The latest and most egregious example of Schieffer’s arrogance was the mainstream media’s coverage of the 2012 Bengazi tragedy. Not only did those networks take their talking points from the State Department and the White House, without asking any questions, but when they blacked out the hearings of the House Select Committee on Bengazi two years later.
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I told Fr. Basil that as I listened to the recording I realized my body had become relaxed and my mind contemplative and peaceful. He seemed to appreciate that comment more than my praise of the recording itself, which corroborates the monks’ intention in their recording to provide a kind of beauty that nourishes the listener.
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After a few scenes at home we are off into the desert for rest of the movie which Miller, in stark contrast to David Lean, succeeds in making to appear like a vast sandbox, except for the few scenes allowing the distinquished Theron to look magical against its vast background.
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I have often been a passenger on the Amtrak train between DC and New York that derailed last night...
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This morning news broke that the U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on H.R. 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. In recent days, members of the national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) have made over 10,000 live constituent calls to key Members of Congress urging this vote. The legislation, which would stop abortion after five months based on the unborn child’s ability to feel pain is supported by the majority of Americans.
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I concluded that happiness is passion of a certain kind but not the kind of passion immediately identified with romantic love or lust. Happiness is passion in the way a sudden religious conversion can change a person’s life. Suddenly you know something that changes everything, that your entire life must be directed by.
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The heart of this book is Blatty’s account of the life, death, and afterlife of his Peter, who in 2006 was found dead sitting in front of a television with a remote still in his hand — a victim of viral myocarditis, an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle.
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When I came across this list from 2011, I couldn’t remember having ever seen a list of “The 100 Greatest Non-Fiction Books” before, compiled by its panel of “critics and experts.” When I scanned the list, I was surprised that The Guardian, usually a reliable source on matters of intelligence and taste, would publish something so shallow.
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The God who died to both Jews and Greeks seemed like the ultimate oxymoron, an absurd self-contradiction. And, if His death had been final, they would have been right to view the death that way. But His death was not final. Death was real, but it was not final. Death was followed by Life, not just any life but a life raised out of death itself, a Resurrection.
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One of the hardest lessons to learn, and accept, is that Catholics in politics will play dirty. . . . they will lie about the faith, misrepresent its teaching, ignore its non-negotiable moral principles . . . and will proclaim “Church teaching!” for policies that have no authoritative standing in the “sacred deposit of faith.”
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