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I Hate Whitey But whitey like me. Shelby Steele writes about Obama's race problem in light of the Gate crashing [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204619004574322054186035002.html] . The piece is okay, but not great. This section, though, was excellent: > Where race is concerned, I sometimes think of

Tribute to the Fallen Sometimes, bloggers go out of the way to do something great. That's what this guy did: Twenty beers we can no longer drink [http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/07-28-2009/RIP-20-Beers-That-We-Can-No-Longer-Drink-Til-We-Go-Blind-With-193] . The prose isn't great, but the sentiment is and so are the

Twitter Tide turning against the Fed? Let's hope [http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/july2009/072809_turning_against.htm]: "[A] new Gallup poll shows that Americans are turning against the Federal Reserve, with just 30 per cent saying the agency is doing a good job. 35 per cent

I started to write a book a few years ago. The working title: That Politically Incorrect Institution. It was supposed to be a pithy look at Church history and its ways of regularly defying political pigeon-holes. I never finished it, but I cranked out a decent introduction, a first chapter

Boys Will be Boys? My son has little interest serving at Mass anymore . He's just turned 13 and wants to be a priest, but whereas he used to love to serve, now he does so reluctantly and only out of duty. I figured it was an age thing:

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Life takes me in a headlock. No time for blogging. Just one quick thing: Gonna have to read it: B16's new encyclical on ethics and the economy, Caritas In Veritate [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html] . Good

"[L]ove is inventive." Francis Fernandez

Jack and Michael play for the Little League championship later this afternoon. I have a lot to get done before heading over to the fields. No time for blogging. Please pray for our victory. Not just for Jack and Michael, but for the group of neat boys on their team,