Friday, August 13, 2010

Fed’s Hoenig: Rates Need to Rise

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The U.S. economy is recovering and the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates, lest it leave in place a policy that will only fuel fu...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Orthodox Shrines in Kosovo fight for survival

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Holy Trinity Church in Kosovo Moscow fears that NATO's decision to transfer the protection of Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo to the ...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Maxine Waters and the bank

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As chairman and chief executive of OneUnited Bank, Kevin L. Cohee has sought to build a company that is about more than just money. He promo...

An interesting post on a really boring topic

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OK. Let's be honest. In the grand scheme of Orthoblogdom the topic of church administration, (unless we are talking about a scandal) i...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Going out in a blaze of glory

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Yesterday I posted a little news item from the NY Times about an airline attendant who had a run in with a really obnoxious jerk on his pla...
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Federal Salaries Soaring Above Private Sector

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For those fortunate enough to have a job in this tough economy, there's a growing gap in salary between government employees and those w...
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Fearing an economic slowdown and deflation the FED will print (more) money

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WASHINGTON — Acknowledging that the recovery has slowed, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced that it would use the proceeds from its hu...
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Monday, August 09, 2010

EU presses for power of direct taxation

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The EU hopes that the plan, to be unveiled next month, which could see new taxes on air travel and financial transactions, will give it more...
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Quote of the day...

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It is my heart-warm and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, th...

Tough day on the job (and probably last)

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A JetBlue flight attendant apparently upset with an uncooperative passenger on a just-landed flight unleashed a profanity-laden tirade on th...

100 Years Ago Today: A famous photo...

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Taken moments after New York City Mayor William Jay Gaynor was shot by a recently fired civil servant. The Mayor was on the deck of the oce...

Britain Begins to Feel Austerity Cuts

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LONDON — Last month, the British government abolished the U.K. Film Council, the Health Protection Agency and dozens of other groups that re...
Sunday, August 08, 2010

The Papacy - The Patriarchy of the West- and Orthodox Ecclesiology

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I draw the reader's attention to a fascinating com-box discussion going on over at Fr. Z's blog ( see this post ) on the Papal decis...
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British couple murdered in "honor killing"

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Gul Wazir, a taxi driver from Birmingham’s Alum Rock and wife Begum were shot dead Salehana, a village known as "Little England" f...

When less is more

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A two-bedroom apartment. Two cars. Enough wedding china to serve two dozen people. Yet Tammy Strobel wasn’t happy. Working as a project mana...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Draught Fire and Pollution hammer Russia

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MOSCOW — Planes were diverted from Moscow airports on Friday after huge peat and forest fires blanketed the capital in acrid smoke, forcing...

Feast of the Transfiguration and slow posting (again)

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(OK. So I can't read a calendar.) Sorry for the slow posting this week. I just moved and it's been a busy week. Also I will be out...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Heroic Missionaries strive to evangelize... Greece

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The bravery and courage of ancient Spartans is legendary. The name conjures up visions of fearless soldiers charging into battle without tho...
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RIP: Mitch Miller

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A class act all the way, Mitch Miller died on Saturday at 99. I honestly did not know he was still alive all these years. Mitch Miller was ...
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Relics of St. John the Baptist are claimed found

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The remains – small fragments of a skull, bones from a jaw and an arm, and a tooth – were discovered embedded in an altar in the ruins of th...