Category Archives: politics

Against Sauron, Mini-Skirts and Alien/Devil Confusion

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Take some superstition, throw in a hint of xenophobia and add a savvy PR touch… USA Today: MOSCOW — Russian fans of the writer J.R.R. Tolkien were disappointed Wednesday after a local art group abandoned plans to install a flaming … Continue reading →

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Feeding the Seven Billion

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Late last month there was a conference in Rome organized by the UN food agency (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO). One of the attendees was the pope. The Daily Mail reports: The 77-year old said the world had ‘paid … Continue reading →

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The Pope Goes To Strasbourg

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Pope Francis gave a speech at the EU parliament last week. There were the usual leftist themes that we have come to expect from this pope (“we encounter certain rather selfish lifestyles, marked by an opulence which is no longer … Continue reading →

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Not Quite So Focused on the Constitution Now

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner (under a different title). The US Conference of Catholic Bishops: WASHINGTON—Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, M.Sp.S., auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, welcomed the news today that … Continue reading →

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Bishops for ‘Executive Action’

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

With the US waiting to hear what type of ‘executive action’ Obama will announce with respect to illegal immigrants tomorrow, this item from the National Catholic Reporter is worth noting: In a little noted letter, two bishops chairing committees of … Continue reading →

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“Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder”

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner Just when you think that the misery that climate change is bringing in its wake can get no worse, there is this. Grist reports: …From depression to substance abuse to suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder, growing … Continue reading →

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Once Planned an ‘Orthodox al-Qaeda’, Moved On…

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Russia’s fusion of nationalism, Russian Orthodox Christianity and reverence for (heavily sanitized) aspects of the Soviet past continues to evolve in less than reassuring ways BBC: As voters in most of Ukraine prepare to go to … Continue reading →

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“A Kind of Hydraulic Effect”

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing in the New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin wonders where the Hobby Lobby decision might lead: The great Oliver Wendell Holmes once observed that important Supreme Court decisions “exercise a kind of hydraulic effect.” Even if the authors of such decisions … Continue reading →

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Noted Scientific Authority Weighs Into Climate Debate

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Independent Catholic News: The Holy See has called for “an authentic cultural change” to combat climate change which is man-made and therefore man’s responsibility. That was the focus of an address delivered last night to the UN Climate Change Summit … Continue reading →

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Scottish Independence and the Catholic Church

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Andrew Stuttaford

Scottish Catholic historian Tom Gallagher had something to say over at the Spectator about the way that Catholic voters voted in the recent independence referendum: An influx of Irish immigrants restored a Catholic presence in Scotland after 1800. The overnight … Continue reading →

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