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Peg Luksik, Ph.D. - who has written 50 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Care, Not Cards

Posted on 08 July 2009

Elected officials in Washington are poised to begin debate on health care. They can’t wait to expand the government’s role in medicine, citing the need to control costs and guarantee health services to all Americans.

“I Win!”

Posted on 30 June 2009

Anyone who has ever played a game with a five-year-old knows that there is only one rule.  The five-year-old has to win.  Any other rule is just a suggestion if it would result in the five-year-old losing the game.…

“L’etat, c’est moi!”

Posted on 25 June 2009

French King Louis XIV believed that he had the right to do whatever he desired as the ruler of France. When asked to explain how he thought the king should interact with the rest of the government and the…

Higher Authority

Posted on 20 June 2009

Today, everyone is quoting the Founding Fathers.  The words of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin, to name a few, are appearing in newspaper articles, Internet blogs, and radio commentaries.  But for those who lived in the…

Golden Chains

Posted on 10 June 2009

The South Caroline Supreme Court recently ruled that the Governor was “required” to accept the stimulus money that the federal government is “offering” to the states.  The Governor did not want to take the funds because accepting them would…

Giving Sight to the Blind

Posted on 04 June 2009

Judge Sotomayer, President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, has been widely quoted as saying that Latino women would make better decisions than white men.  Her statements in this area have raised a storm of controversy, with some defending…

Climbing Down the Ladder of Success

Posted on 27 May 2009

Is America one major corporation, with 50 branch offices spread across the land, or is she a system of franchises, each of which is separately “owned and operated”?

The federal government believes that America is the former.  All…

No More Apple Pie

Posted on 06 May 2009

The young mother was visiting Grandmom with her two small children.  It was about 4:30 and the older asked for a cookie.  The mother replied that dinner was in less than an hour, so he couldn’t have a cookie…

Mistakes?

Posted on 30 April 2009

Two women were sitting on a Little League field. Both were mothers of large families. The first had only one daughter and many sons. The daughter was second in line. The second was expecting her fifth, and the first…

After the Ball

Posted on 20 April 2009

Last week, in more than 700 locations, groups of Americans gathered to protest the arrogant and irresponsible actions of their federal government. They created a media storm, with both positive and negative coverage, and even sparked the Department of…

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