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Month: February 2019

RELIGION AND POLITICS – A DISASTROUS MIX

RELIGION AND POLITICS – A DISASTROUS MIX

In a recent edition of a national Catholic publication, The National Catholic Register, a Catholic monsignor, Father Charles Pope, wrote a column he entitled “Abortion Supporters Must Face penalties.” In it, he insisted Catholic's and especially Catholic politicians, who support laws in conflict with Catholic catechism should be punished by the Church. Specifically, he advocated sanctions against Catholic politicians who fail to support the Catholic position on abortion including forbidding  communion and even issuing formal ex-communication against them. From his…

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PRESIDENT TRUMP’S “NATIONAL EMERGENCY” & THE SPINELESS WONDER

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S “NATIONAL EMERGENCY” & THE SPINELESS WONDER

In an article by Elizabeth Goitein in the January/February 2009 Atlantic Magazine a “national emergency" declaration was explained. The article pointed out the premise underlying emergency powers is simple: The government’s ordinary powers might be insufficient in a crisis, and amending the law to provide greater ones might be too slow and cumbersome. Emergency powers are meant to give the government a temporary boost until the emergency passes or there is time to change the law through normal legislative processes….

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NEVER ASK A PERSON OF MY AGE “HOW ARE YOU?”

NEVER ASK A PERSON OF MY AGE “HOW ARE YOU?”

You know how it is. You meet an older person you know and you greet them with "Well, how are you anyway?" only to be subjected to a long description involving bowel movements, illness or a detailed description of a recent surgery when all you were doing was being polite. Well, I'm giving you fair warning, don't ask me that question either because this week I'm having a hip replacement surgery and at eight four years of age it's likely…

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