The blog of a Cuban who became an Eastern Orthodox priest.
It might be helpful if both parties admit fully to the public what will be true in reducing both the deficit and the debt. There will be significant pain. Notice that the first panel of the comic does not simply have the USA, but has several … [Continue reading]
Clarke's Three Laws When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. The only way of discovering the limits of … [Continue reading]
Before I go into what our hierarchs have said as their pastoral response to people with homosexual inclinations, let me first speak to a couple of matters. The first is that an Orthodox believer asked about support for the person with those … [Continue reading]
Two days ago I posted an answer to someone's question on homosexuality and the Orthodox Church. I posted only one reply out of several possibilities--from the Q&A section of the OCA website--and it raised a legitimate concern from a fellow … [Continue reading]
I keep receiving questions from people about the military, particularly in a time of war. As you know, I work for a Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and have a daughter who has served in Iraq. Yet, I have written about just war theology and the need … [Continue reading]
One of my readers asked me to speak to the issue of homosexuality and the Orthodox Church. This is one of those times that I am simply going to quote a statement by the bishops of the Orthodox Church in America: Convinced of these God-revealed … [Continue reading]
My last two posts have been on the news media and the dangerous ground that they are treading. Yesterday, a journalist was kind enough to make some helpful distinctions as to what is generally found under the heading of media--notice that the word … [Continue reading]
Casey Anthony is a good example of a hard person upon which to base future jurisprudence. She is not a likeable person. She regularly lied during the investigation. She did not report her daughter as missing. She partied without an apparent care in … [Continue reading]
Great cases like hard cases make bad law. For great cases are called great, not by reason of their importance... but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment -- Oliver Wendell … [Continue reading]
The quote below is from a CNN news article: (CNN) -- For the first time, a patient has received a synthetic windpipe that was created in a lab with the patient's own stem cells and without using human donor tissue, researchers said Thursday. Look … [Continue reading]
