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Now Archbishop Levada will be the new watchdog over doctrine: prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. His predecessor was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, who earned the nickname “God’s Rottweiler.”
In this day and age, it is almost a relief to find a church fighting about something other than sex.
Intended Unabomber victim David Gelernter has a sprawling cover story (here and here) in the current issue of The Weekly Standard on the knowledge of the Good Book in the United States.
I have let a few extra days pass on the Air Force Academy story, while I try to surf the waves of coverage.
As a prolifer and a Bush appointee to an FDA advisory committee, W. David Hager has seen his share of fierce opposition. It’s likely to grow fiercer still amid disturbing allegations made by his former wife.
Two weeks ago, I raised the question of why the MSM shunned what I thought was a rather interesting press conference in which leaders of Democrats for Life attempted to trial-balloon a package of 95-10 legislation that would strive to slow the abortion rate by 95 percent over 10 years. Click here if you want to review that.
Good article in The Christian Science Monitor on the role parachurch organizations are playing in putting Rwanda back together by arranging small (micro) loans to needy locals. According to the story,
