Today, Frank Buckles died. Frank Buckles, Last World War I Doughboy, Is Dead at 110 Frank Buckles, who drove an Army ambulance in France in 1918 and came to symbolize a generation of embattled young...
The Neighbor-hating Vanity of the Public Sectorites
Today, in Wisconsin, a couple of hundred people are sleeping in the Capitol rotunda. They are protesting the “unfairness” of having less than ninety five percent of their benefits and pensions paid by their neighbors....
Invasion
Recent troubles in Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and the rest of the Middle East have accelerated the sending of thousands more refugees. Hordes are streaming North, across the Mediterranean Sea, to the formerly Christian nations...
Union Violence/Media Silence
Lots of commentators wonder why “Big Media” never reports fully on union violence. There is a reason beyond bribes and payoffs. Broadcasters are rightly afraid of having their delicate, vulnerable broadcasting equipment vandalized. One or...
Reading for February 27, 2011
Sunday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Is 49:14-15 Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; my LORD has forgotten me.” Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of...
Ireland. In Trouble. Again.
All of us have tendencies to classify by nationalities and ethnic origin. We’re endlessly told by hectoring nannies we aren’t supposed to do that, but we can’t help it. If we are going to do...
Layers
Dante explained that Hell is in nine layers, with the pain increasing as one descends. Heaven, he believed, was similarly arranged, with joy increasing as one moved upwards. Catholic Fundamentalism considers that we, who live...
Help the Poorest Children?
Some of the most economically abused children in history are the 25-35 year olds in the once-Christian countries who’ve gone to college. They left high school with few skills, and learned little in college. Most...
When the Not Bright Meet the Not Right
Obviously, narcissistic personalities have a lot of drive. Their overwhelming vanity, especially when accompanied by family connections, elevates them into positions they should not occupy. John Edwards, John Kerry, John McCain, and Al Gore are...
Neither Bright Enough Nor Right Enough
As our worried, frightened allies in the Middle East are confused and don’t know what to do, they find no reassurance from Mr. Obama and his administration. More and more people are concluding: “No one...