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2017-01-24T17:55:58-05:00

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May The Fourth Be With You…Always

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:55 pm By Frank Weathers

Yep, it’s late, but it’s not too late to share my favorite commercial on this day of Star Wars appreciation. Heh! Read more

2015-06-07T23:36:00-05:00

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Because Blaise Pascal Knew The Art of Risk Management and the Importance of Consequences

Last updated on: June 7, 2015 at 11:36 pm By Frank Weathers

The late economic historian, and former financier Peter Bernstein explains this fact well in an article published in the New York Times during the early innings of the tumult of the U.S. debt crisis. Bernstein authored a half dozen classics, among them Against the Gods, the Remarkable Story of Risk, which was published in 1996. It was in that book that I became reaquainted with Blaise Pascal, (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:56:00-05:00

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There Are Zombies (For Reals!), and They are Ants…

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

The photograph above is creepy, ain’t it? But seeing as how the researchers don’t say that these fellows are cannibalistic, ant-eating zombie ants, I think I can still sleep well tonight. Because, as you well know by now, Catholics dig science. NPR (yep, those publicly funded, corporate sponsored, vagabonds) ) have the story. Zombie’ Ants And The Fungus That Saves Them (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:56:03-05:00

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Irony Alert: President Obama’s Proclamation for National Day of Prayer

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

Forwarded with pleasure, because it is the kind of prayer request that I can get behind. Ironic highlight in bold is mine. The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release May 01, 2012 Presidential Proclamation — National Day of Prayer, 2012 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Prayer has always been a part of the American story, and today countless... Read more

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2017-01-24T17:56:03-05:00

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Proof Texting A Comment Policy? I’m All For That

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

The folks over at Sojourners don’t have a comment policy. They have gone one better and have adopted a Comment Covenant instead. And the neat thing is that they have also provided the Biblical passages to back up their reasoning. It’s a clearcut case of faith+reason= AWESOME. Take a look, (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:56:04-05:00

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The May Magnificat (A Few Words for Wednesday)

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

God is simple, God is all. In his wisdom, he gave us his only begotten son, the new Adam. Jesus, then, is the reimaged God, or God, Version 2.0, if you will. This God-Man, Jesus, has a Mother, and as such, so do we. For if we are adopted sons and daughters of God, and God became a man, by the power of the Holy Spirit, born of a woman, then the Blessed Virgin, Mary Immaculate, is both his mother,... Read more

2015-01-19T11:42:23-05:00

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Because Jesus Haunts Us In Song (Music for Mondays)

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 11:42 am By Frank Weathers

Last year around this time for Eastertide, I started exploring Jesus in terms of popular culture through music. There were classical posts, and posts on polyphony, naturally. But there were also posts built around songs about the Lord through pop-rock songs, rhythm & blues, and country tunes as well. Maybe it is an American phenomenon (though I hope not), but Jesus Christ haunts us. It’s like today he still asks of us, “who do the people say I am?”... Read more

2017-01-24T17:56:05-05:00

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Remember John Houseman in “The Paper Chase?”

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

Just the other day, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius got grilled by Congressman Trey Gowdy (R, S.C.) about the HHS Mandate, and the legal definitions of balance. (more…) Read more

2017-01-24T17:56:06-05:00

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Memo to the Blog-o-sphere: Saying Atheists R Stoopid is Lame

Last updated on: January 24, 2017 at 5:56 pm By Frank Weathers

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that witnessing to atheists, at least in the manner that seems to be popular in the Catholic blog-o-sphere nowadays, is in a sad state of affairs. Posts thumbing our noses at atheists, posts basically saying that atheists are idiots, and posts attempting to stick their noses in what some believe to be atheist formed pools of pee-pee (I reckon), is pretty much de rigueur. (more…) Read more

2015-03-29T11:49:35-05:00

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Between the Scylla and Charybdis and Apocalypse Now

Last updated on: March 29, 2015 at 11:49 am By Frank Weathers

If you are a Catholic News junkie, coming to the internet everyday for your fix of “inside baseball” goings on, here’s a little tidbit: you will be as misinformed as all news junkies everywhere always are. Bread and Circuses? Welcome to the show. (more…) Read more

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