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In All Things
Two unrelated but significant political issues warrant consideration as we round out the week Yesterday Senate Republicans upheld a filibuster on a jobs bill Earlier in the week the Obama administration and the intellectual courtiers that surround it received its sharpest and finest rebuke
In All Things
In mid-June 2010 violence broke out in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan Many homes like those pictured below were burned people were killed and thousands fled to the Uzbekistan border Our friend Laura Sheahen at Catholic Relief Services is in Kyrgyzstan and sent us this on-the-ground r
In All Things
It s not that uncommon in parliamentary politics to have a party leader replaced nbsp In fact Australia s Liberal Party has replaced its leader four times in the last three years nbsp Far less common is the replacement of a prime minister in this way nbsp In a remarkable turns of events toda
In All Things
A final note on the controversy surrounding the fabrication of quotes or the failure to check a quote with the person to whom it was attributed in any event the shoddy and irresponsible journalism exhibited by the Catholic News Agency As important as the issue of journalistic integrity is it is
The Good Word
How to read to preach on these familiar stories related to each other at the thematic level as the Lectionary is wont to do The synoptic gospels draw heavily on the Elijah Elisha stories sometimes to characterize John the Baptist and Jesus and more often Jesus and his disciples It appears in th
In All Things
Psychological Testing has always intrigued me so much so that conducting assessments and teaching graduate courses led to a six-year project with two colleagues and the publication of ldquo Psychological Testing Across the Lifespan rdquo by Prentice-Hall Despite my enthusiasm there must always
In All Things
Yesterday we noted that the USCCB was pushing back hard against an article published by the Catholic News Agency In a posting at the Conference rsquo s nbsp Media Blog Helen Osman charged that at least three of the quotes attributed to Cardinal Francis George in the CNA report were ldquo fabric
In All Things
File this post under crotchety dad if you must but I hope it is more than that Today I went with my nearly-five-year-old daughter to see the new Disney movie Toy Story 3 I did not know the storyline or the characters from the first two Toy Story movies but looked up the trailers and read
In All Things
Most folks along the Gulf coast regarding a view of an environmental apocalypse outside their figurative bay windows might find it merely reasonable to insist on a halt to further drilling until what we suss out precisely what combination of inadequate technology corporate arrogance and MIA gover
In All Things
Susan Dominus column in Friday s New York Times raises some interesting questions about the relationship between abortion clinics and nbsp adoption agencies Traditionally abortion clinics offered little more than pamplets about adoption but the staff had limited knowledge of how adoption has ev
In All Things
Last week I called attention to what appeared to me an extraordinarily biased report over at the Catholic News Agency CNA regarding the bishops rsquo meeting in St Petersburg The report contained quotes from what the report said was Cardinal George rsquo s speech to the bishops at a closed-doo
In All Things
Every move of the Holy Father is examined Thus recently when he prayed before the Shroud of Turin many wondered if he would comment on its authenticity or lack of authenticity of the Shroud As a matter of fact he did not comment on the authenticity Now on the Fourth of July he is making a seco
In All Things
I saw my doctor Saturday not in the examining room but on the op-ed page of the Washington Post Dr Michael A Newman is one of the most dedicated public servants I know When we think of the phrase public servant we conjure up an image of a politician trying to find a word that poll-tests bette
Signs Of the Times
Pope Benedict said that the upcoming Synod on the Middle East would “highlight the important value of the Christian presence and witness in the biblical lands.”
Film
Why do so many films disappoint the second time around?
Signs Of the Times
The talks focused in part on the association’s support for health reform legislation that the U.S. bishops opposed.
Signs Of the Times
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the report shows Americans that human trafficking is "not someone else's problem."
Signs Of the Times
Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia said it was impossible to accurately count the injured because the Uzbeks are afraid to go the hospital.