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    Saturday, March 01, 2003    
         
      American Enterprise Institute! NewsMax! Pittsburgh Tribune-Review!
(03/01/03 10:44:32 AM; 381 words)
American Enterprise Institute! NewsMax! Pittsburgh Tribune-Review! To my astonishment, I have discovered that I was quoted in all three of those publications last year. Ralph Reiland writes a column that....
   
      Blog Stuff
(03/01/03 07:58:13 AM; 34 words)
Blog Stuff I have added the following to the Here a Blog, There a Blog list: Accidental Catechist, extreme Catholic, the journey, Dust in the Light, and Molly's Musings.
   
    Friday, February 28, 2003    
         
      Another Volley
(02/28/03 08:18:58 PM; 35 words)
Another Volley Re: Serve. And Volley. And Volley. On Catholics, the pope, and the war on Saddam Hussein. Yet another volley, from T. S. O'Rama at Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora....
   
      Would We Be Seeing This
(02/28/03 07:20:56 PM; 447 words)
Would We Be Seeing This If Katharine Graham were still alive? (No.) A blockbuster editorial in yesterday's Washington Post: .... In 1997 and 1998, we strongly backed President Clinton when....
   
      "Refuting The Top Ten Most Annoying Anti-War Cliches"
(02/28/03 04:21:33 PM; 145 words)
"Refuting The Top Ten Most Annoying Anti-War Cliches" At Right-Wing News by John Hawkins — a man who knows the value of making necessary distinctions: .... Why Is The U.S.....
   
      Presidential Statement on Saddam Hussein
(02/28/03 08:35:48 AM; 176 words)
Presidential Statement on Saddam Hussein Do you know when he said this? + + + + + .... Now, let's imagine the future. What if he [Saddam Hussein] fails to....
   
      Letter of Abraham Lincoln to "Unconditional Union Men"
(02/28/03 07:31:37 AM; 1807 words)
Letter of Abraham Lincoln to "Unconditional Union Men" At the Grand Mass Meeting, Springfield, Illinois, September 3, 1863. "Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it....
   
    Thursday, February 27, 2003    
         
      Tony Blair, et al.
(02/27/03 03:22:54 PM; 296 words)
Tony Blair, et al. This speech by Tony Blair made the rounds of the Blogosphere last week, though I did not blog it. I see that there is an appendix....
   
      Serve. And Volley. And Volley.
(02/27/03 02:56:50 PM; 47 words)
Serve. And Volley. And Volley. On Catholics, the pope, and the war on Saddam Hussein. Serve from Amy Welborn at in between naps. Volley from Justin Katz at Dust in....
   
    Wednesday, February 26, 2003    
         
      They Won't Care, Because They Don't Care
(02/26/03 06:32:40 PM; 755 words)
They Won't Care, Because They Don't Care And I won't have to prove it: they will. The Christian Science Monitor published an anonymous op-ed piece today, by an expatriate Iraqi:....
   
      Fisking of Artists United to Win Without War
(02/26/03 07:53:55 AM; 97 words)
Fisking of Artists United to Win Without War At Disordered Affections yesterday: Here is the text of the letter sent to President Bush by "Artists United to Win Without War".....
   
      More Students With Sense
(02/26/03 07:35:27 AM; 127 words)
More Students With Sense They can be found here: In recent months the "anti-war" movement has claimed to represent the voice of the world, and particularly of students and youth.....
   
    Tuesday, February 25, 2003    
         
      Zowee! Again
(02/25/03 08:01:35 PM; 33 words)
Zowee! Again This really ought to be read in conjunction with this: the latter is sort of a crystal ball in which we see light from the former clarified. (Thanks,....
   
      White House to Senator
(02/25/03 07:33:45 PM; 122 words)
White House to Senator "You are an ignorant, stupid, partisan liar." Well. Okay. Not exactly. Alberto Gonzales, White House counsel, comes out swinging for appellate-court nominee Miguel Estrada, in a....
   
      Students for War
(02/25/03 06:13:46 PM; 52 words)
Students for War They can be found here: .... Let us be clear -- we regret immensely the pain and suffering that inevitably result from armed conflict. However, we feel....
   
      "The Anti-Ikes"
(02/25/03 01:19:42 PM; 278 words)
"The Anti-Ikes" A reader directs me to this insightful and educative piece by Peggy Noonan at OpinionJournal yesterday: .... The Bay of Pigs happened because JFK was a new president,....
   
      O, the Wonderful Variety
(02/25/03 08:30:12 AM; 21 words)
O, the Wonderful Variety Of ways to call a man a liar without calling him a liar. Vide. (Thanks, Dave.)
   
      Ep. ad Bonif. clxxxix
(02/25/03 07:49:13 AM; 786 words)
Ep. ad Bonif. clxxxix From the Letter of St. Augustine of Hippo to Boniface, A.D. 418. "Peace should be the object of your desire; war should be waged only as....
   
    Monday, February 24, 2003    
         
      On Conscience and Just War
(02/24/03 09:32:45 PM; 738 words)
On Conscience and Just War Nothing more than ramblings. Mostly for Catholics. By now, most everybody has made up his mind: the coming war on Saddam Hussein is Just. Or....
   
      At Ut Unum Sint
(02/24/03 08:39:58 PM; 11 words)
At Ut Unum Sint A moving blog today by Bill Cork.
   
      Busted
(02/24/03 08:33:36 PM; 19 words)
Busted Photos for comparison that Dan, Tom, Peter, and Howell won't be showing off. At little green footballs.
   
      Of Popes and Prime Ministers
(02/24/03 07:49:57 PM; 160 words)
Of Popes and Prime Ministers Interesting article in the London Telegraph yesterday (emphasis added): .... Churchill, for example, had an audience with Pius XII in August 1944. "Not only did....
   
      And They Wonder Why We Think They Hate America
(02/24/03 02:32:40 PM; 174 words)
And They Wonder Why We Think They Hate America An article (July 2002) about an article on Janeane Garofalo in Buzz magazine (about ten years ago). I was e-mailed a....
   
      Happy Blogiversary to Susanna Cornett!
(02/24/03 01:39:29 PM; 25 words)
Happy Blogiversary to Susanna Cornett! Susanna was the first blogger I ever e-mailed. Her cut on the bias is still one of my favorite weblogs.
   
    Sunday, February 23, 2003    
         
      Sexagesima
(02/23/03 06:12:53 PM; 31 words)
Sexagesima Sermons by Ven. John Henry Newman. At Newman Reader: Endurance, the Christian's Portion Affliction, a School of Comfort Saintliness not Forfeited by the Penitent St. Paul's Gift of Sympathy
   

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