thoughts in and out of season
(An outline of a talk given at Montfort Academy, Katonah, New York, on April 2, 2005)
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES THAT MAKE A CITY?
Closeness and permanence.
Complexity.
Common background and future.
Public life.
Complete society.
Aristotle: man is a zoon politikon.
WHAT IS LAW?
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He was a Hero in fight against communist tyranny in Poland;he preached in favor from rights from Ethnical Communities. He did stand against holocaust from Abortion;although as an Evangelical, my understanding from Salvation is very different than his,I feel the grievance and suffering from catholic people. I pray our Lord gives comfort to your hurted … More ...
[url=http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/cgi-bin/chronicles.cgi/Conservatism/Aaron_D_Wolf.Courtin__the_Born_A.writeback]How Bush gets the evangelical vote[/url].
So, up here in Canada, our Conservative-In-Name-Only Party had its policy convention. The Tories voted to maintain the current definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, but IMO, this is a meaningless gesture, as the issue will be decided by vote in Parliament long before the next election – it’s going through … More ...
Like the French, who’ve [url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3619988.stm]banned wearing of “large Christian crosses” in addition to banning Islamic headscarfs in public schools[/url], now Cambridge has banned any wearing of any kind of national dress, [url=http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/Bell.Sympatico.CMS/Print.aspx?type=feed&lang=en&contentid=6d1a8e9583d24bb594b4e4f749e70095&show=False&number=0&showbyline=False&subtitle=]including the kilt[/url], at grad ceremonies… Never mind that the kilt has been worn for ages at their grad ceremonies…
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[url=http://vdare.com/pb/050326_easter.htm]VDARE reports[/url]:
“Fans of our ever-popular annual competition to determine the most egregious attempt to [url=http://vdare.com/pb/2004_christmas_p20.htm]abolish Christmas[/url] will not be surprised that Easter is being abolished too, even in its most inoffensive furry form. ([url=http://www.nbc5i.com/family/4307679/detail.html]‘Easter’ Bunny Gives Way To ‘Spring’ Bunny: Local Mall Goes P.C. For Religious Holiday,[/url] Dallas-Fort Worth nbc5i.com)
Needless to say, this … More ...
I lived in spiritual darkness 4, 4 decades. Depression sat heavy on my shoulders. A product of family abusiveness, I was abandoned on city streets at age 13. Since becoming a Christian pastor, I’ve started a non-profit organization called, “Operation Outreach: H.O.P.E.”, which gives street-people a helping hand. Book proceeds from my TRUE life story … More ...
A finding of interest to Catholics and others who believe that open borders are good because immigrants are mostly Hispanic Catholics and “family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande”: increased English use by immigrants leads to teen sexual activity. The numbers are impressive. Among Hispanic teenagers in Arizona, 13.6% of Spanish speakers, 24.4% … More ...
Just recently I learned the term “astroturf,” an operative’s expression for a fake grass-roots movement, so I suppose I’m lucky to run so quickly into an example. It seems that in an unguarded speech last week a former employee of the Pew Charitable Trusts boasted that the “popular concern” that helped induce Congress to … More ...
In visits to family in Austin I’ve been diverted by the extreme literal-mindedness of Texas public sculpture, for example a sculptural group on the grounds of the State Capitol (which of course is a common destination of school groups) that consists of lifesize replicas of 6 or 8 schoolchildren on a class outing. In Colorado … More ...