Demagogue or Child?

Mr. Richman gets it.
Obama the Health-Care Reformer Should Grow Up
He wants a “public option.” That’s a euphemism for a government-run health-insurance program that is to provide a competitive alternative to private, for-profit insurance. This rationale is misleading because there is already competition among insurers — and there would be far more if state governments did [...]

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Aristotle and Virtue Politics

Michael Federici over at Front Porch Republic has a good post on some differences between Aristotle’s political philosophy and what we have to deal with today. Aristotle and the Cult of the Immediate:
For example, in the Ethics, Aristotle distinguishes between pleasure and happiness. Pleasures are fleeting and insatiable. Some are consistent with the good life [...]

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FPR on Sanford and Adultery

An excellent post over at the Front Porch Republic concerning Governor Sanford’s adultery, and the response to it:
And so, when we learn that Governor Sanford has adulterated his marriage, we are right to call into question the integrity of his reputation, his character, as a whole. The Begala-esque cry of “hypocrisy” may be foolish, [...]

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Praying for Carthusian Priests

Jeff, over at Secret Harbor, asks that we also remember the Carthusian Priests in our prayers during this year for priests.
Only three times per day does the Carthusian Father leave his cell: Canonical Matins and Lauds (Night Office), Mass and Canonical Vespers, all of which are done in the Church and make up the monks’ [...]

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If only he were this well liked at home.

The Western Confucian links to an article discussing Ron Paul: The World’s Most Popular U.S. Congressman:
Turn on Russia Today any given afternoon and you’re likely to see Paul waxing political. A Paul-seeking viewer could also find him on the BBC and other outlets in Great Britain — “too many to count,” says the spokesman, Jesse [...]

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How’s your Farsi?

An interesting post from MercatorNet about the recent election results in Iran by George Friedman. He points out that most “Iranian Experts” don’t speak Farsi, and so all analysis is limited to the very small segment of Iran’s population which speaks English and is willing to talk to Western interviewers. The article is well worth [...]

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The Priest stands in the place of God.

Via Secret Harbor, here is a wonderful reflection on the priesthood from St. Jean Marie Vianney:
Go to confession to the Blessed Virgin, or to an angel, will they absolve you? No. Will they give you the Body and Blood of our Lord? No. The Holy Virgin cannot make her Divine Son descend into the Host. [...]

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Small is beautiful, and safer (at least for government)

Kenneth McIntyre over at the Front Porch Republic sums up why a large, powerful Federal Government is a bad idea:
Though I have a great deal of sympathy for the republican defense of self-government, I think that the second argument for local autonomy is even stronger. Human beings are not necessarily always evil, but offering [...]

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For the Feast of Corpus Christi

The Most Holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Adoro Te Devote

Text at Preces Latinae
Lauda Sion

Text at Preces Latinae
Pange Lingua

Text at Preces Latinae
The last two verses of Pange Lingua are the text for the hymn Tantum ergo Sacramentum.
Sacris Solemniis
Text at Preces Latinae
The [...]

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Obamaman

I generally avoid Bob & Tom like the plague, but a collegue sent around the following link:
Canadian comedian Greg Morton weighs in on the current financial crisis and how President Obama plans to get us out of it.

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