See https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/01/24/the-true-correct-story-of-what-happened-at-donald-trumps-inauguration.
And if you believe this hilarious parody…
Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pope Francis. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
What G.O.P really stands for
Greed Oil Petroleum!
Written by "Socrates" as a comment to "Why the Pope Should Scare Climate-Change Deniers" by Anna North, New York Times, 2015-09-22
Written by "Socrates" as a comment to "Why the Pope Should Scare Climate-Change Deniers" by Anna North, New York Times, 2015-09-22
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Quote of the day: democracy or great wealth
"[W]e can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
– Justice Louis Brandeis, quoted by Chrystia Freeland, "Thanks to Pope Francis, Revolt Against the Global Super-Rich Is Underway", Huffington Post, 2014-01-21
For this and more Brandeis quotes, see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis.
Ironically, just before I was reading Freeland's article I heard on an old "Godmorgon, världen" podcast that Rush Limbaugh called Pope Francis a Marxist. See "The message of Pope Francis can survive Rush and the rest", Mary C. Curtis, Washington Post, 2013-12-06.
So, according to Rush Limbaugh, Justice Louis Brandeis was a Marxist.
– Justice Louis Brandeis, quoted by Chrystia Freeland, "Thanks to Pope Francis, Revolt Against the Global Super-Rich Is Underway", Huffington Post, 2014-01-21
For this and more Brandeis quotes, see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Louis_Brandeis.
Ironically, just before I was reading Freeland's article I heard on an old "Godmorgon, världen" podcast that Rush Limbaugh called Pope Francis a Marxist. See "The message of Pope Francis can survive Rush and the rest", Mary C. Curtis, Washington Post, 2013-12-06.
So, according to Rush Limbaugh, Justice Louis Brandeis was a Marxist.
Sunday, October 06, 2013
Post-modern times are not now
Ross Douthat wrote another interesting column, "The Promise and Peril of Pope Francis", New York Times, 2013-10-06. It is about the juggling act that Pope Francis has to perform to attract more fallen-away Catholics and keep the faithful but conservative Catholics.
One commenter used the term "post-modern world". "Excellent article. In terms of reclaiming the so called absent middle for Catholics, Jews and members of all faiths confronting a post-modern world the question needs to be asked: Does attendance at religious services really matter anymore? The vast numbers of adherents who identify only culturally to their religious tradition need to be reached in creative new ways and respected for their lack of participation in what are perceived to be archaic institutions."
How can we be living in "post-modern" times or a "post-modern world"? These terms are often used to denote the here and now as coming after a time that was modern then. But "post-modern" times, like tomorrow, never come. We are always living in modern times.
One commenter used the term "post-modern world". "Excellent article. In terms of reclaiming the so called absent middle for Catholics, Jews and members of all faiths confronting a post-modern world the question needs to be asked: Does attendance at religious services really matter anymore? The vast numbers of adherents who identify only culturally to their religious tradition need to be reached in creative new ways and respected for their lack of participation in what are perceived to be archaic institutions."
How can we be living in "post-modern" times or a "post-modern world"? These terms are often used to denote the here and now as coming after a time that was modern then. But "post-modern" times, like tomorrow, never come. We are always living in modern times.
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