Monday, April 28, 2025

The Systematic Assault on the Constitution and the Rule of Law

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In his first hours back as president, Donald J. Trump did an extraordinary thing: He made a direct assault on the Constitution. He declared ...
Sunday, April 27, 2025

A Brief History of the Death & Funerary Rites of the Roman Papacy

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I found this to be quite interesting. 

Sunday Various

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In Rome the battle lines are forming for the upcoming conclave . A list of potential papal successors from media reports A look at some of t...
Friday, April 25, 2025

Trump is Going After Wikipedia

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..As you know, Section 501(c)(3) requires that organizations receiving tax-exempt status operate exclusively for “religious, charitable, sci...

Trump is an Authoritarian Fool

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To see the true face of Donald Trump, look no further than Ukraine. Laid bare in his handling of that issue are not only his myriad weakness...

The Peace Deal

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Francis

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Francis had many real and undoubted virtues. His love for the poor and marginalized was not a show, likewise his humility. Yet I can't h...
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Hungary takes another step towards dictatorship

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Just last week, Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party adopted a bill that would allow the government to temporarily strip dual citizens — specifical...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The Face-Plant President

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Harold Macmillan, the midcentury British prime minister, supposedly said that what statesmen feared most were “events, dear boy, events.” Mi...
Monday, April 21, 2025

Kyrie Eleison

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1936-2025
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Paschal Services 2025

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Christ is risen!

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

A (rare) Victory for Legal Sanity

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LONDON — Britain’s highest court ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Trump Orders DOJ Investigation of Critics

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President Donald Trump is targeting two former first-term appointees over their criticism of his actions, stripping their security clearance...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Bret Stephens: There’s Nothing Real About Trump’s ‘Real America’

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Even by the ugly standards of this administration, the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia stands out. A Salvadoran migrant and metal worke...
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Friday, April 04, 2025

Angels for Sale

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America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. Last month, Paula White, one of President Trump’s most faithful and powerful evangel...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Reality Check: RFK Jr is a nut, promoting fringe conspiracy theories and medical quackery

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine crusader, is not qualified to have any power at the agency that’s...
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EU Prepares Retaliation for Trump Tariffs

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...“We will approach these negotiations from a position of strength,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech to...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Various for 3/31

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Trump is about to impose one of the largest tax hikes in history Germans are getting nervous about their gold Germany wants to sanction Hung...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

On the rule of law

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The MAGA movement is attacking the American judiciary. The evidence is everywhere. Let’s begin with President Trump. On his Truth Social acc...
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