Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
If I’ve written this post correctly, it should trigger discomfort in sensitive Leftists. “Trigger warnings,” for those of you fortunate enough not to move in circles that use them, are warnings at the beginning of any information presentation, be it fact or fiction, written or oral, aural or visual. They tell
Continue readingPlus ça change, plus c’est la même chose; or, the more things change, the more they remain the same. In 1960, Protestant Americans were afraid that a Kennedy election would mean that the Pope would have a say in American politics. In 2014, with the Pope having been anointed (inaccurately)
Continue readingWinter break this year was very pleasant. As I may have written before, while I’m not a big fan of small children, I really like teenagers, especially the teenagers my kids bring home. We live in a tight-knit community and my house is often a gathering spot for the kids
Continue readingPope Francis’s recent “Apostolic Exhortation Evangeli Gaudium of the Holy Father Francis, to the Bishops, Clerk, Consecrated Persons and the Lay Faithful on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World” outraged conservatives, most notably Rush Limbaugh, because it attacks capitalism. Even though I trust Rush, he admitted that he
Continue readingCatholics around the world rejoiced as a puff of white smoke rose above the Vatican, heralding the cardinal’s election of a new Pope – Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. Cardinal Bergoglio will take the name “Pope Francis.” The fact that Pope Francis is the first non-European Pope to be
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