During the last week, I have been in church every day of the week. That has actually been very good, as it has been a very impactful week, and I would have been tempted to make comments that would, perhaps, have not been appropriately Christian. One of the things about a week-long stint as a […]
Wisconsin Democratic craziness
Father Orthoduck must admit that the current two major parties in the USA sometimes make me want to say, “a pox on both their houses.” The quote below comes from the Huffington Post, an online newspaper that is far enough to the left that they make almost everyone else look conservative: MADISON, Wis. — The […]
Survival Island — Teacher
Normally Father Orthoduck does not deal with forwarded e-mails, as they so often are innocuous, or sappy, or untrue, or theologically unsound. But, the e-mail below is both humorous and helps to make a point. Remember that in an earlier post, Father Orthoduck did the finances and showed that a Wisconsin teacher actually makes less […]
Sometimes you just cannot make it up!
We have all had the experience of reading something in the newspapers and commenting to ourselves that if this were written by Hollywood, we would call this a far-out plot. But, this is a real story from the great State of Arizona, and it appears hard to believe, but, yes, it really happened: An Arizona […]
Wishful thinking
Of old, First Ladies often undertook “tasks” that were, uhm, somewhat less than major policy events. For instance, President Lyndon Johnson’s wife (Lady Bird) took on the beautification of America by pushing for the removal of billboards from the side of interstates and many other roads. For those of you old enough, you may remember […]
Wisconsin and benefits
After yesterday’s post, I received the following comment: The average total compensation for a Wisconsin teacher in 2010 was $75,587. (Source. Yes, it’s a biased source, but the raw data it drew from is here.) This is a very fair comment, but one that needs to be examined. Most people are not aware of what they […]
Interesting world now
We are in an interesting period in the world right now. In Egypt, there are still demonstrations going on asking for freedom. In Tunisia, a new government is being set up. In Bahrain, protesters are getting shot every day now. In Lybia the news are blocked, even from our busybody networks, but what little news […]
Odd coincidences and EMTALA
For a couple of days, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act has been under discussion. Sometimes odd coincidences happen that help illustrate some of the points that one is trying to make. The story below illustrates precisely the reason why EMTALA was passed with strong Republican support and the signature of President Ronald […]
Why there are multiple steps in medicine
The video above makes one ache. A woman wanting a child is given an chemotherapy/abortifacent drug by mistake because her first and last name are almost identical to the first and last name of a nearly 60 year old woman who does need to receive the drug for legitimate non-abortion medical reasons. This video gives […]
The bottom line of the healthcare debate
One of the problems with the current arguments in the healthcare debate is that they do not deal with a reality that was present before a current Federal Law, a reality to which the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church (and the Pope) say we must not return to. What is that reality? Well, let […]
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