Q News
The "queer Dan Rather"? Yikes, that's like wanting to be the tuberculous Stalin.
> Back when he was a field reporter at Orlando's Fox affiliate, Josh Fountain says
he mostly stayed in the closet when it came to his sexuality.
> As of this
Topic
Current Affairs
A collection of 493 issues
Blessed Are the Chinese Poor
> Local authorities yesterday seized a rural activist who has been leading a
high-profile legal campaign against the use of forced sterilization and abortion
in China, in an apparent effort to block him from meeting with senior government
officials who had expressed support for his cause.
> The detention of
Priorities in Order
CNN this afternoon ran a story about a bar in the French Quarter that is open
for business, even though they have no power. In fact, the owner claims they
never closed.
It's hard to believe, but this story from last Sunday lends credence. Link
[http://edition.cnn.
New Orleans and Subsidiarity
Catholic Exchange has run a piece today by Bishop Rene Henry Gracida about local
responsibility for what happened in Nawlins. Link
[http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=29978]. Excerpts:
> It was the responsibility of the City of New Orleans government to provide
A Needed Corrective
I earlier wrote a post, asking "What the heck is going on?" in New Orleans.
Everyone in the press pointed fingers at FEMA. Now, it appears the real story is
coming out: it was a local failure, at least in large part. WSJ Link
[http://www.opinionjournal.com/
In Belgium?
We appreciate the effort, but isn't this kind of like the Nazis marching in
Skokie, in reverse?
> A pro-family group has organized a march to protest a Belgian Parliament draft
proposal to legalize homosexual adoption. Although Belgium has had legal
same-sex “marriage” since 2003, the law currently
Ham Radio in Vogue
> In an age of high-tech, real-time gadgetry, it's the decidedly unsexy ham radio
-- whose technology has changed little since World War II -- that is in high
demand in ravaged New Orleans and environs. The Red Cross issued a request for
about 500 amateur radio operators
Important Symbolism
> Pope Benedict XVI is sending a personal donation to relief efforts for the
victims of hurricane Katrina.
> The Holy Father has dispatched Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, the head of the
pontifical charity Cor Unum, to deliver the aid and to express the Pope's
sympathy to the
More Corroboration
My earlier post (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2277/]) about the strain imposed by
absorbing 200,000 welfare recipients is already coming true. I'm not
particularly proud about the observation, since I think everyone was thinking
the same thing, but it's good to be partially justified in
Charming
In the tradition of Madalyn Murray O'Hair [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1399/]:
> The American Atheists organization says President Bush should stop urging prayer
for Hurricane Katrina victims because it violates the Constitution.
> Ellen Johnson, president of the group said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and
Bush "should