There is much advocacy around the issue of cost containment as we enter the great debate over health care “reform.” Here is the gig that seems to be developing: We have to cut costs. People having their lives extended when they can’t be “healed” cost too much. . . . . Continue Reading »
Now, I really, really, really hadn’t intended to post anything on Palin. I have nothing to add that hasn’t already been said. And most of what has been said would have been better unsaid: the delight in speculation without the slightest basis in evidence is among the worst tendencies of . . . . Continue Reading »
The first thing to ask about Caritas in Veritate , Charity in Truth, is why the in truth ? “Charity is at the heart of the Church’s social doctrine,” the second paragraph of the new encyclical declares, to no surprise, at all: What else could a Christian account of the social realm . . . . Continue Reading »
Pope Benedict XVI’s eagerly awaited Encyclical, Caritas in Veritate may be found at the Vatican’s website here . . . . . Continue Reading »
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religion Freedom has completed a “thorough examination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s church-state record,” and finds it “commendable”: While Sotomayor’s written record raises no red flags, it also fails to provide . . . . Continue Reading »
Glacier National Park and environs are proof of God. The beauty and vastness is a true wonder. Here are a few shots I took for your hoped for enjoyment:Cho was a great horse:The mirror quality of the lakes took your breath awayThe turquoise of the water comes from glacier action11:00 PM . . . . Continue Reading »
Bad Church Art at The CrescatYeesh. And I’m not one to point fingers, either, because my own parish church, though I love it dearly, looks like a prefab office plaza dropped from a helicopter into the middle of a pasture. The Angel of the Perpendicular Style passed it right on over, and then . . . . Continue Reading »
A few days before the appearance of the encyclical Caritas in Veritate, the following news item appeared:July 3 (Bloomberg) — Developing countries’ share of worldwide equity value climbed to a record as the fastest- growing economies lured investors amid the first global recession since . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . did not go to the beach. Instead, I googled the phrase religious beach, and here are some of the things the search turned up: Dollar-Stretching Luau Deals like this inflatable beach ball. They didn’t have a picture of the un-inflatable kind. Information regarding religious beaches in Tel . . . . Continue Reading »
While working on a recording together, Johnny Cash asked Bob Dylan if he knew “Ring of Fire.” Dylan said he did and began to play it on the piano, croaking it out in typical Dylanesque fashion. When he was done he turned to his friend and said, “It goes something like that, . . . . Continue Reading »
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