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August 2013

August 10, 2013

Shacking Up, Gay Marriage and Now Wed Leases: Is Marriage as the Larger Culture Lives It Dead?

Shacking up, gay marriage and now wed leases. Given all this, I'm inclined to say...

August 08, 2013

The Cult-Like Anti-Intellectualism of Christian Bashing

Let's look at the arguments we've seen against the faith here on Public Catholic. They...

August 05, 2013

little g gods, the Real God, and Finding Your Way Home

I want to congratulate Deacon Greg Kandra. He has managed to make the devil mad...

August 03, 2013

A Non-Theistic Christian Now Running the Washington National Cathedral

The Washington Post seems to love the guy. He is, after all, a "Christian" after...

August 03, 2013

The Persecution Continuum: Vandalizing Churches

Deacon Greg Kandra had the story of churches that were vandalized in Brooklyn this week....

August 02, 2013

Muslim War On Christians: It’s Women and Girls First

What kind of "men" kidnap young girls as a means of waging a "holy" war?...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

Dawkins: Mock Them. Ridicule Them. In Public. With Contempt.

I am tempted to say that Dr Richard Dawkins is the Westboro Baptist Church of...

July 31, 2013

From Me to Pope Francis: Remember the Ladies

"Remember the ladies." Abigail Adams to her husband John Abigail Adams spoke up for...

July 30, 2013

Follow Jesus, Not the R or the D (Thank You Readers!)

Can a Christian be a Democrat? That’s a loaded question in today’s America. We have...

July 27, 2013

Christian in a Post Christian World: How Should We Handle Attacks from Atheist Internet Trolls?

How do we respond to people who follow Dr Dawkins' advice to mock and ridicule...

July 22, 2013

The Heresy of Politicized Christianity

Deacon Greg Kandra published a post today describing a "study" that says that "Christian Progressives"...

July 21, 2013

Christians’ Dual Citizenship and Engaging the Culture for Christ

In the video below, Cardinal Wuerl discusses what he calls the "subtle" loss of religious...

July 19, 2013

Same Judge Who Turned Hobby Lobby Down, Now Grants Them a Stay on HHS Mandate

I've read the news reports on several outlets, and I'm not exactly sure what the...

July 19, 2013

Imprisoned for Christ: Cardinal Van Thuan

I once worked with a woman who had lived through the fall of Viet Nam...

July 18, 2013

Gosnell Was Not Alone

Roe v Wade set the limit for viability at 26 weeks into pregnancy. That was...

July 16, 2013

Conscience Rights and the Obama Administration

The USCCB released a new video today discussing the war on the right of conscience...

July 15, 2013

Can a Christian Be a Democrat?

Every so often I do something that gets press coverage beyond the Oklahoma border. If...

July 14, 2013

This is Your God

When was the last time the world promised satisfaction, and actually came through? Great question....

July 13, 2013

Texans have a New Abortion Law. Americans have a New Political Reality.

Texans have a new abortion law. Americans have a new political reality. The Texas legislature...

July 12, 2013

She Could Have Been Me

I wrote this post over a year ago. In light of questions raised by a...

July 11, 2013

Pennsylvania: Another AG Refuses to Do Her Job

Kamala Harris has an astral twin in Pennsylvania Ms Harris is the California Attorney General...

July 11, 2013

63% of Texas Babies Killed in Abortions are Black or Hispanic

Texans kill a lot of babies, and most of them are black and hispanic. Sixty-three...

July 10, 2013

The Hydra-Headed DOMA Decision and Bankrupting the States

Michigan state law allows health benefits for school employees and their spouses. It does not...

July 09, 2013

Congressional Budget Office: 30 Late-Term Abortions Each Day

According to the Congressional Budget Office, doctors in the United States perform at least 30...

July 08, 2013

Even Water Moccasins are Cute When They’re Babies

Even water moccasins are kind of cute when they're babies. Kind of. However, it doesn't...

July 08, 2013

Samuel Adams: Once Might be a Mistake. Four Times is a Pattern.

Kathy Schiffer wrote a post yesterday that moved Samuel Adams beer from a purveyor of...

July 05, 2013

Freedom Isn’t Just about Fireworks

Today is the 5th of July and everyone in my family is back at...

July 03, 2013

The All-Time King-Daddy Firestarter of the Culture Wars and Texas

They're having a romping, stomping, Texas-sized fight down in Austin, all over efforts to pass...

July 03, 2013

He Didn’t Make a Mistake. He Lied. And the Senate He Lied to Was In On It.

Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, says he "made a mistake" when he said "No...

July 02, 2013

Now Isn’t That Just Special

Kathy Shiffer, who blogs at Seasons of Grace, published a letter to the American people...