And your point is that….?
As self-explanatory as this meme is, I suppose my decision to share it here deserves some explanation. More…
Some People, You Just Can’t Reach… 31
Category Archives: Culture War
The Undiscussed “Swing” Issue in the Foreign Policy Debate 15
Lucinda wept, “El doctor me dijo que yo no podría tener más hijos.”
I translated, “The doctor told her she wasn’t allowed to have any more children.”
It was the seventh time I heard those words that day. More…
The Sword of Damocles and Tolerating Political Evil 9
There are two ways to look at the “Tolerance of Political Evil” issue; one is not acceptable, the other is, although it is not optimal for the very reason that it involves the tolerance of evil, which we would prefer not to tolerate at all. I see the Al Smith invitation as an instance of the latter.
An Evening With the Cardinal at the Al Smith Dinner (Not So Grievously Bad) 13
I was going to write my post on the North American Martyrs today (and I probably still will later on… but you know how I am about keeping those sorts of promises), until last night when a friend asked me to share my thoughts on Cardinal Dolan’s inviting President Obama to the Al Smith dinner.
Since this is a touchy subject for many people, I hesitated to write on the topic. I changed my mind, mostly because I could not think of a good way to answer my friend in 140 characters or less (so you can imagine what social format we were using). And now that it’s all over and done with, I think there are a few good points we can take away from it. More…
The Bread and Circus Politics of Big Bird and Planned Parenthood 10
We haven’t heard from the governor any specifics beyond Big Bird [circus] and eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood [bread] in terms of how he pays for that.
After the candidates’ first round in tackling this question, Candy Crowley invites President Obama for a second intervention… More…
The Dissenting Catholic’s Guide to Social Justice 10
Martha Raddatz: How much of a role does your religion play in your life as a politician?
Joe Biden: To answer your question, Martha…
The Church’s social doctrine has influenced my political decision making THIS MUCH!
Subsidiarity 16
Teach a man to fish…
A wise Irishman once told me this proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you turn him into a lazy, good for nothing, worthless bum for the rest of his life.
Obviously this man knew nothing of the sublime joy that comes from dry-fly fishing, but that’s beside the point. And it has absolutely nothing to do with subsidiarity. More…
How Catholic Is “Joe” Catholic? 20
There’s so much we could comment on after last night’s circus act; sorry… I mean Vice Presidential debate. I’m referring, of course, to the travesty on the left side of the screen aimed at distracting America from the serious discussion that took place on the right side of the screen.
One of my friends found a simple but elegant way to keep his focus on the debate (no duct tape necesary): More…
Relativism and the Decline of Religion in America 13
In 1996, Pope Benedict (then CDC prefect, Josef Cardinal Ratzinger) delivered an address to the Conference of Central American Bishops entitled, “Relativism: The Central Problem for the Faith Today” — a 10 page document I managed to summarize in 15 pages. I don’t intend another summary here.
The discourse’s title says it all: We’ve got a problem with the faith today, a central problem with a capital P — that doesn’t stand for Pool — and name of the problem is Relativism. To this effect, Ratzinger, while holding his finger on post-modern religion’s waning pulse, observed that: More…
5 Ways to Defeat the Threat to Marriage with Prayer 3
Not just another Sunday Gospel reflection…
Last Sunday’s Gospel reading was about hell, but it wasn’t all about hell. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus speaks about divorce, but his message is not all about divorce. More…
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