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A priest resigns in protest of the RCC's stance on gay priests [http://bettnet.dyndns.org/blog/comments.php?id=P5847_0_1_0]. I don't get it. Skylstad says the directive applies to heterosexuals, too [https://thedailyeudemon.com/3192/]. Why are these homosexuals upset? Earlier

From the opening lines of a Leonard Pitts syndicated column [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0511290195nov29,0,5641644.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed] : > Perhaps you remember white flight. > That is, of course, the term for what happened in the '60s when blacks, newly liberated from legal segregation, began

Mark Brumley at Ignatius Insight has a thoughtful essay about C.S. Lewis, with an emphasis on Lewis' Christianity and position toward Rome (for the latter, scroll toward the bottom). [http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2005/mbrumley_relcslewis_nov05.asp]

Anyone else feel nauseous [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/369995p-314735c.html]? > For his daughter's coming-of-age celebration last weekend, multimillionaire Long Island defense contractor David H. Brooks booked two floors of the Rainbow Room, hauled in concert-ready equipment, built a stage, installed special carpeting, outfitted the

I saw a commercial for Miller High Life last night. I'm not sure I've ever seen that beer advertised. The commercial was a nostalgiac trip about the beer's first 100 years. I liked it. It made me want to buy a six-pack. "Everyone

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I decorated the Christmas Tree with the Seven last night. It went well. I had to keep vacuuming the floor to make sure Tess (8 months) wouldn't find any hooks to shove in her mouth, but other than that, the decorating party was successful. The tree's

The New York Post runs a follow-up story to the baby who was cut from a woman's womb last year [http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/58198.htm]. > Almost a year after she was literally ripped from her mother's womb in a crime that took

> Singapore scientists looking for ways to transmit the sense of touch over the Internet have devised a vibration jacket for chickens and are thinking about electronic children's pyjamas for cyberspace hugs. Link [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/28/content_498580.htm].