New Oxford Notes: March 2006
Be Fruitful & Multiply
Where is the funky tattooed intellectual poetess who is popping out 16 funky progressive fashion-forward pagan offspring?
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Hollywood Celebrities & Other Celebrities
When Catholics who have achieved celebrity status step outside their areas of expertise, do they know what they're talking about?
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Rash Judgment Once Again
Catholic bloviator Mark Shea doesn't need to read an article before vehemently denouncing it. After all, he's got a blog.
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Do Our Troops "Support Our Troops"?
U.S. troops should be President Bush's bedrock of support for his war in Iraq, but an astounding 46% of American soldiers do not approve.
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Surprise, Surprise!
Big business commentator Stu Zimmerman applies the merger concept to religion so we all might blend into some overarching 'God.'
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Targeting Muslims
In the state of Baden-Wurttemberg in southern Germany, Muslims who request citizenship must affirm their loyalty to gay rights and topless beaches.
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Smooth as Silk
Why have we seen so little reference in the mainstream media to the role of homosexual culture played in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
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Given an absence of time for imagining alternatives, our humanity is defined in terms of consumption. We lack the peace needed to cultivate ourselves as unique persons.