Have you ever heard the phrase, “good enough for government work?” Generally, it is used to speak in a negative way about a task that has been accomplished. But, really, good enough for government work is the way in which many things actually work in real life. What do I mean? Have you read the […]
The Virgin Mary and the definition of an adult
So, how old was Mary, Our Lady, when she became pregnant with Our Lord Jesus Christ? Well, the answer commonly held by the Early Church Fathers was the same as what the totally apocryphal gospel, the Protoevangelium of James says. What does that apocryphal writing say? And when she was twelve years old there was […]
On differing cultural viewpoints on church unity
The early history of the USA is replete with immigrants from the Radical Reformation who were seeking to escape the Continent and all those decadent churches, whether Catholic or Protestant, in order to finally set up a “church” that was true to what they perceived as being the New Testament model. We do not often […]
Blog having technical problems
This is a quick note to say that my blog is having some technical problems. I hope they will be fixed soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The fight for the soul of conservatism
This will be my last post on this small series that has developed on various types of conservatives. As you notice, I have posted both from the Crunchy Cons and from David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute and his interview by CNN. But, let me now quote directly from the FrumForum, a conservative forum […]
My, how our thinking has changed!
The article below is a reprint from a post by David Frum, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Though the post is on the current climate debate crisis, read it carefully. The point he is making is actually significantly more important than just the climate debate. They key phrase is, “It used to […]
Daily Show on Denialism
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Michael Specter www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis In the USA we have been going through many years of illogical thinking that is completely unrelated to political leanings. The common denominator is not politics, or education, or socio-economic level, or […]
On decisions and memories
We have a tendency, when we talk about decisions, to talk mostly about bad decisions and mistaken decisions. Rarely do we talk about good decisions. And, even more rarely do we talk about good decisions that are very difficult to make. What do I mean by good, but incredibly difficult decisions? Yesterday, I was talking […]
A Crunchy Con Manifesto by Rod Dreher
I happen to be enjoying a new granddaughter, Rachel. So, I am simply going to post a review of a book from 2006 and a manifesto that came from that book. This is 2009, and little (yet) has come of the manifesto. But, I post it to say that many of the things that Rod […]
New granddaughter
Here is the photograph of our youngest granddaughter, Rachel Aufhammer. Ahh, you may very well not see either I or Father Orthoduck posting for a day or two. GRIN. We are off to hug a baby, a mama, and a papa!!! Well, the papa may have some reservations about hugging, but I am sure that […]
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