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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Good Healthcare
Update from the hospital: Katie and Edmund are doing very well. He is feeding great. We are staying another night because Katie is getting more blood transfused, since she had lost a lot. Papa has gotten to hold Edmund a … Continue reading
Dave Barry’s year in review: 2009
On the economic front, the nation’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high as it becomes clear that the $787 billion stimulus package has created a total of only eight jobs, all in the field of highway-construction flagperson. Looking for solutions, the … Continue reading
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Holy Innocents
Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the day on which we remember all the baby boys slain by Herod’s soldiers, and my thoughts turn especially to those babies who suffer death in our culture simply because they look … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Life, Faith and Reason, Saints and Angels
Tagged abortion, Catholic Life, Christmas, pro-life
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O Tannenbaum
Not technically one of the O Antiphons, but still a crowd favorite. Here’s our tree before and after decorating today:
Silver Bells
It’s Christmastime, in the city… Merry Christmas Eve! Cold weather has blown into Austin, which we are enjoying. Today we will decorate the tree with our ornaments and listen to the last Advent songs before going to Christmas Eve vigil … Continue reading
A Brief Food Follow-up
Christmas Eve! The latest issue of Acres USA arrived today, and one of the first things I read (being lamented by the Acres writers) was the appointment of two big agribusiness men to top posts in the USDA and the … Continue reading
Posted in Grapevines and Nature, Politics
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Winds of Change, Right Here Right Now
It was around 1990; I was 12 years old and like a lot of American children had grown up fearing the Soviets, Communism, and nuclear war, yet the Berlin Wall had come down and the Iron Curtain had torn in … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, La Musica, Politics
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No to health bill
Indeed, it seems mainly to be congressional Democrats who favor this bill. After decades of failure, they are desperate to pass the bill, but they are placing their zeal ahead of true reform. Thus, they gave in to Sen. Joseph … Continue reading
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Not So Liberating: The Twilight of Liberation Theology
For a start, there’s little question that liberation theology was a disaster for Catholic evangelization. There’s a saying in Latin America that sums this up: “The Church opted for the poor, and the poor opted for the Pentecostals.” In short, … Continue reading
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A Post About Food
Katie and I just watched Food, Inc. via Netflix. Not much of it was new to us because we are already up on the understanding of how our food is made and what is wrong with the processes, but it … Continue reading
