Monthly Archives: January 2009

Old Democratic Pork

From today’s Wall Street Journal: “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” So said White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in November, … Continue reading

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Interview with Budziszewski

Here’s a bit from an interesting interview [having some Anglican connections] with J. Budziszewski: . . . It’s a bit more than simply a linguistic difference, isn’t it? There’s a cultural difference behind that use of different terms. Catholics are … Continue reading

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Geert Wilders speech

From Geert Wilders’ 25 September, 2008 Speech at the Four Seasons, New York: . . . The second thing you need to know is the importance of Mohammed the prophet. His behaviour is an example to all Muslims and cannot … Continue reading

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Papal Catechesis on Saint Paul

This continues my page of links to Pope Benedict XVI’s catechesis on Saint Paul from last year [link to previous posting]. I’ll be updating this as more audiences become available. 4 February 2009 -Concluding Address on Saint Paul 28 January … Continue reading

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Virginia episcopalian foolishness

From Stand Firm in Faith Anglican blog, regarding recent Virginia episcopalian foolishness: BabyBlue has the story here and here. The entire resolution reads as follows: R-4a Integrity of Committing Relationships RESOLVED, that the Diocese of Virginia recognizes our responsibility to … Continue reading

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Mosaic

(Image by Bernhard J. Scheuvens) [read more at New Liturgical Movement blog

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March for Life 2009

Being in the 2009 March for Life was great. The difference between the event itself and its media coverage is notable (There’s an article about the media coverage, with links, at Get Religion. One comment on that article: they commend … Continue reading

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