I honestly feel bad for my fiscal conservative friends who feel like the election has ruined the country, and today’s inauguration is a cause for despair. So let me make you feel better and give you a challenge. The good news for you comes directly from your philosophical foundation: If we don’t need government to make the country thrive, then we ( Read more... )

A modest proposal:  The GOP can’t accept anything that’s going to raise taxes on job creators. They have built their world view on a supply-side foundation and they won’t budge. So let’s stop arguing ideologically about tax rates and let the rich set their own tax rates by their real-world behavior.

It’s simple: set the tax rate on investments at ( Read more... )

You may be one of the millions of Americans suffering from a condition known as Broad Spectrum Syndrome, or BS. It is characterized by vague symptoms with no apparent medical cause, along with a need to tell people around you about every symptom.

Now you have hope. There is a medicine you can take called Placebo™. It has been proven to ( Read more... )

Is “charity begins at home” Biblical? The way most Americans interpret it (stop helping foreigners) certainly appears throughout the Bible as a NEGATIVE attitude.
While 1 Timothy 5:8 criticizes those who don't take care of their own family members, the Bible makes it very clear that we owe charity to foreigners and even to enemies.

The ( Read more... )

Three of my friends reposted the following on Facebook:

"So where are all the "Save the Gulf" concerts? Where are the TV benefits
with celebrities and musicians giving heart felt speeches on the poor
fishermen, wildlife, beaches, loss of income and gulf economy? I find it
rather strange how these people were so quick to help Haiti and other
... ( Read more... )

Top Ten BP Strategies for dealing with the Oil Leak

10. Top Hat: didn't work (top hats are SO 100 years ago...)

9. Top Flite: Golf ball clog never tried because self-respecting oil executives NEVER put golf balls in the water

8. Top Kill: may work better as an action movie than an engineering feat

7. Top Gun: Maverick clogs up the leak with the ( Read more... )

Mr. Doyle,

I find your comments in today's Globe troubling.

C.J. Doyle, executive director of Catholic Action League of Massachusetts, called upon the archdiocese to “vigorously defend’’ the school’s decision to revoke admission to the youngster.

“The real question here is why two people who radically repudiate the moral teachings of Catholicism ( Read more... )

St Patrick's Day: wear green, get drunk and act like an ass ( Read more... )

I have heard many strange interpretations of “The poor you will always have with you,” as it is commonly translated from Matthew and Mark, or John's version in today's Gospel reading: “You always have the poor with you.”

Does Jesus mean that we should not give to the poor? Does Jesus mean that we should not advocate for justice for the poor? Is ( Read more... )