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Obama appoints another Catholic to senior health position — and some aren’t happy
By
deacon greg kandra
Here’s an interesting bit of news, largely overlooked by the mainstream press yesterday: President Obama has announced that Alexia Kelley, founder of the antiabortion group Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, will serve as the director of the Health and Human Services Department’s Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, arousing the ire of some…
This takes the cake
By
deacon greg kandra
God bless my staff, which gave me this cake at the end of the day — thus offering further proof that bakeries are required by law to hire only people who cannot spell. Thank you, gang, for making my birthday so happy and blessed.
Ah! Bright wings!
By
deacon greg kandra
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oilCrushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;And wears man’s smudge and shares…
“Make grunting sounds while putting on socks”
By
deacon greg kandra
That’s one of Bill Geist’s “50 Ways to Tell You’re 50.” I’m ahead of the game. I was doing that at 48. Happy birthday to me. 🙂
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