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March 2013

March 14, 2013

Christian Badass or Christian Coward, Which Do We Choose?

Originally written last year on the feast of St. John the Baptist, I can't help...

March 11, 2013

Catholic-Affiliated Health System in Sioux Falls Bows to the HHS Mandate

It seems like the first thing they do is remove their Catholic identity from their...

March 07, 2013

Foreign Made Ball Bearings Defunded, But the HHS Mandate is Paid For

So much for the idea of using religious liberty as a bargaining chip in the...

March 04, 2013

Representatives Propose the Health Care Conscience Rights Act to Provide Exemption from the HHS Mandate UPDATED

This just in from the good folks at The Catholic Association. WASHINGTON, D.C. – House...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Dear Politicians, Media Elites, Etc., The Catechism Has Got Your Number

There's a big green book that's the size of a dictionary that I've been...

February 16, 2013

Archbishop Lori Writes Congress Asking, Where is the Freedom of Choice to “Opt Out” of the HHS Mandate? UPDATED

Maybe we should write to them too. In the letter below, Archbishop Lori, whom I've...

February 15, 2013

Papa Tells a Story: “The Council As I Saw It” and Beware the Hermeneutic of Politics

At five times longer than your average blog post, the article from Vatican Radio published...

February 08, 2013

Cardinal George on the Law and Politics of the HHS Mandate

H/T to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Montana, a brief interview with Cardinal...

February 07, 2013

Cardinal Dolan Speaks. Movement, But Not Enough on the HHS Mandate. UPDATED

When I was reading the HHS Mandate Rule proposal, I noticed a pretty big problem:...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

All of a Sudden, the New York Times Notices the HHS Mandate Lawsuits

Based on this report published yesterday, you would think that they just discovered the 40+...

January 23, 2013

Deficits, Spending and the Debt-Limit Vote: What Matters Most?

Answer: Coffee! Isn't it obvious? :)

January 23, 2013

Remember the Hobby Lobby Petition? It Could Use Your Signature.

It's collected over 9,100 signatures so far, and is about 16,000 shy of the...

January 16, 2013

Irony Alert! Today is Religious Freedom Day UPDATED

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Foremost among the rights...

January 10, 2013

Being Conan the Barbarian vs. Being Civil (The Lost Art of Persuasion) UPDATED

I've been not publishing a number of comments these past few days, as they violate...

January 09, 2013

Cardinal Dolan’s Own “State of the State” Letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York

He sent it under the letterhead of the New York State Catholic Conference. The occasion?...

January 05, 2013

Last Time I Checked the Hobby Lobby White House Petition…

It looked like this. A 23:45 EST, the numbers show that 4,199 souls have signed...

January 03, 2013

While The President is On Vacation, Sign This Petition at the White House

A few minutes ago, a citizen named Nick left a comment with a link to...

January 03, 2013

Mike Huckabee on Hobby Lobby: “We will stand with them in their resistance.”

Perhaps the doomed, quixotic, movement to confront tyranny, and help Hobby Lobby this coming Saturday, isn't so...

January 01, 2013

Another New Years Eve Setback for the HHS Mandate: Sharp Industries Wins Relief

It's time for some more bubbly. Were the courts in session yesterday, or what? Though...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

The HHS Mandate Takes It on the Chin Again With Ruling For The Founder of Domino’s Pizza UPDATED

Perhaps the Administration will scuttle this ridiculous rule out of embarrassment alone. I mean, the phony...

December 30, 2012

Support Hobby Lobby. Here’s How. UPDATED

There's nothing better than waking up on a Sunday, eating a breakfast of pancakes and...

December 19, 2012

Christmas Comes Early For Religious Colleges Fighting HHS Mandate

While crickets are chirping from purveyors of important news, here's the scoop on another victory...

December 16, 2012

Video: President Obama Speaking at the Prayer Vigil for Newtown Shooting Victims

Just a little while ago... The full transcript of the President's speech can be found...

December 16, 2012

A Mother Asks, Will We Have the Courage to Discuss Mental Illness Too? UPDATED

It's Sunday morning in the aftermath of another national gun-related tragedy. We collectively lift up...

December 12, 2012

Cardinal Dolan Notes Media Silence on Recent Court Decision

Though regular readers here, on New Advent, and at Stand With the US Bishops Against...

December 04, 2012

Capital vs. Labor and the Ruling Class vs. the Rest of Us = the Same Thing

Folks are starting to take notice of this development. Catholic social teaching has always noticed...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

Dennis Miller’s Observation…

Lena Dunham was voted Glamour Magazine's "Woman of the Year". Just try to imagine how...

November 06, 2012

Scariest Political Movie I Ever Saw…

You may have seen it too. No, it wasn't Bob Roberts, nor was it The...

November 03, 2012

Archbishop Chaput on the Politics of Secularism

In the combox this morning on the post on the new educational website launched by...

November 02, 2012

I Approve of the Following Message. Do You?

Protect our First Freedom, America. It's what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would want us...