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Elizabeth Scalia has some interesting thoughts on “the dearth of priestly vocations” in the Roman Catholic Church. I use the precatory quotation marks advisedly.
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Indiana’s Monday night U.S. Senate debate reportedly (I was watching Downton Abbey Season 2 on DVD) featured Joe Donnelly (Democrat) enthusing over ethanol – stealing bread from the poor so our cars can eat it.
The Facebook buzz I saw over that mentioned the Keystone Pipeline favorably. Really? Seppuku, anyone?
Don’t ask me for a “solution,” but I’m pretty darned sure that any real solution will involve urban density, home gardens, busses, bicycles and shank’s mare. There would be a great deal to like about it and, no doubt, more than enough for a pessimist to dislike.
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Hard on the heels of the fabulously successful “Poke a Finger In An IRS Agent’s Eye Sunday,” Tuesday was a sort of Coming Out Day for Prolife Teens, complete with an angry reggae theme song. (H/T Religion Clause blog)
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I blogged the other day on a wonderful Podcast by Fr. Stephen Freeman. A transcript of the Podcast is now available.
I paid for the transcription. You’re welcome.
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Tipsy Teetotaler ن 