New Oxford Notes: April 2005
What Passes as Conservative These Days
Talk radio's talking-mouths are taking extreme liberal positions and passing them off as conservative.
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Rehabilitating Paul Shanley
National Catholic Reporter tries to put a good face on a serial pederast.
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Bishop Vicky & Bishop Gumby
It's luv, luv, luv that makes the world go round, and who cares what comes after.
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Now They Tell You!
Will prolife voters once again be snookered by a Republican president (as they were by Reagan and Bush Sr.)?
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If we are wise, recent economic crises will remind us that all we gather on this earth eventually slips out of our grasp. Wealth and security are transient.
Is it ever appropriate to change human nature, even if ostensibly for the sake of improving the quality of life for a great many people?