Sunday Reflections: Advent
This week’s readings are, as one obviously would expect on the first Sunday of Advent, full of a sense of anticipation. The interesting question is: anticipation of (or for) what? These […]
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Don’t Forget to Give Thanks
Amidst the turkey and football and the pumpkin pie (or whatever else you indulge in), please remember that today is both a day of faith and a day of patriotism. This […]
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Prichard Prep Gains National Attention
(NOTE: On Monday, Fox News followed up Ben Carson’s visit to Mobile last week with a segment featuring Mobile County’s Prichard Prep School, bringing more, and well-merited, attention to this […]
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A Saintly Prediction
Sorry, but I can’t stay away from sports. Knowing I’ll regret this — indeed, in a site for writing, this isn’t even writing; it’s just kibitzing — let me make […]
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Sunday Reflections, November 22: Truth
On the feast day celebrated by many denominations as Christ the King day, the Gospel (John 18:33-37) contains the famous exchange in which Pilate questions Jesus about his alleged kingship […]
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Media Dog Ben Carson, but Bite Own Tails
In a long day in Mobile, Ala., on Thursday, Dr. Ben Carson struck all the right grace notes, creating as vivid a contrast with Donald Trump’s histrionic August visit as […]
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Coddled Collegians Need a Spanking
by Quin Hillyer The understandable gut reaction to reports of #BlackLivesMatter protesters disrupting students at the Dartmouth University library is to say the protesters should be arrested. They should be, […]
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Guest Column: On the Refugees — and Troy
Guest column by Steve Stone; I’m always amazed that people are generally ignorant of history and our leaders indicate they are even more so. News of the ISIS-inspired attacks in […]
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Roundup: Amidst Frustrations… Say, Hey!
Oh, there’s so much infuriating news out there. Witness the first four stories in today’s roundup. But then smile at the fifth one. Why Can’t The Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’?, […]
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Sunday Reflections: “A Goodly Heritage”
I must admit that this week’s readings leave me a bit flummoxed, and uninspired. Both “Track 1″and “Track 2” seem, as wholes, either not to feature constituent parts that fit […]
