Author: Jim Bowman
Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.
All profs suspended, president dismissed as part of ‘destruction’ of John Paul II Institute
ROME, July 24, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – In what critics see as an attack on the Catholic Church’s moral teaching, the successor of Cardinal Carlo Caffarra at the Institute on Marriage and family founded by John Paul II has been dismissed and the institute’s course on fundamental and specialized moral theology has been eliminated.
Named after a saint. Shut down by a . . .
Marriage and family matters.
via LifeSite
Celebrating the Mass Ad Orientem – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup
Death of the Impeachment Dream
Lede of the day (week? month? in a long while anyhow):
House Democrats hoped that Wednesday’s hearings would allow them to highlight their favorite portions of the Mueller report for people who haven’t read it.
Democrats didn’t expect this segment of Americans to include the author.
via WSJ
Home Equity Theft: How a Man’s Home Was Seized Over $8.41 in Unpaid Taxes
We’re from the government, we’re here to take your house.
(Apologies to memory of Ronald Reagan.)
Property taxes in Chicago area continue to rise, as does resentment
Politicians can’t afford to ignore growing public resentment of excessive property taxes, a powder keg that needs only a spark to explode into a full-fledged tax revolt with unpredictable consequences.
What did they expect?
Later: Dear old Oak Park has led the way:
For a glimpse of what’s to come for much of metropolitan Chicago, look to west suburban Oak Park, where property tax bills often exceed $10,000 and can range far higher. Home sales in Oak Park fell 22 percent in the first half of 2019, median selling prices dropped nearly 12 percent and houses sat on the market almost 40 percent longer than they did in the first six months of 2018. As Rodkin reported, Oak Park realtors blame sky-high property taxes for sending buyers elsewhere.
Beware.
Chicago aldermen may raise the minimum wage to $15. But with the city’s cost of living, is that even enough ? – Chicago Tribune
There they go again, pushing leftism with alleged news story.
Chi Trib, here with collusion by editors, by one Lolly Bowean.
Onward, peace-loving soldiers . . .
Your marching orders:
“Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe. ”
― Arundhati Roy, Public Power in the Age of Empire
Typical social justice claptrap.
Che Guevara: If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you…
No thanks.
If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.
Che Guevara
— Jim
Congress Considers Resolution Designating Antifa Terrorists
It is sick, twisted street theater, the ultimate goal of which is the overthrow of an orderly, lawful society.
Operating under “liberal privilege.”
Blithe Spirit 