Archive for October, 2005
Bush nominates Bernanke as next Fed chief
If Bernanke hopes to get through the Senate without a filibuster, he better hope he’s never written anything about Roe v. Wade.
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Anne Rice Return to Rome
Anne Rice, the occult writer who left Catholicism for vampirism (literarily) at the age of 18, has returned to the Mother Church.
In an interview with Newsweek (on MSNBC.com), Rice says that her reconversion will be the sole focus of her future writing.
In two weeks, Anne Rice, the chronicler of vampires, witches and—under the pseudonym [...]
Teenage Drivers and Divine Interventions
I have a 17-year-old son, Jack, who wants to be a lawyer and dabbles in theatre, punk rock, and Mormonism. (His girlfriend’s Mormon.) He drives my step-daughter (perhaps the most wonderful 14-year-old girl in America) to school every day in the 1994 Ford Taurus he bought for himself with money earned working too [...]
Prince Albert Pujols
A couple of years ago, my son, now 17, and his friends walked into the house half-way through one of Pujols’s ridiculous games. I had a few a Budweisers in me and was feeling sentimental.
“You guys,” I said to the group, “are witnessing the begining of a legend. This is DiMaggio, Ruth, Cobb, Mantle, Gibson. [...]
A Word (or Two) to the Wise Catholic
Brush your teeth.
Go to Confession.
Learn Latin.
No, these are not only my preferences, these changes are coming soon to a Mass near you.
In the 4th General Congregation of the 11th General Synod of Catholic Bishops, today, the centrality of the Eucharist, the purpose of the Synod, was central to the discussion:
Archbishop Jan Pawel Lenga M.I.C., from [...]
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