The Pinnacle Of Self-Esteem
A 36-year-old North Dakota woman, Nadine Schweigert, recently married herself! According to news reports, there was a ceremony attended by her friends, [...]
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06, 2012
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05, 2012
The Usefulness Of Political Blather
It’s election year and we are once again inundated with political blather. But all is not lost. Even the most [...]
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05, 2012
An Elderly Man’s Wisdom
In the mid-1950s, during my first year out of college, I was a social caseworker. Like most of my colleagues, [...]
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05, 2012
Can Poverty Be Created?
The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (EOA) launched the “war on poverty.” This legislation, promoted by Lyndon Johnson and supported [...]
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05, 2012
How Liberating Is Liberation Theology?
Many Catholics first encountered the term “liberation theology” during the 2008 presidential campaign, when then-candidate Obama’s pastor said from the [...]
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05, 2012
Economics Déjà Vu
What are the causes of America’s economic problems? The most common response today, at least in Washington, DC, is that [...]
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05, 2012
The Perils Of Cynicism
A friend recently sent me an email explaining some interesting facts about Mitt Romney. I’ve received enough stories of this [...]
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04, 2012
An Old Lesson Not Yet Grasped
If you think American students’ language deficiency is a new problem, think again. It was first identified before World War [...]
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04, 2012
Catholics And Atheism
Atheism is reportedly on the rise in America. Exact numbers are hard to determine, partly because many atheists prefer to keep [...]
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04, 2012
An Odd Kind Of Hunger
As I write, The Hunger Games continues as the top box office hit. The film depicts a future North America divided into [...]