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Ayelet Waldman’s essay in the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column a couple years ago was even more irritating than the usual fare in that space–which of course makes you watch it, the way some people watch Fox News or others listen to NPR. You fume, and wonder how people get away with it. Waldman’s…

The tale of three-year-old Johua Childers, who was lost in the deep Missouri woods with wild things and no food or water for more than two days, riveted the public the way such stories do. As the parent of a similarly-aged kid, I was of course imagining myself in the situation of his parents–and not…

The perennial fringe candidate of the Republican right, Alan Keyes, was arrested today along with 21 others who entered campus to protest Barack Obama’s commencement invitation and refused to leave. As Chicago Breakng News reports: Keyes was among a group of 26 protesters, some of them pushing baby carriages with dolls covered in fake blood, who…

  KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF THE MOST REVEREND RAYMOND LEO BURKE, D.D., J.C.D. ARCHBISHOP-EMERITUS OF SAINT LOUIS PREFECT OF THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL OF THE APOSTOLIC SIGNATURA NATIONAL CATHOLIC PRAYER BREAKFAST   “CELEBRATION OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH”   WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 8, 2009 Introduction 1. I am deeply honored to give the Keynote Address…

Cardinal John Henry Newman is, in death, and like Saint Paul in life, all things to all people. I am a great fan. But those who might see themselves as my polar opposite–say, the watchdogs of the Cardinal Newman Society–also embrace him. Do they exploit him? Or do I? In today’s Boston Globe (now apparently spared…

Maybe I am of a certain age now, but Dom DeLuise was a favorite. And the testimonies of his colleagues–the likes of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner–is enough to guarantee his comedic legacy. But do they make ’em like that anymore? As the LA Times obit notes, he was born Dominick DeLuise in Brooklyn, the…

And they say the Catholic Church never changes…Which is why when the commandante of the Swiss Guards suggests women could be Swiss Guards–the all-male corps that has protected popes since 1506–opens the possibility, it makes headlines. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s Swiss Guards will swear in 32 new recruits Wednesday amid suggestions from their…

The National Day of Prayer is today, Thursday, May 7, and though it is a thoroughly politicized event run out of Focus on the Family–read Dan Gilgoff’s USNews report on the maneuverings this year now that Barack Obama in the White House–on a higher level it causes us to think about prayer, and why and how often…

The Obama-Hitler meme has been repeated ad nauseum during the Notre Dame commencement controversy, threatening to become a self-sustaining corollary to Godwin’s Rule of Nazi Analogies. It is the verbal equivalent of the gruesome anti-abortion plane banners being flown around campus, and likely as effective. It is also a fatuous comparison, made worse by the fact…

All about Supreme Court nominees and the “A-word.” That word is not “awesome.” But this segment is. Hat tip to Cathy Kaveny at dotCommonweal, a “Daily Show” devotee. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Three-Minute Confirmation Stick thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor
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