Howard Zinn, rest in peace
January 28, 2010
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Author, teacher, and activist Howard Zinn has died, may he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Month: January 2010
The ABC and the PB at the UN
January 28, 2010
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The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Presiding Bishop visit the United Nations
Portrait of a saint
January 28, 2010
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St. Thomas was a huge heavy bull of a man, fat and slow and quiet; very mild and magnanimous but not very sociable; shy, even apart from the humility of holiness; and abstracted, even apart from his occasional and carefully concealed experiences of trance or ecstasy.
Grandbaby
January 28, 2010
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I saw a shadow cross our daughter’s face as my wife was showing her pictures of the birthing clinic that our young friends Maggie, Andy, and Emily, and the people of eighteen nearby villages just completed in Malawi, Africa. Carrying a baby herself, our daughter sensed how frightening it would be to anticipate labor with no access to emergency maternity help.
Don’t ask, don’t tell
January 27, 2010
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The Washington Post is reporting: President Obama will call for a repeal of the law that forbids openly gay and lesbian people from serving in
Are you blogging with me, Jesus?
January 27, 2010
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Surely Jesus would blog if he were on the Earth today.
CBS will take your money now
January 27, 2010
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In 2004, CBS said it was rejecting the UCC’s “Bouncer” ad as “too controversial” because it allegedly advocated same-sex marriage. The UCC maintained this was a gross mischaracterization of the ad’s intent that all people should be welcome in the church. The church quickly filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, a petition that was dismissed by FCC staff in 2007.
Teens subject to reproductive coercion
January 27, 2010
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The teenage pregnancy rate in the US is up after a 10 year decline. One year does not a trend make. The larger question is why is the US teen pregnancy rate so high? An understudied factor is manipulation of teenage females by older males.
“Don’t forget, it’s our country.
It’s not yours”
January 27, 2010
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We know we need help, but this is our plan. This is our vision of Haiti in 25 years to come. So, help us. I may follow your advice, but don’t tell me, do this or do that because it’s your vision. I may be wrong. You may be wrong also. So, let’s discuss that. But don’t forget, it’s my country. It’s not yours.
Is it ethical to walk away from a mortgage?
January 27, 2010
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A few are beginning to ask, is it ethical to walk away from an underwater mortgage? The Church of England and its partners in a massive New York City real estate deal gone sour just did.
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