Archives for 2012

What the comic says is accurate. Less than half of currently serving USA servicemen and servicewomen think that we are likely to succeed in Afghanistan. But, we have a definition problem in the USA. The person on the left asking the questions is a reporter from an ostensibly neutral network. Nevertheless, as you can see […]

I am 60 years old now. My wife and I have four grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. We are blessed and we are happy. But, all too often I find that I am sleepy sooner than I ever used to become sleepy. Were I able to take an afternoon nap at work, I certainly would. Mind […]

The story line in the comic 9 Chickweed Lane continues. For those who have not been following it, the granddaughter (the one on the right) has an unplanned pregnancy. Her mother (the one in the middle) is the result of an unplanned pregnancy. The grandmother (the one on the left) became pregnant with the mother as […]

Read the quote below from an opinion article: Just when you thought the religious right couldn’t get any crazier, with its personhood amendments and its attacks on contraception, here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: after-birth abortion. No, I didn’t make this up. “Partial-birth abortion” is a term invented by pro-lifers. But […]

Now before some fellow Orthodox or a Roman Catholic who will say to me that we go with Scripture and Holy Tradition, stop a moment and re-read the comic above. The Early Church Fathers, who ensured that what was received was passed on, were all strong Scripture scholars. Remember that the Septuagint version of the […]

On 9 Chickweed Lane the series on the young woman’s pregnancy continues. You would have to have been following the series to know that over a year ago they had a series on the grandmother during World War II. She herself got pregnant with the child of her wartime love, though she ended up marrying […]

This is another cartoon from the series 9 Chickweed Lane. The daughter (on the right) may be pregnant. She certainly seems to be having the symptoms, and she has gone fearfully to her mother to talk to her. The series has been having quite a good discussion so far on the whole issue of unplanned […]

So, here is a problem. Given what I have said in the previous two postings, how does one break the impasse? As I was writing this, I received a comment from Fr. Greg on my previous post in which he commented: While “post modernism” is usually identified with a certain kind of “left wing” nihilism, […]