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2017-03-04T02:09:41+00:00

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Encouragement for Frightened Women

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Katrina Fernandez, writing passionately and from the heart, with a message to unmarried pregnant women who think they can’t possibly handle being a single parent: Financially, you may argue, it will be impossible to raise a child alone. You’d be surprised how little a child really needs. All that baby stuff, you don’t need it. Also, your future child will not care in the least what kind of car you drive, house you own or rent, whether you or they... Read more

2017-03-04T02:09:42+00:00

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Tim Tebow: Luke 12:8 or 1 Thess 5:18?

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

I must admit, I got a mild kick out of this bit on the statistics of yesterday’s Bronco game: It’s surely all coincidence, but how many yards did Tebow throw for as he led the Denver Broncos to a 29-23 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL’s divisional playoffs on Sunday night? Answer: 316. And what did Tebow have on his eye black as he led the Florida Gators to victory in the 2009 national championship game three... Read more

2017-03-04T02:09:42+00:00

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And then they moved on

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

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2017-03-04T02:09:43+00:00

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Educating graphs on IL education

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

In this graph, the amount of money going to retirement benefits begins to look like Pacman, eating the ghost of Illinois’ future. Tom Elia has more. Clearly, legislators — if they are serious — are going to have to find a way to prevent retirement benefits from eating all available resources. Whether they can get serious, or even want to, is the real question. I suspect that if anyone in Illinois tries to get a handle on this looming and... Read more

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A Family Getaway

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Happy New Year to all! Our family is taking what will likely be our “last” big family getaway, as everyone is grown and working and getting on with their lives. I’m going to value it, especially after reading this. There will be no guest blogger this time out, but I will be posting from time-to-time — probably I’ll slap up a picture now and then and let you guess where we are! Since I don’t anticipate being able to monitor... Read more

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2017-03-04T02:09:45+00:00

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Your 2012 Resolutions and Predictions?

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

:::BUMPED TO TOP::: As I am preparing to leave for a vacation and won’t be back until January 9, (I may check in from time-to-time, though) I’m bumping this to the top, and also asking two questions: 1) What are your New Year’s Resolutions (if any) 2) Do you have any “predictions” for 2012? Let’s hear them! I’ll tell you one of my predictions for 2012: The plight of Christians in the Middle East will become a story that can... Read more

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2017-03-04T02:09:46+00:00

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So this Catholic woman and this Pagan Woman – UPDATE

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Katrina Fernandez is tired of ecumenism and puts it out there: Ecumenism, or more specifically, tip toeing around the sensibilities of other religions. He finds it elitist a Catholic’s claim of belonging to the One True Church. I suppose this assertion goes against popular belief that all religions have equal measure and are deserving of equal respect. To my dear friend religion is just another personal choice, like who to date or whether to have coffee or tea for breakfast.... Read more

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Say “Yes” to Life

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Madonna del Parto [detail] by Piero della Francesca (c. 1460) A nicely done piece by Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Catholic Thing: He will have the most amazing set of lungs.” Paul Stefan James lived for only forty-two minutes – with a heartbeat, but never taking a breath. It seemed like a cruel coincidence that his mother’s Chicken Soup for a Mother’s Soul calendar had those words to offer on his birth date. But within about a human gestational period,... Read more

2017-03-04T02:09:47+00:00

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The Burdened Mrs. Pelosi May Leave?

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Is Mrs. Pelosi smelling the smoke of a distant fire that may be heading her way? Alexandra Pelosi is suggesting that maybe her mother has served her country enough. She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly. They know she wants to leave, though. They think she’s destined for the wilderness. She has very few days left. She’s 71, she wants to have a life, she’s done. It’s obligation, that’s all... Read more

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2017-03-04T02:09:52+00:00

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The Vanishing: Can Faith Fuel the Future?

Last updated on: March 4, 2017 at 2:09 am By Elizabeth Scalia

Last year I mused over at First Things about Vienna, and how it had seemed, when I visited, to be vasishing before my eyes: A few years ago I had occasion to spend a few days in Vienna. The beautiful city of museums and music remains a favorite but a forlorn one; its charming avenues and architecture and nightly concerts could not fully distract from the sleepy sense of diminishment that hung over the city, like the acquiescence of a... Read more

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