Only last week, David Brooks was praising President Obama, and actually cited the fact that he allowed Dr. Mark Dybul to stay as an example of Obama’s bilateral approach to government: Dybul is one of those heroes one meets too rarely in government. He worked as an AIDS doctor in San Francisco in the 1980s [...]

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Police in the UK have issued a warning with regards to a recent theft, stating that the thieves could be putting themselves and others at risk of exposure to the deadly carcinogenic asbestos. The warning is in relation to some vacuum cleaners that were stolen recently. The theft occurred from a steel container at the [...]

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It has been over a month now since little Caylee Anthony’s remains were found in the wooded area near the home of the Anthony’s. The detectives did there investigations and autopsy on her remains and then released the body letting the defense team do their own investigation. An autopsy was done weeks ago by the [...]

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With establishment republicans continuing to display all the signs they wake each morning living in the delusional reality they are still in charge, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin having solidified her victory for control of the rank and file took the first step in the long march toward 2012 by establishing a political action committee. From [...]

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What an incredible story. From Nunavut justice minister demoted over domestic violence remark (CBC, 1/27/09): Nunavut’s premier has stripped the territory’s justice minister of his duties over a remark that suggests women are partly to blame when they are assaulted during domestic disputes. Eva Aariak said she has taken over the department from Louis Tapardjuk, [...]

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I enjoy jokes about race and culture.  They seek to illuminate the parts of us that we take for granted, the presuppositions that we never think to question.  Not to mention, it’s also completely irreverent and that makes it even more hilarious.  Now there’s a new film out which comes from those same hilarious roots. [...]

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Victoria admits to her father about Brad being the one that hacked into Newman’s computers a year ago and how they avoided paying Brad and promised to not press charges. She said Adam had given Brad the golden parachute he would not believe. Victor tells her it was she that promised him, not him. Brad [...]

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Although Tightrope is only just over 400 pages, and 50 of those are footnotes this book definitely goes in the saga category. It is an impressive work that comes as a result of over 20 years research. In a nutshell it follows one single family and its various branches through over six centuries of upheavel. [...]

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The Holly Collins custody/parental abduction case is perhaps the most prominent custody case in the media at this moment. Holly Collins and her supporters among domestic violence and feminist advocates assert that the case demonstrates that family courts are biased against battered women and favor abusive men. Below I take a look at the evidence [...]

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The Freedom of Choice Act which threatens the Catholic Pro-Life Movement strikingly invokes the American cause of freedom towards government sanctioned infanticide. What a peculiar contradiction that’s presented…freedom of choice for the pregnant mother, but no freedom of choice for the in utero developing child. This is clearly not a proposition that encourages either life, [...]

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Reprint of last years article on the Feast of Thomas Aquinas Depiction of St. Thomas Aquinas from The Demidoff Altarpiece by Carlo Crivelli The Universal Church today recalls the life, works and intellectual abilities of Saint Thomas Aquinas. For any student of Catholic sacramental theology there are essentially two main points that always stand out, [...]

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After 5 enjoyable yet unexciting episodes, it finally looks to be that 24 is on the right track again. Hour 6 of the new season offered the most exciting hour yet, finally bringing some tension to the main plot line while keeping the excitement alive on the subplots. It is the first hour that I [...]

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