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Fr. Geoffrey Farrow of Fresno, CA calls for other priests to retaliate against the Knights of Columbus.  Why?  Because of the Knight’s support of Proposition 8 last fall (this proposition banned same-sex marriage in California).  Normally as a member of the Knights I would be greatly troubled by a priest condemning the Knights–until you read [...]

Bernie Madoff received 150 years in prison for his financial crimes.  Much of the reporting on this story referenced to the victims of Madoff’s fraud, many of whom lost all of their life savings.  I don’t know if it makes me bad but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for those who lost money [...]

I believe it was Bismarck who said there are two things you don’t want to see made–sausage and laws.  I think this applies to the Waxman-Markey bill passed last week.  Despite a roughly 70 seat margin in the House, the Democrats were able to get the bill passed by only seven votes—219 to 212.  The [...]

There is an old saying that the cemetery is full of indispensable people.  I guess this is why those politicians who while living feel they are indispensable also desire to create a legacy to themselves.  I don’t mind if all they wanted was to name a building after themselves–especially one that already exists–but why is it [...]

Yesterday while walking my dog I saw a flier which advocated people to help get the District of Columbia’s rent control laws extended from five to ten years.  I didn’t get a chance to get the website, so I not exactly sure what this involves.  All I remember was it said that over half the District’s [...]

Late last week the FBI arrested a married couple (the husband worked for the State Department) for spying for Cuba for the past thirty years.  They did not do this for the money but because they were inspired by the communist revolution.  It always boggles the mind how supposedly rational and intelligence individuals think Cuba [...]

I only caught parts of President Obama’s speech in Cairo, but what I heard and read gave me the feeling he either doesn’t understand the Middle East or he succumbed to this outdated notion that if you apologize enough people will change.  In one part he said the United States and the Muslim world had a lot of overlapping principals like [...]

It is sad to say but yesterday’s bankruptcy filing by General Motors was a good thing.  It should have been done thirty years ago when the Big Three faced their first challenges of competition from foreign auto makers.  The reason why I think it is a good thing is because it finally allows GM to [...]

During the campagin then Senator Obama said he would not raise taxes on the middle class, saying that 95% of taxpayers would pay no new taxes.  Four months into his administration and he has broken his promise.  He did so by requiring car makers to raise the fuel-efficiency standards of all cars and trucks (about [...]

This past Friday I saw an interview on Fox News with Notre Dame’s valedictorian.  Her answers reminded me of the press people for presidential candidates who have a set of talking points they give interview after interview.  From the way she answered the questions it sounded like Notre Dame officials told her what to say.  When asked about [...]