Friday, October 31, 2014

A sad night for the kids

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About a half hour before sunset a cold steady rain, the first in ages, started to fall. It has been gaining in intensity and I have not ha...

Quote of the day...

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"At this very critical moment, there is a strong sense that the church is like a ship without a rudder.” -Archbishop Raymond Card. Bu...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

A Liberal Catholic Ponders the Possibility of a Conservative Schism

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Until this weekend, I had largely believed in the liberal narrative which holds that Pope Francis’s reforms of the Catholic church are unsto...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Survey Shows Poor Grasp of Doctrine by Evangelicals

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My guess is that similar rather embarrassing results would be returned by a survey of Catholic or Orthodox laity. In any case you can read i...

US Navy Bows to Political Correctness

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The Navy said it will deploy enlisted female sailors in 2016 aboard submarines with female officers already assigned to them.  In July, th...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

No Posting Until Wednesday

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I am traveling.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Oil Slump and Sanctions Are Hitting Russian Economy Hard

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"...Russia is already in a perfect storm," said Lubomir Mitov, Moscow chief for the Institute of International Finance. "Rich...
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Big Banks Warned to Clean Up Their Act

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Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley delivered a stern warning to the largest banks in a speech earlier this week. Eith...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Sweden Hunts Foreign Submarine

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In an echo from the Cold War, Swedish military forces are reported to be hunting for an unidentified submarine in their territorial water...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Met. Hilarion Addresses Catholic Synod on the Family

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As one would expect when we are talking about Met. Hilarion, his address was both direct and charitable. Byzantine Texas has the full te...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Second Ebola Case Reported (and a little perspective)

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The United States now has its second confirmed case of Ebola contracted here and the alarm among government officials and the general popula...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

An update and slow posting for a while

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At long last dad has recovered to the point where he is mostly able to take care of himself, and so, after six months(!) I packed up yesterd...
Monday, October 13, 2014

Roman Catholic Family Synod: Early report called a "pastoral earthquake"

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A document summing up the synod so far has been described as a “pastoral earthquake” by a leading Vatican commentator. The document, calle...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Going Dutch: How to run a functional pension system

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Imagine a place where pensions were not an ever-deepening quagmire, where the numbers told the whole story and where workers could count on ...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Fred Reed on Cops

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Two very good posts by brother Fred on police and the problems of policing. Here  and... Here I sometimes wish that people knew more ab...
Thursday, October 09, 2014

Potentially major advance reported in treating type 1 Diabetes

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Some good news for a change... Scientists are closer to a potential stem cell treatment for type 1 diabetes. In a new article in the jou...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Heading West

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I am finally going home at the end of the month and I know how I want to travel.... Anyone got a spare time machine I can borrow?
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Thank You Mr. President

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Walmart to End Health Coverage for 30,000
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

More criminal charges for big banks

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The Justice Department is preparing a fresh round of attacks on the world’s biggest banks, again questioning Wall Street’s role in a broad a...
Monday, October 06, 2014

The writing on the wall

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The fight is not over, but the end is no longer in much doubt. The Supreme Court's surprising decision to let stand five pro-gay marriag...
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