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2016-06-17T07:00:00-04:00

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President Obama on why words like Islamic Terrorist do not matter

Last updated on: June 17, 2016 at 7:00 am By Dave Griffey

Can be seen here: Oh, I’m sorry. That was a 2008 speech in which Obama, among other things, insisted that words like ‘hope’ matter when it comes to leading America, because words do matter. Here we go: Note, by the way, the multiple false premises he uses. Nobody is saying we can’t defeat evil if we are afraid to call it what it is or use certain words. We’re saying it’s a lot tougher to do without naming the evil,... Read more

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2016-06-17T07:00:00-04:00

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Can we avoid using the Orlando Shooting to go after America’s racist past?

Last updated on: June 17, 2016 at 7:00 am By Dave Griffey

So the news is all abuzz now, trying desperately to salvage narratives and advance agendas with the Orlando shooting, including reminding us that the news is wrong about this being the worst mass shooting in history. It turns out that the prize belongs to – America! Americans killed 250 Indians at Wounded Knee, or so the memes are saying. For what it’s worth, that was not the only massacre of Indians. There were many others. And it wasn’t the only... Read more

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2016-06-16T18:22:00-04:00

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Three others murdered in as many days

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 6:22 pm By Dave Griffey

Two officers in France were murdered by an admitted Islamic terrorist. And today, apparently, a brilliant young woman who was a rising star in British politics was murdered by a lone, probably psychotic, male. It is a tough, fallen world. Evil is always around. Pray for these victims, and those who have died that we will never hear about. Pray for their families. Pray that we look beyond politics and agendas to the core of the problem, a fallen world... Read more

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2016-06-16T15:09:00-04:00

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Would someone please tell me what is wrong with our hospitals

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 3:09 pm By Dave Griffey

When some of them refuse to help people kill themselves? I just don’t know what this world is coming to! Praise God for the good hospitals of Santa Barbara who are fighting the good fight. That our enlightened civilization has come to the point where this is news should give us pause when it comes to declaring ours an enlightened civilization. Read more

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2016-06-16T15:06:00-04:00

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Right is right

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 3:06 pm By Dave Griffey

And Simcha Fisher is right. In an effort to point out that I bear Ms. Fisher no ill will (I merely have strong disagreements with some of her actions and consistency), I give you clear thinking. There has been an outcry since the Orlando shooting that has nothing to do with the evil NRA or evil Conservative Christians, whose names are noticeably mentioned and repeated by various groups and political leaders. It has to do with the fact that there are... Read more

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2016-06-16T14:29:00-04:00

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Tolkien on stage with Lewis and Chesterton – and Martin Luther!

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 2:29 pm By Dave Griffey

C. S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert looks absolutely delightful. I wish we could get the boys into live theater more than we do. Finances are the main obstacle. I admit, I am somewhat intrigued by the whole Hamilton phenomenon, and have considered saving for that. Anything that helps elevate our nation’s past and encourages people to look back at its heroes, and not just dwell on the bad, is OK in my book. On a theatrical level, however, I... Read more

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2016-06-16T07:17:00-04:00

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When you focus on the bad guy

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 7:17 am By Dave Griffey

You get results. After the Charleston church shooting, almost all of the coverage was about racism. White, American racism. The kind of racism that grandma used to bake. And it wasn’t just for a few days. It was weeks. Months later, we still had lead stories about the shooting. And for weeks after the shooting, a veritable witch hunt ensued as everything from Confederate flags on state property to Confederate symbols in Civil War museums were pulled down and buried.... Read more

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2016-06-16T06:41:00-04:00

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The Catholic Position on Gun Control

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 6:41 am By Dave Griffey

Is brought to us by the always helpful Jimmy Akin. In short, you can’t want to murder people, and you can’t put loyalty to anything above devotion to God and the preservation of human life. With that said, this also includes stepping in and possibly hindering a person’s ability to protect himself which is a right the Church affirms. As a note, when I was a tyke (c. late 1960s), my Dad was driving home from work one night. He... Read more

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2016-06-16T06:00:00-04:00

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It is one thing to blaspheme the name of God among the Gentiles

Last updated on: June 16, 2016 at 6:00 am By Dave Griffey

It is quite another to join the Gentiles in blaspheming the name of God. We officially have reached a new low in the ever growing tendency to throw our traditions out the window in the hopes that the modern world will like us, really, really like us. That our secularized, godless modern society would produce people who mock the faithful for praying to God should not be shocking. Nor should it be shocking that those same godless people who have... Read more

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2016-06-15T11:25:00-04:00

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Heart wrenching

Last updated on: June 15, 2016 at 11:25 am By Dave Griffey

We can still pray against hope that the child is alive. If not, Lord, if the child didn’t survive, then please welcome this beautiful child into your loving arms and please bring peace and comfort to the grieving parents. I can’t fathom what they are going though, and how they will ever be able to overcome this. By the grace of God through Christ, we pray. St. Nicholas, pray for them. When peace like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows like... Read more

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