Must Admit Taliban
From London Times:
> A university Christian Union has been suspended and had its bank account frozen
after refusing to open its membership to people of all religions
[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2008732,00.html].
Eric Scheske
Odd Registration
And if he's right, who are county election mortals to decide otherwise?
> One registered Republican won't be able to vote in the next election unless he
appears at a Berks County Elections Board to explain the signature on his
registration form.
> The man is
B16 Flying
> Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit the United States in 2007, Baltimore's
Cardinal
William Keeler told a radio audience on January 27
[http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=42105].
Well, far out. It's been awhile. When was the Pope's last visit
Brokeback Doesn't Win
I'm quite surprised. I thought Brokeback had a natural right to all Hollywood
honors this year.
> Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour
Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards Sunday from
the
$$$ for Christian Groups
> President Bush's $15 billion effort to fight AIDS has handed out nearly
one-quarter of its grants to religious groups, and officials are aggressively
pursuing new church partners that often emphasize disease prevention through
abstinence and fidelity over condom use.
Link [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
Speedier Annulments
Yet another sign that B16 is going to improve the administrative aspects of the
Vatican:
> Pope Benedict acknowledged concern for the plight of divorcees who are banned
from taking communion after remarriage and urged a Vatican tribunal yesterday to
rule promptly on requests for annulment.
Telegraph Link
[http://www.
Catholic Schools Week
The Week starts today. My kids are pretty excited, except my eldest, who has
been packed off to public middle school (our parochial middle school shut-down
last year, a victim of lukewarm Catholics, homeschooling, and a public school
system with a voracious appetite). Anyway, if you care to read
Feast of the Three Hierarchs
My St. James Calendar of the Christian Year
[http://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/navigation_docs/products_2006calendar.html]
(one of the best calendars you'll ever buy) says that tomorrow the Eastern
Orthodox Church celebrates The Feast of the Three Hierarchs
[http://www.goarch.org/en/special/listen_learn_
Computer Museum
A museum of old computers and video games
[http://www.selectric.org/computer.html]. Kinda neat.
Odd Books
A list of eight odd "How-to" books:
How to be Happy Though Married, by "A Graduate in the University of Matrimony"
How to Rob Banks without Violence, by Roderic Knowles
How to Shit in the Woods, by Kathleen Meyer
How to Become a Schizophrenic, by