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Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford
Kelly, No Hero
Via CBS: Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., an ardent opponent of the contraception mandate that went into effect Wednesday, is comparing the beginning of the mandate to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. “I know in … Continue reading
‘Honor’ Killings
Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph’s Cristina Odone is rightly appalled by the murder of Shafilea Ahmed: Shafilea Ahmed’s parents have been found guilty of her murder. The beautiful 17-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was killed by her own mother and … Continue reading
Posted in culture
Tagged honor killings, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Multiculturalism, Shafilia Ahmed, UK, vouchers
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Putin Eases?
Cross-posted on the Corner: Here (via the Daily Telegraph) is some encouraging news on the story of those three naughtily-named girls who staged a protest in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral against Putin and, by implication, the role played by … Continue reading
Defiling the Public Square
Some nun has been busy proclaiming her moral superiority: The Daily Telegraph reports: The under-fire Olympics security firm G4S is facing further embarrassment after an 82-year-old nun broke into a US nuclear facility, forcing it to shut down. Sister Megan … Continue reading
Mime in the Cathedral
Cross-posted on the Corner: Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Edward Lucas launches into the Putin regime and, of course, the prosecution of those three young women with the Corner-unfriendly name (including some interesting details about what it was that they … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged Pussy Riot, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Vladimir Putin
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“Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality”
Cross-posted on the Corner: In an attempt to counter the growing encroachment of liberalism into his realm, Czar Nicholas I (reigned 1825-55) argued for an empire based on the three pillars of “Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality”, an idea that came … Continue reading
Free the Pussy Rioters!
Via the New York Times: MOSCOW — When four young women in balaclavas performed a crude anti-Putin song on the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in February, it seemed like just one more episode in a season … Continue reading
Balkanization Watch
Via the New York Post: Brooklyn has lost its right to bare arms. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish business owners are lashing out at customers at dozens of stores in Williamsburg, trying to ban sleeveless tops and plunging necklines from their aisles. It’s … Continue reading
When Leaps of Faith Go Awry
Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Guardian: During a four-day gathering in California entitled Unleash the Power Within, the famed lifestyle guru [Tony Robbins] encouraged participants to take a leap of faith and test their luck on the red-hot surface. … Continue reading
A Miserable Chapter
Via Der Spiegel International: Until into the 1990s, doctors and nuns in Spain allegedly stole newborn babies and sold them to couples hoping to adopt. The vast scope of this lucrative baby-snatching network is only now coming to light as … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, history
Tagged Roman Catholicism, Spain
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