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So, What are Bureaucrats? No One Seems to Want to…

There have been few studies about what causes people to become bureaucrats. Is becoming a bureaucrat an inherited...

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Business Plan: “Speed Lipo”

We’ve all been astonished by the number of overweight people. All of us who weigh more than we’d...

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Reading for December 11, 2011

Reading 1 Is 61:1-2a, 10-11 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has...

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Peter Pan

Most of us know the story of Peter Pan. We are familiar with Peter, Wendy, Captain Hook, and...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Being a Better Catholic

We know we’re commanded to love our neighbor. To paraphrase Belloc, “That’s really hard.” As Catholics, we know...

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Where Do We Find Consistency?

If consistency is important to us, we look for it. The Roman Catholic Church has been encouraging us...

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Reading for December 8, 2011 – Immaculate…

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Reading 1 Gn 3:9-15, 20After the man, Adam, had eaten of...

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Something Odd Lives in Many Minds

There is something odd in some minds that makes them say things like: “I believe that women have...

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There is Some Truth, Even in Fads

A few decades ago, people who thought and behaved inconsistently were called “schizophrenic”. Over time, this was shortened...

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A Big Bubble is Bursting

The notion of “peak oil” has been around since the early 1900s. We’ve all heard it said that...