As my friend bakerloo pointed out, this is when Glee went from "hip, cool, funny show" to "hip, cool, funny, socially important show."

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Andrew Sullivan has written a long and well-reasoned post about Catholicism and the use of torture. It's an interesting read for anyone interested in what the Church teaches about the use of torture and in contrast to how some Catholics have advocated for the use of torture in George W. Bush's War on Terror.

Here's an excerpt:But what has ( Read more... )

Remember kids: just because it's cold where you are, doesn't mean we aren't screwing up the atmosphere! Here are two videos that I thought were both enlightening and interesting while being soundly grounded in science. Good times!

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The Catholic Bishops have a little to say, too:
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Umm, not really Papists, exactly. But I found this article interesting. Especially the listing of political peeps who are Catholic that I didn't know were Catholic. ('cause I'm Catholic, if you didn't know that...but from the "liberal, social justice" arm of The Church. You know, the Beatitudes and the Corporal Works of Mercy. I freely admit ( Read more... )

I sometimes feel like I am repeating myself, repeating myself as I frequently do. But with the jury about to return the verdict for Zacarias Moussaoui, I feel compelled to reiterate: the death penalty is wrong in all cases. The Catholic Church maintains this stance, and all Christian denominations should look to the words of Jesus for direction ( Read more... )

March 3, 2006
Editorial
The Gospel vs. H.R. 4437

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/opinion/03fri1.htmlIt has been a long time since this country heard a call to organized lawbreaking on this big a scale. Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation's largest, urged parishioners on Ash Wednesday to devote the ( Read more... )

Here's a fantastic article from the New Yorker about Living Wages. You might recall that I posted about this a while back. It's a long read, but check it out:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15wage.html

January 15, 2006

What Is a Living Wage?
By JON GERTNER

If It Happened in Baltimore, Maybe It Can Happen AnywhereFor a few weeks ( Read more... )

The death penalty is always wrong.

The American Society of Criminology (ASC) has issued this statement:

Be it resolved that because social science research has demonstrated the death penalty to be racist in application and social science research has found no consistent evidence of crime deterrence through execution, the ASC publicly condemns ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Gibson,

I was happy to hear that you donated a generous $1M for relief for victims of Hurricane Stan. In my estimation, that leaves you with $599M left to donate to charitable causes. In my letter to you from a while back, I applauded your efforts at making such a moving testimonial of faith. I also asked you not to exploit Jesus ( Read more... )