Culture

Christmas Kindness in Iraq

by ACN-USA News December 18, 2009

Religious Sisters gave out Christmas food packages to poverty-stricken people in northern Iraq – with a little bit of help from a leading Catholic charity.
The community of Chaldean Sisters set out in their van packed full of cheese, tinned…

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Preferring Liberals In Both Parties

by L. Brent Bozell December 18, 2009

Liberal newspaper people are so predictable when it comes to internal party fights. If it’s inside the Republican Party, it’s the conservative Republicans who are wrong. If inside the Democratic Party, it’s the conservative Democrats who are wrong.
The Washington…

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Manger Scene Erected in Central Park

by Catholic League December 18, 2009

The Catholic League erected a nativity scene today in New York City’s Central Park; it will be up for two weeks. Bill Donohue seeks to clarify what is at stake:
Our life-size crèche, paid for by the Catholic League, is…

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Churches Attacked in Iraq

by ACN-USA News December 17, 2009

Shock and fear have gripped the Church in Iraq after two explosions on Tuesday and the threat of more to come.
The Al Beshara (Annunciation) Syrian Catholic Church in Mosul was the first to be targeted at 10.30 am when…

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Secular Uniculturalism and Christmas

by Michael Miller December 16, 2009

In his essay, “Intellectuals and Socialism,” Friedrich Hayek asked how it was possible for a small group of people to have such influence on the ideas and politics that affected millions. He argued that it was because the socialists influenced…

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9th Circuit to Hear Arguments On San Francisco’s Anti-Catholic Resolution

by Thomas More Law Center December 16, 2009

Today], December 16, 2009, at 10 AM PST, a panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s virulent resolution attacking…

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Frosty the Pervert

by L. Brent Bozell December 15, 2009

Some memories that still define the warmest moments of American television are the long-running animated Christmas specials. There’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (first aired in 1964), "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (1965) and "Frosty the Snowman" (1969). Many grown-ups remember all…

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O’ Unity Tree, O’ Unity Tree

by Dr. Paul Kengor December 15, 2009

‘Tis the season…. That is, to not refer to the Christmas Season as the “Christmas Season.”
 Of course, that’s old news. But what’s new news, or recent news, is the bewildering refusal in some quarters to call a Christmas tree…

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Climate Skeptics Need Mental Help?

by L. Brent Bozell December 12, 2009

Talk about an inconvenient truth. In ever-increasing numbers, Americans are becoming skeptical about the scientific argument that there’s a man-made global-warming crisis that requires immediate and drastic government action. The media’s enablers of the radical environmental left have a response:…

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Raunchy Christmas Plays Abound

by Catholic League December 12, 2009

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
For whatever reason, there are more raunchy Christmas plays this year than ever before. Not surprisingly, many are gay-themed, most are confined to the east and west coasts, and all are loved…

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