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2016-09-13T09:48:53-06:00

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Broken Ladders

Last updated on: September 13, 2016 at 9:48 am By William Droel

Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, grew up in a small Texas town. There were six Mexican-American families on his block and others nearby. One large family “was unique,” writes Ramirez, a member of the Basilian Fathers, in Power from the Margins: the Emergence of the Latino in the Church and in Society (Orbis Books, 2016). How was this family unique? “They gave high priority to school.” All parents want the best education for their children. But all... Read more

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2016-09-03T11:21:34-06:00

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The Working Catholic: 501-C-3 Rule

Last updated on: September 3, 2016 at 11:21 am By William Droel

According to an IRS rule, churches (and other non-profits) “are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in or intervening in any political campaign.” The current Republican Party platform, reports Kevin Baker (N.Y. Times, 8/28/16), wants the rule overturned. The platform plank is a response to some evangelical organizations that desire more direct electoral influence. Catholic institutions wisely know that the current “no politicking” rule is better politically and better theologically. The current tax-exemption rule is better politically because it... Read more

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2016-08-18T13:37:19-06:00

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Stealing Donuts

Last updated on: August 18, 2016 at 1:37 pm By William Droel

“It is not a sin to steal food if you are starving.” That is what the Mercy Sisters at my New York grammar school told us some 50 years ago. It’s funny what one remembers. Of course, this lesson was reinforced for me every time I rode my bike over to a most delicious donut shop in the area. Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) issued their Manifesto of the Communist Party early in 1848. After distinguishing private property... Read more

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2016-08-15T11:56:50-06:00

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Jealous Crabs

Last updated on: August 15, 2016 at 11:56 am By William Droel

All ethnic groups experience a tension between the old world and the new world. First generation immigrant parents, for example, are distressed when their children prefer social activities among their schoolmates over family gatherings. The children are angry because these obligatory family events occur every weekend. Daughters say their parents are over-protective; parents say their daughters have succumbed to the worst of U.S. culture. Sam Quinones profiles Chicago restaurateur Carlos Ascencion Salinas in Antonio’s Gun and Delfino’s Dream (University of... Read more

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2016-08-07T12:08:59-06:00

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Baseball History

Last updated on: August 7, 2016 at 12:08 pm By William Droel

Chicago White Sox hurler Chris Sale forgot that he is a member of a powerful labor union. Instead of following normal grievance procedure, he recently used a scissors to voice his objection to a management decision and destroyed team uniforms. Further, Sale by-passed his union steward, outfielder Adam Eaton, and whined that his manager should have addressed his grievance. He thus joins the list of rogue Sox. It is not necessary to go all the way back to the 1919... Read more

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2016-07-25T14:25:04-06:00

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The Working Catholic: Idolatry

Last updated on: July 25, 2016 at 2:25 pm By William Droel

David Cloutier teaches Catholic ethics at Mt. St. Mary’s University in Maryland. The students give a skeptical “oh hum” to the unit about Catholicism’s sexuality teaching. However, the unit on property and consumption is met with shock, outrage and even offense. “They seem to believe that so long as [something] is gained through work, any property is theirs to enjoy as they please,” Cloutier writes in The Vice of Luxury (Georgetown University Press, 2015). All private property, as Cloutier corrects... Read more

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2016-07-15T08:02:00-06:00

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The Undeserving Poor?

Last updated on: July 15, 2016 at 8:02 am By William Droel

Too many people seem too sure about the causes and the cure for poverty. I hear it in the barbershop, at my favorite lunch spot and frequently at the bar. “If only they would get a job and quit living off my hard-earned money.” The adjectival hard-earned is always used. I also hear: “My family made it on their own. Why can’t those people?” Plus other riffs on the same theme. These longstanding complaints are not confined to barroom banter.... Read more

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2016-07-11T15:06:58-06:00

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The Working Catholic: Fashion Statement

Last updated on: July 11, 2016 at 3:06 pm By William Droel

Some philosophical and religious traditions look askance at fashion. Eastern religions, for example, focus on the transitory nature of the material world. They advise us not to get infatuated with appliances, jewelry or one’s wardrobe. Gnostic philosophy, which has at junctures influenced Roman Catholicism and other expressions of Christianity, says appearances are a deceptive illusion. Some strains in evangelical Christianity are unimpressed with art because only a direct relationship with God is important. Being an Irish-American Catholic, I carry around... Read more

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2016-06-10T14:16:34-06:00

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Urban Decline?

Last updated on: June 10, 2016 at 2:16 pm By William Droel

It wasn’t so traumatic here when in the 1980s Los Angeles overtook Chicago, until then the Second City, in population. Last month, however, demographers caused a stir in Chicago; predicting that soon Houston will be the Third City, while Chicago will drop to number four. Ouch. The city of Chicago lost about 2,890 residents between 2014 and 2015. Our entire metro region lost an estimated 6,263 residents in the same time period. Meanwhile, Houston had the second-largest increase, gaining 40,032... Read more

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2016-06-04T09:15:59-06:00

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125 Years

Last updated on: June 4, 2016 at 9:15 am By William Droel

As anniversaries go, the 125th of modern Catholic social thought is a non-starter except perhaps in a small circle of specialists. Yet Catholic social thought offers a timely perspective on our society’s clash between what some people call our nanny-state and the libertarian free-for-all favored by others. Catholic social thought also suggests a way out of the paradox presented by a rejection of more taxes coupled with the desire for more services. Further, it has interesting things to say about... Read more

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