[I am fighting a migraine, so I am recycling a column from earlier in the week that seems appropriate to the task] Joe Biden’s campaign is hiring a meme manager. As the president would say, “no joke.” They really are. Can you imagine the gems that will be produced? This will make for good business […]
I don’t know if this is the result of a preference cascade (when there is a massive shift in public opinion that is self-perpetuating) or merely an interesting bump in the road, but Donald Trump is having a very good few weeks. At least when it comes to public opinion and support. He appears to […]
OCEAN GROVE, N.J. — In this seaside community that calls itself “God’s Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning. But there are signs that decades-old policy may be coming to […]
Greta Thunberg is in the news again, and it’s as good a time as any to reflect on what that means about our culture. What I have always found appalling about the Greta phenomenon is not the young woman Greta Thunberg, as annoying as she is. After all, Greta burst on the scene as a […]
This morning’s Gospel reading is Mark 16:15–20 (Ascension Vigil Mass on Saturday): Jesus said to his disciples:“Go into the whole world and proclaim the gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will […]
I was born in 1964, so I am old enough to remember the late-60s protests (I didn’t understand them, but I watched both the protests and footage from the Vietnam War on the nightly news. I remember the 1972 election well–I actually handed out McGovern bumper stickers, read Doonesbury, and watched President Nixon’s farewell address. […]
This morning’s Gospel reading is John 15:9–17: Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. “I have told you this so […]
First things first: I haven’t shot a dog or a goat, and I don’t expect I ever will. It’s hard to say to what extent Kristi Noem’s revelation that she shot a puppy in a gravel pit will harm her political prospects, but there is a plausible explanation for why she put it out there. […]
This morning’s Gospel reading is John 15:1–8: Jesus said to his disciples: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit. You are already pruned because of […]
Chicago police on Sunday said an officer was gunned down in the Southwest Side overnight while heading home from his shift. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling confirmed that Officer Luis M. Huesca was shot around 3 a.m. in the 3100 block of West 56th Street. The officer was taken to a hospital in critical condition, […]
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