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New granddaughter

3 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 10 Comments

Here is the photograph of our youngest granddaughter, Rachel Aufhammer. Ahh, you may very well not see either I or Father Orthoduck posting for a day or two. GRIN. We are off to hug a baby, a mama, and a papa!!! Well, the papa may have some reservations about hugging, but I am sure that […]

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Wonderful news and some humor

2 December 2009 · by  7 Comments

Our oldest daughter has given birth to her first child, a daughter, Rachel. She was born weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long. Rachel is our third grandchild. Of course, we have been on the telephone a lot, and generally celebrating. So much for Nixon, China, and economics by Father Orthoduck. Meanwhile, Father […]

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On honor among soldiers

1 December 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

Bad news for some of you. We are taking a one day break from Nixon and China. [Somehow I doubt that it is bad news for many of you.] I saw a show last night that portrayed a reality that many non-soldiers have trouble understanding. The show portrayed an encounter between an American veteran of […]

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Nixon, China, and Viet Nam

30 November 2009 · by  5 Comments

Yesterday Father Orthoduck posted on three reasons why Nixon went to the People’s Republic of China in 1972. The first one that Father Orthoduck brought up was Viet Nam. Here is what most people probably do not realize. President Nixon kept his campaign promise, which was to reduce the level of USA troops in Viet […]

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Nixon and China, what purpose?

29 November 2009 · by  2 Comments

Yesterday Father Orthoduck asked the question about what President Nixon was trying to accomplish in China. Well, there were several policy initiatives that he wanted to see put into place. Remember that President Nixon knew that he had to finish the Viet Nam conflict. China is on the border with what was then North Viet […]

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China, Nixon, and capitalism

28 November 2009 · by  2 Comments

Father Orthoduck can remember how surprised he was when then President Richard Nixon made his historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February of 1972. At that time, Father Orthoduck was in the Army and the Viet Nam conflict was still going on. The surprise in the USA was phenomenal, since Nixon had […]

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Answers to various questions

27 November 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 8 Comments

This seemed like a good time to answer some miscellaneous questions from several people. Not all of them are totally serious, but I wanted to “clean up” my inbox. “… Father Orthohippo.” What is with you Orthodox blogging priests and having orthodox animals? 😉 Well, actually, not all Orthodox priests do that. 😎 For instance, […]

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Thanksgiving comics

26 November 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto Leave a Comment

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Shifting gears to become Orthodox

25 November 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 6 Comments

Yesterday I received a note from someone thinking about Orthodoxy. In the note he asked about what it means when so many of us say that in order to become Orthodox you have to be willing to “shift gears” or to “change the way you think” in order to become Orthodox. I must admit that […]

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A question from Michigan

24 November 2009 · by  Fr. Ernesto 11 Comments

The post below comes from a friend of mine, Father Orthohippo. You may answer his question either here or there. We are long-time friends and read each other’s blogs. Despair is becoming much more wide spread here in the north. In St. Clair county, Michigan (population 164,000) last week, we had two incidents of murder-suicide […]

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