As many of you know, the Obama administration promised that they would reply to any petition submitted on the white house website which exceeded 25,000 signatories. Well, a petition to have the USA build a Death Star by 2016 was filed and exceeded the total. The Obama administration has now replied. As part of their […]
Archives for January 2013
Democracy, Republic, and minorities, part 02
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the “Father of the Constitution,” Madison protested that the document was not “the off-spring of a single brain,” but “the work of many heads […]
Democracy, Republic, and minorities, part 01
Over the last several years, there has been much discussion on conservative blogs about the difference between a republic and a democracy, and its implications for us in the USA. As you all know, we live in a republic. We pledge allegiance to the flag, “and to the Republic for which stands.” Neither the Declaration […]
Gun owners and undocumented immigrants
Paul Valone (not pictured) is President of Grass Roots North Carolina. He wrote an open letter to the President of the United States of America in which he said: The real question, Mr. President, is whether you so hunger for power that you are willing to foment what might be the next American Revolution. On […]
A somewhat logical result of the Protestant Reformation
The video above is interesting because of the author’s conclusions. You see, once you reject the Early Church, you have very few options left to you as to what the place of the Bible is in the Christian Church. More than that, once you reject the Early Church and adopt Sola Scriptura as your principle, […]
Immigration and gun ownership
As a Latino, I found the above comic quite funny. But, it does let me comment on what I consider a frightening trend in the gun-rights / gun-control debate. The language on the debate is becoming every bit as extreme as the language on the immigration debate has been. What troubles me is that […]
Gleanings from the web
Here are some interesting quotes from across the web. (Thanks to Internetmonk for the leads.) When you pray for guidance assume you’re being led even if it appears you’re going nowhere. America could completely collapse and even cease to exist and Jesus still might not be at the door. The Christian era has seen the […]
The Church, Education, and pro-life
A recent WHO report had the following statements: In low- and middle-income countries, complications from pregnancy and childbirth are a leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19 years. … About 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and two million girls under the age of 15 give birth every year. Worldwide, one in […]
Geeky Lagrangian points
The above drawing is a very simplified diagram showing the gravitational forces that are at work between the earth and the moon. As you notice it looks like a topographical map, and in one sense you can conceptually think of it like a topographical map of sorts. If you notice, there are five points, labelled […]
Saint Basil on our responsibility to the poor
I am again indebted to a quote on the Preachers Institute website posted by Fr. John A. Peck. You should read the full quote on the website. The harshest form of covetousness is not even to give things perishable to those who need them. “But whom do I treat unjustly,” you say, “by keeping what […]
