More on Friday abstinence I posted earlier on our obligation (in the Latin Rite) to abstain from meat (or, in the U.S., perform another penitential or charitable act) on Fridays not only during Lent but all through the year. Richard Chonak graced our blog with a visit and noted, …that Ordinaries have the authority to… Continue reading More on Friday abstinence I
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Do you have to prove
Do you have to prove your ethnicity to get the minority discount? Pansy, the students hosting the bake sale did it to point out the absurdities of the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy. The bake sale was not put on by the University itself, but by students of The Michigan Review (which I would… Continue reading Do you have to prove
Don’t try to hide behind
Don’t try to hide behind that First Amendment stuff! Think of the children! I just opened today’s issue of our diocese newspaper, which is usually a quick read: a cute or touching picture on the front page, usually of a schoolchild or of the congregation at a big Mass… Cardinal McCarrick’s column… Georgetown parish or… Continue reading Don’t try to hide behind
Good Racism and Baked Goods
Good Racism and Baked Goods Thank you Saintly Salmagundi for the link to an article about a pro-affirmative action bake sale. Yes, you heard correctly. University of Michigan had a bake sale where they charged white students and all minorities $1 for a baked good and blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans .80 cents as some… Continue reading Good Racism and Baked Goods
TO MY SON, AGED THREE
TO MY SON, AGED THREE YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS Thomas Hood Thou happy, happy elf! (But stop,-first let me kiss that tear)- Thou tiny image of myself! (My love, he’s poking peas into his ear!) Thou merry laughing sprite! With spirits feather light, Untouched by sorrow and unsoiled by sin- (Good Heavens! the child is… Continue reading TO MY SON, AGED THREE
Ideas needed. FAST I have
Ideas needed. FAST I have all kinds of things I want to blog on, including discussions of three or four books, but I am looking over the calendar and realizing that we have a major family holiday on Saturday — little Hambet is turning two — and it’s Thursday. So, gentle readers, any ideas for… Continue reading Ideas needed. FAST I have
A beautiful image of the
A beautiful image of the Earth. This was taken last November from the Space Station.
“Good Racism” I am coining
“Good Racism” I am coining a new term: “good racism”. (Actually, The Mighty Barrister coined it in a comment box on Kevin Miller’s blog on Al Sharpton). But I am going to start to use it. What is “good racism” you ask? I am not very good at putting ideas to paper as some of… Continue reading “Good Racism” I am coining