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Monday, April 29, 2019
Rebuilding Notre Dame versus Caring For The Poor? | Rebuilding Notre Dame versus Caring For The Poor? - Coffee & Crucifix
Rebuilding Notre Dame versus Caring For The Poor? | Rebuilding Notre Dame versus Caring For The Poor? - Coffee & Crucifix: But no matter how much we defend restoring our church buildings, some people will just never understand. Rather than empathizing with the loss of cultural significance, some people would rather watch it all burn to the ground.
The Tariff Game: Who Pays? | Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Tariff Game: Who Pays? | Center for Strategic and International Studies: One of the issues that has come up periodically since the United States made tariffs a common tactic is who pays them. There are two parts to that: who pays the tariffs, and who pays for the consequences of the tariffs. Let’s look at those one by one.
We’re running out of time. Social Security must be saved now. - The Washington Post
We’re running out of time. Social Security must be saved now. - The Washington Post: Social Security needs responsible, bipartisan leadership before it’s too late.
The old era of Sino-U.S. relations is over — and there’s no going back - The Washington Post
The old era of Sino-U.S. relations is over — and there’s no going back - The Washington Post: Even an agreement on trade won’t stop the larger trends at work.
America’s False Narrative on China by Stephen S. Roach - Project Syndicate
America’s False Narrative on China by Stephen S. Roach - Project Syndicate: Washington has been loose with facts, analysis, and conclusions about China, and the American public has been far too gullible in its acceptance of this false narrative. The point is not to deny China’s role in promoting economic tensions, but to stress the need for objectivity and honesty in assigning blame – especially with so much at stake in the current conflict.
Recalled to Life: A Review of “Breakthrough”
Kansas Embraces Unplanned’s Most Grisly Procedures
Kansas Embraces Unplanned’s Most Grisly Procedures: The governor and Supreme Court of Kansas gave the abortion industry two huge gifts during Easter Week, locking down in law the two grisly abortion practices that gave the movie Unplanned an R rating. Less than a month after the movie Unplanned opened to record box office, Kansas is protecting the very two abortion procedures...
Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border - Vatican News
Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border - Vatican News: Thousands of Central American migrants in Mexico are in need of assistance.
Catholic parish dos and don’ts from millennials
Catholic parish dos and don’ts from millennials: A Boston Herald story announced, “Millennials making their way back to church,” and focused on Catholic parishes in Boston that are seeing more millennials at Mass. The report gave me an idea: Why …
The crucial lesson we can learn from an elderly woman who was eating alone--Aleteia
The crucial lesson we can learn from an elderly woman who was eating alone--Aleteia: Eating alone in a restaurant can be a time of quiet relaxation for some people, but for others it can be a painfully lonely experience. This was the case for an elderly woman Jamario Howard, from Alabama, spotted who was dining alone. Seeing her there made him think I’d hate to have to eat alone.
A Conversation with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif – LobeLog
A Conversation with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif – LobeLog: by Kaveh L. Afrasiabi Kaveh Afrasiabi: Has there been any contact with Trump administration officials since you raised the possibility of a prisoner exchange, particularly in light of the news tha…
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Faith Under Fire: Why They’re Attacking People at Prayer | Deacon Greg Kandra
Faith Under Fire: Why They’re Attacking People at Prayer | Deacon Greg Kandra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUGt4EO7Koo The big picture, from The Washington Post: Inspired by the devastating impact of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and enabled by the largely unchecked freedoms of social media, individual extremists have launched a steady series of assaults on religious institutions around the
The dead will take over Facebook in the next 50 years | ZDNet
The dead will take over Facebook in the next 50 years | ZDNet: Analysis suggests that the deceased will soon outnumber the living on the network.
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