Category Archives: LIBERALISM

LEFTISTS LOVE HUMANITY BUT FIND IT DIFFICULT TO LOVE INDIVIDUAL HUMANS

Posted on February 16, 2010 by abyssum

Ezequiel Adamovsky Jun 25 2007 http://www.tni.org/article/radical-ethics-equality One of the biggest shortcomings of the left tradition is to be found in the lack of an ethical dimension to political action. This essay [excerpt] attempts to analyse the reasons behind this inherited … Continue reading →

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IF CATHOLIC CHARITIES CAN DISTRIBUTE FREE NEEDLES, WHY NOT CONDOMS AND THE MORNING-AFTER PILL ALSO ?

Posted on January 29, 2010 by abyssum

Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, who serves as chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, has approved a proposal by diocesan Catholic Charities to distribute free needles to drug abusers in the … Continue reading →

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CATHOLICS IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE NO REASON TO REJOICE OVER THE ELECTION OF SCOTT BROWN

Posted on January 22, 2010 by abyssum

miles to go in Massachusetts By Phil Lawler | January 21, 2010 5:59 PM CATHOLIC CULTURE.COM In a Commentary piece yesterday I offered my analysis of the shocking Senate election in Massachusetts. It was, I am convinced, a long-overdue manifestation … Continue reading →

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THE KENNEDY DYNASTY IS DEAD, LONG LIVE FREEDOM FROM SECULAR LIBERALISM

Posted on January 21, 2010 by abyssum

What happened in Massachusetts? by Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture.com January 20, 2010 The Kennedy dynasty has ended. It was probably over in August, when Ted Kennedy died, because the long love affair between the Kennedy family and the voters of … Continue reading →

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ELIZABETH LEV vs NANCY PELOSI

Posted on January 11, 2010 by abyssum

AND THE WINNER IS:  ELIZABETH LEV It was not a fair match!  Elizabeth Lev can run circles around some  priests (and, I am sorry to admit, some bishops) when it comes to analyzing the theological orthodoxy of the writing and … Continue reading →

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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER MAKES COLESLAW OUT OF LIBERAL CABBAGE OR IS IT GARBAGE

Posted on December 19, 2009 by abyssum

December 18, 2009, 0:00 a.m. An Anniversary of Sorts Looking back on the quarter-century. By Charles Krauthammer Twenty-five years ago this week, I wrote my first column. I’m not much given to self-reflection — why do you think I quit … Continue reading →

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MODERN LIBERALISM HAS STRONG TOTALITARIAN TENDENCIES

Posted on September 16, 2009 by abyssum

INTOLERANT TOLERANCE by Cardinal George Pell FIRST THINGS August/September, 2009 Some secularists seem to like one-way streets. Their distaste for Christianity leads them to seek to drive it not only from the public square but even from any provision of … Continue reading →

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AMERICAN JEWS AND AMERICAN CATHOLICS ARE TOO MUCH ALIKE IN SOME WAYS

Posted on September 5, 2009 by abyssum

I have long considered the behavior of some American Jews and some American Catholics to be inexplicable. Take the case of the the Jews first.  I have posted before on the mystery of why so many American traitors, like the … Continue reading →

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