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In light of Benedict XVI, a twenty-something reflects on her generation and all the changes she's seen in her brief 26 years on earth. It's a nice little essay. LINK [http://cruxmag.typepad.com/signs/]. Excerpt: > I propose a name for my generation---let's

Say what you want about Andrew Sullivan, he is usually (not always) forthright and lays it on the line. When you read him, you know what the Left is thinking (though Sullivan purportedly was a conservative, his homosexuality has steadily pushed him all the way to the Left on social

LINK [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1572667,00.html]. Excerpt: > Unknown to many members of the church, however, Ratzinger's past includes brief membership of the Hitler Youth movement and wartime service with a German army anti- aircraft unit. > Although there is no suggestion that

A traditionalist Catholic e-mailed the following to us: "Nice to see the Church throw the old red flag at the bull once again, the bull being the Western media." Nice indeed.

Amazing/troubling/sickening. You decide: Results from an eBay search of "Pope Benedict" LINK [http://search.ebay.com/pope-benedict_W0QQsojsZ1QQfromZR40]

Let the sputtering and fury from the NYT, WaPo, and others begin.

Highly interesting piece in The Weekly Standard about the evolution of movies. Essentially, the piece says that movies no longer make money at the box office. The real money is in the DVDs and the spin-off toys and games. The results have reverberated throughout the industry, from blurry screens at

Here's a (perhaps purposefully?) disjointed yet interesting account of liberal General Peter J. Schoomaker's plans to get women into combat. LINK [http://www.charmaineyoest.com/]

There's a pretty good review of Leslie Woodcock Tentler's Catholics and Contraception at Christianity Today. LINK [http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/003/2.16.html]. It's one of those reviews that seems to summarize the entire book, thus precluding our need to read

Disturbing op-ed by Dennis Prager today. LINK [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/dp20050419.shtml]. It discusses a young woman who admits she learned to be a lesbian (or part-time lesbian) at college. After reading a column of hers in the university newspaper, he interviewed her. Here's the