Monthly Archives: June 2009

POLITICS IS SHOW BUSINESS FOR UGLY PEOPLE, OR AS MARK TWAIN SAID: “CONGRESS IS THE ONLY PERMANENT CRIMINAL CLASS IN AMERICA”

IT IS SO DEPRESSING I am referring to the continuous revelation of sexual scandals involving members of Congress.  Granted that living and working in Washington, D.C. is more than living in a Beltway, it is living in a Hothouse, or … Continue reading

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DO TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO GET MARRIED?

OLSON AND BOIES SHOULD DIVORCE THEMSELVES FROM THIS ISSUE Former Bush administration Solicitor General Theodore Olson and attorney David Boies have filed suit in the California District Court to overturn Proposition 8, which was passed by voters last year and … Continue reading

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HIS RHETORIC IS NOTHING MORE THAN WORDS, JUST WORDS, DEVOID OF MEANING

WORDS, JUST WORDS I have said it before and I will keep saying it as long as The One remains in the White House.  His rhetoric adds up to “words, just words” to quote him against himself. It was just … Continue reading

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WHAT IS MAN?

GOD CREATED MAN “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.” (Gen. 1/27) Man occupies a unique place in creation: 1. he is ‘in the image of … Continue reading

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A DISCUSSION ABOUT ABORTION

THE ABORTION ISSUE REVISITED On “The Corner” (an internet blog of The National Review on its internet website: TheNationalReview.com] an interesting discussion has been going on yesterday and today between several of the National Review’s writers. It all started when … Continue reading

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY: GLORY BE TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT!

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY For every Christian Father’s Day begins with thoughts about one’s natural father, but before the day is over, since it is Sunday, one’s thoughts ought to turn to the Father from whom all fatherhood takes its origin. … Continue reading

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YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED IF YOU SAY SOMETHING UNKIND, BUT TRUE, ABOUT PEDOPHILES

A PEDOPHILE PROTECTION ACT? Mark Steyn, who was prosecuted in Canada by that Country’s Human Rights Commission because, they said, an article written by him (it was an excerpt from his book, America Alone) that was published in the Canadian … Continue reading

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY I RARELY WATCH FOX’S BILL O’REILLY SHOW

BILL O’REILLY HAS COME A LONG WAY I did not know him when I was Auxiliary Bishop of Miami and he was a high school teacher at the Archdiocese’s Monsignor Pace High School. The Principal of the Girls Division of … Continue reading

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POPE BENEDICT’S LETTER TO PRIESTS INAUGURATING “THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS”

Dear Brother Priests, On the forthcoming Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday 19 June 2009 – a day traditionally devoted to prayer for the sanctification of the clergy – I have decided to inaugurate a “Year for … Continue reading

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POPE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO

SOME WOULD SAY THEY ARE ONLY WORDS AND IT IS HIS VOTING RECORD AND ACTIONS WHICH SPEAK MORE LOUDLY This observer, like many others in the United States, took exception to the expressed opinion of Gian Maria Vian, Director and … Continue reading

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