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2016-02-12T16:50:00-04:00

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Framing the debate

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 4:50 pm By Dave Griffey

One of the tricks of winning in anything is to get the upper hand. To make the other team play by your rules. To frame the contest according to your own preferences. I don’t care if it’s football, baseball, Monopoly, RISK, Flames of War, or real war for that matter. If you can set the standard by which the competition is played, you have the upper hand. So those who not only love Pope Francis, but love every breath that... Read more

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2016-02-12T16:42:00-04:00

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Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 4:42 pm By Dave Griffey

It might come as a shock to furniture buyers out there, but Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is actually today. Over at The American Catholic, Donald McClarey has a fitting tribute to the man who still ranks as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, president our country has produced. Read more

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2016-02-12T14:20:00-04:00

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NRA delenda est!

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 2:20 pm By Dave Griffey

Or so the rallying cry is sounding. Once again before the dust settles, we have calls to do anything about gun violence by people who seem annoyingly immune to actual discussions about how to reduce gun violence. Over at Mark Shea’s Facebook Page, Mark demonstrates what I pointed out here. Gun owners and people who value the 2nd Amendment as a crucial element of our overall rights and liberties are highly suspicious of gun control advocates. Calling for the destruction of... Read more

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2016-02-12T11:43:00-04:00

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There is no reason to get upset with Bishop McElroy

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 11:43 am By Dave Griffey

And there is no reason to make political hay from this. His statements are clear: we must care about the poor, about the world, about human life. Yep. Nothing to argue with there. What there is to argue about are those who seem to think one particular way or another is the same as following Jesus. I get the feeling as I read so many praising the good bishop that how they are reading him is that abortion and post-Christian... Read more

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2016-02-12T10:14:00-04:00

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Heading into March Madness

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 10:14 am By Dave Griffey

I always reflect on the great ones, especially the man with eyes in the back of his head. Seriously. How in the world did he make passes like that? Read more

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2016-02-12T07:20:00-04:00

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My experience with guns

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 7:20 am By Dave Griffey

Illustration courtesy of TSR, 1978 My Dad was a child of the Great Depression. He was born in 1930. Growing up, he knew nothing but poverty. The house he moved into as a youngster had no doors except for the ones they found floating in the kitchen. They didn’t have indoor plumbing for drinking water, only for a toilet. His oldest brother, who was almost eight years his senior, had known at least some level of prosperity before the Market Crash. That,... Read more

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2016-02-12T07:05:00-04:00

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The sort of thing that gives the Church a bad reputation

Last updated on: February 12, 2016 at 7:05 am By Dave Griffey

I’m sure there’s a reason for this. I’m sure it’s one of those things that makes sense in back room, inside baseball sort of meetings. But to the casual headline reader strolling by on the way to work or the movies, it stinks to high heaven. I can’t help but notice, however, that there has been an uptick in clergy abuse stories in the last month or so. For a while, it was as if there never had been a clergy... Read more

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2016-02-11T14:23:00-04:00

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I had no idea

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 2:23 pm By Dave Griffey

To my credit, there is much from the 1980s pop culture scene that I missed out on. Read more

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2016-02-11T10:51:00-04:00

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I try to be consistent

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 10:51 am By Dave Griffey

So when I see this, I’m bothered that a public figure would say such a thing. I’m not against looking at everything going on. Who is saying what. What the trends are. What is the substance and where are the extremes. That’s all fair. But there are right ways and wrong ways to say things, and Nugent picked the worst way. A double agent who hates the NRA couldn’t have done worse damage. That’s how I see it. But I felt... Read more

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2016-02-11T10:29:00-04:00

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I know nothing about this

Last updated on: February 11, 2016 at 10:29 am By Dave Griffey

Tennessee becomes 5th state to pass resolution calling for Article V Convention. Is this something happening out there? Is it legit? I haven’t heard so much as a news story about it. And what’s it all about? If it is legit, it will be interesting to watch. Read more

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