While Cardinal Ratzinger asks us to pray for ailing JPII, there’s speculation that the new cardinals will select a conservative, third-world bishop as his successor.
“The church of the 21st century will be brown and black,” according to R. Scott Appleby, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame. “The church is growing rapidly [...]
Content
A multi-author blog with a range of opinions on news, culture, politics, beer, art, science, education, religion and life
File: September 2003
Vlad Putin had the bad sense to point out to a bunch of enviro-wonks that global warming isn’t a universally bad thing. That, in fact, Russia might benefit from it. “Delegates … did not see the funny side.”
What’s with these people? Haven’t they seen maps of the world from, say, when the middle of [...]
Comments Off » Read the rest
2003-09-30 ::
Greg Krehbiel //
General
Somewhere, some parent is thinking, “But my parents didn’t like my music either”
Somewhere, some parent is thinking, “But my parents didn’t like my music either”
And letting their child go to this concert.
In re the comment immediately below, here’s how the “whip insignificant story into media frenzy” effect works.
Some fathead ideologue on a talk show, or some minor nut-wing reporter from New York, makes an accusation. A complicit nincompoop reporter picks it up. His editor — either an accomplice or someone who wants to break the [...]
… where people live real lives, produce real products, live in real cities, etc., probably won’t know about this story, but Washington is all atwitter with the allegation that someone in the Bush White House leaked info to Robert Novak and thereby outed a CIA spy as retribution against her husband, a critic of the [...]
Comments Off » Read the rest
You can tell from the trailer that Jackson has taken more liberties with the story, but it still looks awfully cool.
At least Dr. Schuller thinks so.
I’m really looking forward to the Luther movie and intend to see it with some friends (fellow former Lutheran-now-Catholics). Luther has long been — and remains — one of my heroes. I know this rankles with those of my fellow Catholics who ride the apologetic tide, but I believe Catholics have been horribly misled about [...]
Stores are already way over the top in sensory stimulation, and it looks like there’s a move to shove more of our cultural filth down the throat of every mom, dad and baby who need a new pair of socks. Stores Provide ‘Shopatainment’
How come their space ship is taking so long to get to the moon?