Sunday, December 31, 2006

The Dissing of an ex-President

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Gerald Ford arrived in Washington yesterday for the last time. Amid all of the pomp and pageantry (toned down a bit at Ford’s request) so...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Feast of the Holy Innocents

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Today is the commemoration of the 14000 infants and small children massacred by King Herod's soldiers. They were killed in an effort to...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Is the end near?

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Two legal dramas appear to be winding their way towards a conclusion. The first is the trial of Iraqi dictator and tyrant Saddam Hussein. ...
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Prayers requested

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Dear all, The mother of my brother in law, a very dear woman is gravely ill and believed to be near death. Mary Ann Young suffered a mas...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Memory Eternal

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Gerald R. Ford 1913-2006
Sunday, December 24, 2006

Christ is born!

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Wishing each of you a joyous Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ... Merry Christmas to all !!!
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Some pre-Christmas odds and ends

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The rape charges against the three Duke lacrosse players were dropped yesterday after the alleged victim changed her story (again). You can...

Yes Virginia, there are nut cases...

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(Anti)Pope Pius XIII Michael Liccione has posted a good essay on those who subscribe to the hermeneutic of rupture regarding Vatican II. I...
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Speech to the electors of Bristol

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I am sorry I cannot conclude without saying a word on a topic touched upon by my worthy colleague. I wish that topic had been passed by at a...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Five Favorite Philosophers

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The pontificator has posted his list of favorite philosophers and invited others to contribute their own selection. I don't have a rank...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Will it ever end?

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The travesty of justice in Durham North Carolina continues to move along. Although most of the legal community appears long since to have ...
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Saturday, December 16, 2006

Showing a little respect...

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File this under whine of the week. While perusing CNN for news tonight I stumbled on the above photo of the prime minister and defense m...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Let the healing begin...

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I have deliberately refrained from commenting (with one notable exception) on what Fr. Huneycutt once referred to as the elephant in the l...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

December 13 Feast of St. Herman of Alaska

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Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America. A spiritual mission was organized in 1793 with volunteers from the monks of the Val...

ROCOR / MP communion update

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The Russian news service TASS/ITAR reports that a formal signing ceremony will be held for the Act on Canonical Communion in Moscow probab...

Will it be a Merry Christmas for Roman Catholic Traditionalists?

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(Back at the keyboard after a very hectic week and largely recovered from a nasty cold/flue bug...) An Italian news report posted over at NL...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

The date that lives in infamy...

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Before 9/11 there was another date Americans recalled for a treacherous surprise attack. Lest we forget...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Feast of St. Nicholas

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Today is the feast of St. Nicholas . It is one of the most popular feast days on the Orthodox Church calendar and his name is among the mo...
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Monday, December 04, 2006

Feast of St Alexander Hotovitzky (New Martyr)

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This saint was born in Russia and it was there that he would later be martyred by the Communists. But much of his priestly service was here...

There's diversity and then there's...

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December 4, 2006 -- DiD you hear the one about the Marines that Columbia University invited to campus for Fleet Week? Not any time in the ...