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Let them eat cake
By
jmcgee
Hours after dozens of CBS News staffers were laid off — many of them, friends and former colleagues of mine — this video popped up on the Harper’s Bizarre website. It’s touting Katie Couric’s appearance in the magazine’s annual fashion issue. In terms of bad taste and bad timing, it’s just mind-boggling. Decades hence, when…
Staying, not straying: Catholic students at Catholic colleges
By
jmcgee
These findings aren’t exactly surprising — but they might fuel some debate on just what makes a Catholic college “Catholic”: A new study finds Catholic students at Catholic colleges are less likely than Catholics attending public colleges to move away from the church’s teachings on a variety of issues. However, on the issue of same-sex…
Oprah’s sisters
By
jmcgee
Thomas Peters broke the story yesterday, with the snapshot above: Oprah ( no last name necessary) is interviewing a group of sisters, the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, for her TV show next week. The Anchoress ( no last name necessary) is a big fan of theirs, by the way, and also…
Obama: pray for civility
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jmcgee
That was one of his messages at this morning’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington: President Obama bemoaned the “erosion of civility” in the nation’s political debate Thursday, telling an audience at the National Prayer Breakfast that there is a growing sense that “something is broken” in Washington. “Those of us in Washington are not serving…
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