Thanks to my nephew in Miami for the meme above. I had never caught that the front of his uniform (in the movies) does look just like he is wearing the Flag of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. So, below is the national anthem of Puerto Rico. … [Continue reading]
Trickle down spirituality
When we look at the lives of the saints, we study those lives in order to be inspired, to see how God unexpectedly works in the lives of men and women who are willing to follow him. But, often we also see examples of how we are supposed to behave, … [Continue reading]
LARPing political candidate
Jake Rush is a former sheriff’s deputy and an attorney running in the primary against first-term Florida GOP Rep. Ted Yoho. … But in his spare time, Rush also dresses up in costumes and participates in supernatural live-action role-playing games … [Continue reading]
Misleading news graphic
Just yesterday, I listed logical fallacies that people can fall into. Some of the fallacies are the result of deliberate action. Many of them are due to inadvertent mistakes. But, the first graph is a deliberate attempt to mislead. Note that in the … [Continue reading]
Good summary of fallacies
As you can see, the poster above comes from http://bewareofimages.com. While I do not support some of what is on the site, they are good at pointing out deliberate lies, inadvertent lies, omissions of truth, etc. I find the poster above to be a quite … [Continue reading]
Wait, you mean it wasn’t just public relations talk?
From the Vatican website, dated three days ago, 26 March 2014: Con riferimento all’amministrazione della diocesi di Limburg, in Germania, la Congregazione per i Vescovi ha studiato attentamente il rapporto della Commissione voluta dal Vescovo e dal … [Continue reading]
Pope Francis and confession
From Reuters news service: The pope was presiding at a service intended to show the importance he attaches to the sacrament of reconciliation, commonly known as confession. After reading a sermon, he was to have gone to an empty confessional booth … [Continue reading]
How Christians get a bad name
In an article published today, President Jimmy Carter said: “In the United States for the same exact work for a full-time employee, women get 23 percent less pay than men. And in the Fortune 500, only 21 of those leaders among the 500 are women, and … [Continue reading]
A time of sadness tinged with the joy of Resurrection
From Antiochian.org: “The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, with great sadness, announces the passing unto life eternal of His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Philip, Archbishop of New York and Metropolitan of All … [Continue reading]
Common law and legal interpretation
Notice that back in 1959, before even some of the current arguments about supposedly activists courts, the Virginia State Bar posted the plaque above which lauds the fact that we are a country of common law. They go even farther to say that, “since … [Continue reading]
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