Current Affairs

Well, 9/11 Days are here again. Some of you may recall that I wrote about it last year at Catholic Exchange (link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=29945]). Whew, did I get hate mail for that one. One lady even suggested

This story [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7526] says evangelical Christians are going on-line to confess their sins [http://mysecret.tv/confess.php]. I've argued many times that confessing is perhaps the most natural sacrament in the world. If people don't confess, they&

The Fox reporters had to convert to Islam or die. How does that work for a Christian? Jimmy Akin breaks it down [http://jimmyakin.typepad.com/defensor_fidei/2006/08/the_martyrs_dil.html], and does an excellent job. Excerpt: > If, therefore, a Muslim terrorist has kidnapped you and

> Federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities in North Georgia have reported a record seizure of about 341 pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine at a residence in Gainesville, Ga. > The find breaks a previous record seizure of 187 pounds of meth made just two weeks ago in Buford,

What's this country coming (going back?) to? First this [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,210338,00.html], now this [http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002984.php]: > The Washington State Liquor Control Board is considering new rules that would outlaw the sale of 34

From The Atlantic Monthly's September bullet reviews of dozens of new books: > Enough by Juan Williams (Crown) > In a book that often reads like a padded reprise of Bill Cosby's famed cri de coeur at a 2004 NAACP gala, the NPR correspondent raises the

Western values 'are causing mental illness.' [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2305849,00.html] I suspect the assertion has merit. What are "Western values" today? Well, they're lots of things, some of which are good, but the article focuses on the

If this [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14270562/] doesn't derail her presidential bid, nothing will. Then again, she hasn't endorsed it: > A "presidential bust" of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was unveiled Wednesday at New York's Museum of Sex, where sculptor

Well, this story [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060807/music_nm/jackson_dc;_ylt=AkDXpz6VKGlOrFaWAAmxglJxFb8C;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-] interests me, for reasons I'll explain below: > Pop star Michael Jackson has stumbled across a conspiracy by former attorneys, associates and advisers to force him into financial ruin, his

> Teens whose iPods are full of music with raunchy, sexual lyrics start having sex sooner than those who prefer other songs, a study found [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_re_us/sex_lyrics_teens;_ylt=AtRAPoTeEtPrHppDDirtEKKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3czJjNGZoBHNlYwM3NTE-] . It has nothing to do with the