Holy Hour at the Oxford (England) Oratory, where one of this blog’s readers attends mass (Fr James Bradley/Flickr) I posted something the other day asking for hopeful Benedict Option stories — that is, stories from real life showing people living out … [Read More...]
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Time Person of the Year shortlist: Trump, Meghan Markle, “Black Panther” director, Parkland kids
To cleanse the palate, how can a year in which major news seemed to break every 10 minutes for 11 months produce a list of newsmakers this thin? .@TIME announces the 2018 Person of the Year shortlist pic.twitter.com/IzBU5lNf3u — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) … [Read More...]
Big Government
Trump Fights Media Spin
President-elect Trump has a way of making Americans feel good again about their country, their future and themselves, and then the media spin comes along in an attempt to dilute that momentum. It is so obvious to the America people that every article the … [Read More...]
Election 2016
Arizona voters sue to force special election for McCain’s seat
There’s something of an unwritten rule in the legal field which says that if you have a complaint to make – no matter how crazy […]
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NBC: State, Pentagon assume Trump will pull out of Afghanistan before 2020 election
The hot lead for NBC’s story is that special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has begun pulling out all stops to find a peace deal with the […]
Health Care
Outrage Over Obamacare Anyone?
Come On People, Where’s The Outrage Over Obamacare? Okay, so at the moment Americans are distracted. With the Hillary Clinton scandals and scams all over the news […]
Obamacare Insurance Premium
Obamacare Insurance Premium Big Shock Obamacare insurance premium keeps shocking American voters…hmm, could that be due to the lies Americans were told about Obama care insurance premiums […]
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Hooray Americans Reject Democrats
Hooray, November 8th, 2016 will go down in history as the date the American voters changed history. The fact that a national uprising at the voting booths successfully defeated Hillary Clinton and handed Mr. Trump a win will change the direction of America's … [Read More...]
Outrage Over Obamacare Anyone?
Come On People, Where's The Outrage Over Obamacare? Okay, so at the moment Americans are distracted. With the Hillary Clinton scandals and scams all over the news and now the FBI's reopening of Hillary's email server scandal case stealing the headlines, the issue … [Read More...]
Ben Op Stories Of Hope
Holy Hour at the Oxford (England) Oratory, where one of this blog’s readers attends mass (Fr James Bradley/Flickr) I posted something the other day asking for hopeful Benedict Option stories — that is, stories from real life showing people living out Benedict Option principles, and thriving. I’m getting some good ones from readers. Here’s a […]
Time Person of the Year shortlist: Trump, Meghan Markle, “Black Panther” director, Parkland kids
To cleanse the palate, how can a year in which major news seemed to break every 10 minutes for 11 months produce a list of newsmakers this thin? .@TIME announces the 2018 Person of the Year shortlist pic.twitter.com/IzBU5lNf3u — Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) December 10, 2018 Realistically, there are four contenders. Let’s dispense with the also-rans. […]
Rubio: If Trump pardons Manafort, we might need a national debate about amending the pardon power
A leftover from yesterday. The Q&A here is about Manafort but obviously the argument applies to everyone in the president’s personal orbit, starting with his children. If you’re inclined to scold Rubio by noting that Trump hasn’t pardoned Manafort or Roger Stone or anyone else related to Russiagate yet, that’s fine but (a) he’s spoken […]
Tablet: Anti-Semitism a part of the Women’s March almost from the start
Tablet magazine has published a deep-dive on the genesis of the Women’s March and how the four women co-chairs—Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour—came to direct it. The piece, titled “Is the Women’s March Melting Down?”, is tremendously detailed but I’m going to focus on one thread which seems newsworthy. You may […]
Virginia teacher fired over refusal to change pronouns for transgender student
What obligations do teachers have in remembering which pronouns go with which students? And does pronoun use cross religious doctrines? One Virginia high-school teacher finds himself out of a job for refusing to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns, after the school rejected a compromise in which the teacher offered not to use any pronouns […]
Global survey: 24 out of 27 countries more likely to say they want less immigration than Americans are
A small reminder from Pew that the next time you read somewhere about America being in “the grip of right-wing populism,” remember that that grip is awfully loose compared to its strength in Europe. Click for the full list. Of 27 countries surveyed, only two are less likely than Americans to say that they want […]
San Francisco Chronicle: California’s ‘unsustainable’ pension promises shouldn’t be kept
The San Francisco Chronicle is not what anyone would consider a right-wing newspaper. So it comes as something of a surprise that today the paper’s Editorial Board published a piece arguing for reining in the state’s pension system before it’s too late. In a matter of months, California may get an answer on fixing its […]
DNC Chair ready for “Pack the Court” push?
You may or may not already be familiar with Demand Justice, a so-called “action network” set up by some former Clinton staffers. It was one of the groups leading the charge to stop the confirmation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, organizing protests and text message alerts to get activists in front of cable […]
House Dem unity falling apart already over Medicare for All?
So far, the era of House Democratic majority doesn’t appear to be off to a propitious start. Nancy Pelosi’s still struggling with a nascent rebellion in her fight to regain the speaker’s gavel, and their biggest issue in the midterms might be about to backfire on them. Politico’s headline takes sides in the Medicare for […]
Outrage: Britain in turmoil after MP … grabs the ceremonial mace?
No, “grabs the ceremonial mace” is not a euphemism for masturbation. Although it should be, let’s face it. It’s superb. Today I learned (a) that the ceremonial mace exists and (b) the House of Commons can’t pass laws without it. It’s a physical symbol of the crown’s authority; remove that authority from the chamber and […]