ACLU Strikes Again

There’s still 156 shopping days until Christmas, but that’s not stopping our friends at the ACLU from beginning its yearly clampdown on freedom of religious expression. Latest target: City of Plantation, FL. The absurdity of all this is clearly described in the Sun-Sentinel article: Joseph, Mary and the Baby Jesus have no business posing in [...]

Archbishop Meurice: RIP

Archbishop Emeritus Pedro Meurice Estiu of Santiago de Cuba died yesterday in Miami of kidney failure at the age of 79. Archbishop Meurice was best known for his brave and solid stance against the Castro regime, which came to light for most of us during Pope John Paul II’s visit to Cuba in 1998. Unlike [...]

Col. West: Was that REALLY Necessary?

The Sun-Sentinel and other media outlets are covering the scathing and personal response by Rep. Allen West to Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s comments on the House  floor yesterday afternoon regarding budget bill HR 2560. The Sun-Sentinel story linked at the beginning of the post lays out the gory details so I won’t copy and paste them [...]

Casey Anthony Trial Thoughts – Revisited

Re-reading my post yesterday on the Casey Anthony trial, then reading Carlos Espinosa’s post, it made me think of something that crossed my mind after the verdict, but failed to mention in my post due to my dismay in the wake of the jury’s decision. From Living the Faith on a High Wire: While the [...]

Ultimate Justice has not been Served

I admit I didn’t follow the Casey Anthony trial day-to-day. Like most people, I knew the basics of the horrible death of Caylee and the subsequent convictions, accusations, lies, cover-ups, etc. My first reaction to the stunning verdict yesterday was one of disbelief and disagreement. How could a lying, grossly neglectful mother get off virtually [...]

You Can’t Spell U-S-A Without G-O-D

The recessional hymn at the Mass I attended yesterday was America the Beautiful. While part of the Catholic hymnal, the patriotic nature of the song makes it a unique but appropriate selection in commemoration and celebration of Independence Day. I’ve heard and sung this or God Bless America at other Masses in past years, but [...]

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