1. Pete is right that Rick’s strengths expose Romney’s weaknesses more than point to his actual nomination. 2. Rick is being branded a “compassionate conservatism,” meaning being a bit of a European Christian Democrat. But it’s not that clear how that distinguishes . . . . Continue Reading »
I had heard that a big announcement would be coming today for New York’s Catholics, and here it is: Archbishop Timothy Dolan is to receive the cardinal’s red hat. All our best wishes to Archbishop Dolan as he leads the New York church into the new year and, we hope, many more years to . . . . Continue Reading »
In another attempt to prove that the Catholic hierarchy is primarily made up of the out-of-touch crusty and contrarian, many articles treating Cardinal Francis George’s December 21st comments on the gay liberation movement in Chicago feature titles such as “ Cardinal Francis George: gays . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago I poked gentle fun at distributists for being utopians . They didn’t find it funny—at all. Apparently, a distributist with a sense of humor is about as rare as a distributist corporation (Long live Mondragon!). Not only did the post annoy the self-professed distributists, . . . . Continue Reading »
So a famous conservative who’s been positioned to know more about Rick than most of this sent me this very probing question and real analysis: Question: Who’s more electable against Obama? Romney or Santorum? The election is ultimately going to be about getting the economy moving again, . . . . Continue Reading »
The American College of Physicians has issued new ethical guidelines. It is making for interesting reading and may provide future fodder for Secondhand Smoke. But I wanted to discuss the College’s position on assisted suicide. First, it states that the College does not support . . . . Continue Reading »
NYC41Percent , an initiative founded last year in part by New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan with the aim of calling attention to (and thereby reducing) the eponymous abortion rate in New York City, has just released statistics for 2010 [note: not 2011, as it takes over a year for stats to become . . . . Continue Reading »
Cosmetic surgery (not reconstructive) is a waste of medical resources and deprofessonalizes medicine by diverting medical assets—doctors, nurses, medical facilities etc.—out of the healing arts and into lifestyle-enhancing procedures. It can also be unsafe. People have . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s my tentative outline with reading assignments. I had to drop a lot of topics to fit it in the allotted time: 1.The American Context: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America . (Selections to be handed out.) 2. Our Demographic Crisis: Philip Longman, “Missing Children”; . . . . Continue Reading »
I did about 15 minutes on WSAU AM radio this morning on Obamacare and the growing threat of “nature rights.” If you have nothing else to do while washing the dishes, check it out here. . . . . Continue Reading »
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