no-nonsense,...
View ArticleAbuse victims want Pope Benedict tried in criminal court
Survivors Network Of Those Abused By Priestshttp://www.kyivpost.com/content/world/abuse-victims-seek-international-court-case-agains-112743.html***Video at...
View ArticleWhy healthcare costs are killng us.
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing UsBy Steven BrillFeb. 20, 2013Because Stephanie and her husband had recently started their own small technology business, they were unable to buy...
View ArticlePrize-Winning Idea: Avert Asteroid Collision With A Coat Of Paint
By Robert MylesFeb 23, 2013 That’s the theoretical solution which could prevent a future near Earth object smashing into our planet dreamt up by a student whose novel solution won a 2012 ‘Move an...
View ArticleFacebook removes photo of breast cancer survivor’s chest tattoo
CREDIT: From Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo by Margot Mifflin, published by powerHouse Books. Post-mastectomy tattoos by Tina Bafaro via FacebookPublished: Feb. 19,...
View ArticleSnowfall To Decrease Everywhere In 48 Contiguous States
A new climate model predicts declines in snowfall in the U.S. over the next 70 years. Darker colors represent greater percentages of snowfall decrease. Credit: GFDLPublished: Feb. 22, 2013...
View ArticleAlleged Sexual Impropriety By Scottish Cardinal
Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images - Cardinal Keith O'Brien, 74, leader of the Scottish Catholic Church, has been reported to the Vatican over claims of “inappropriate” and “intimate” behavior with priests...
View ArticleThe Apostle Peter, The First Pope, Was A Married Man
http://www.amazon.com/Bones-Peter-John-Evangelist-Walsh/dp/1933184752/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1If Yeshua wanted to establish a celibate priesthood, why did he choose married men as his Apostles?The celibacy...
View Article"The Left Has Beaten Us" - Rush Limbaugh
According to Freud, it's also a cigar.***"The left has beaten us," Limbaugh said during his 2-23-2013 show. "They have created far more low-information, unaware, uneducated people than we’ve been able...
View ArticleFlip Floppier Than Limbaugh Without Viagra
In the following audio files, Limbaugh first criticizes Michele Obama For Not Being Proud Of Her Country, then proudly announces: "I Am Ashamed Of My Country."Limbaugh on Michelle Obama: She "is not...
View ArticleBlessed Sebastian of Aparicio. When The Church Deserves Censure.
Dear Fred,I was struck by the following quotation embedded in today's missive from Franciscan Media."Saint of the Day" - Sebastian of Aparicio: "There is a contract between the world and the friars....
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Sled dogs run at the 23rd International Sled Dog Race in Oberhof, central Germany. Jens Meyer/AP
View Article"The Miracle On Guns" by E.J. Dionne Jr.
Alan: Although I applaud the current gun control effort, let's not forget that "the real problem" is handguns which have killed a million Americans since 1968....
View ArticleTraining The Next Generation To Believe Violence Is The Solution Of Choice
Good Sport!(Just how nuts are we?) ***Alan: "Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence" http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/gun-cartoons.html
View ArticleNew York Times: "Death Penalty, Still Racist and Arbitrary"
The Good ChristiansBy DAVID R. DOWPublished: July 8, 2011HoustonAlan: "Gun Cartoons and Gun Violence" http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/07/gun-cartoons.htmlLAST week was the 35th anniversary of...
View ArticleMany priests preach truth, but live a lie: The Catholic Church, Sexuality,...
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has resigned as Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric following allegations of 'inappropriate' behaviourBy Peter StanfordThe Telegraph -...
View ArticleCardinal George: Is there such a sea change in Western culture that people...
Alan: There has been such a sea change in Western culture that people can no longer believe some of the things mainstream Christianity is asking them to believe.Personally, as a practicing Catholic, I...
View ArticleTesla Roadster Trashed By New York Times
First adopters always get products that offer one or more clear cut advantages over previous technologies but customarily My investigation of the New York Times road test (described below) makes me...
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