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.
Where feminists went wrong
The mistakes of feminism, at Catholic and Feminist: Can You Be Both? (Part 2) » Catholic Sistas.
The first:
Secular feminists wanted women to be able to do as they pleased, with no regard for others. Essentially, they wanted to live as they perceived men living: putting themselves first. If men can pursue professional fulfillment at the expense of family, then women should be able to, too. If men can “have it all”…the family, the career, the personal pursuits…women should be able to, too. If men can indulge their sexual appetites through promiscuity, women should be able to, too. If men can walk away from their reproductive responsibilities, women should be able to, too.
There’s more where that came from . . . here.
Congress calling executive to task
It’s at the heart of the authoritarianism bent by the Obamacrats. Holder has been the cutting edge. If not, I’m open to candidates.
From: Enough Already: Contempt Process Begins Against Holder on Fast and Furious.
Correcting a papal headline
Prayer and Scripture reading help guide the faithful through life, Pope tells audience
That’s the head on a good story. But “tells,” as if he announces something? No, reminds. It’s an oldie and goodie and something worth repeating a lot.
Down with Capitalism, says Jesuit
Well, heck, he’s down in S. America, where it’s paddy-bar-the-door when it comes to left-wing economic analysis Read it here: Crisis and survival.
But God knows how many Norteamericanos applaud him, in or out of the Jesuits.
Notre Dame Holy Cross priest defends a brother
Rev. Wilson Miscamble CSC speaks up for Bishop Daniel Jenky CSC of Peoria in re Jenky’s vigorous, pointed analysis of Obama’s attacks on Catholic ministry:
His homily was a courageous homily which pointed to a pattern of behavior of a number of regimes to limit religious freedom and to attack religious institutions.
He was echoing rebuttal by ND law prof emeritus Charles E. Rice of letter by 49 Notre Dame faculty members who condemned Jenky’s sermon and called for his resignation from the Notre Dame board.
Bishop Jenky properly drew attention to the impending dangers to religious and personal freedom. The Obama regime . . . is substituting for the free economy and limited government a centralized command system of potentially unlimited jurisdiction and power. . . . The HHS Health Care Mandate imperils not only the mission of the Catholic Church but also the right of conscience itself.
Haunted Jesuits
Latest highly placed, high-profile Jesuit to resign under fire. Past misdeeds keep popping up.
This one departed his post as trustee of Boston College.
When reports of Donald McGuire’s sexual abuse of minors came to Fr. Bradley Schaeffer’s attention in 1993, no significant action was taken to remove McGuire, a renowned retreat leader and close friend of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, from his ministry. Fr. Schaeffer, who was the Jesuit Provincial in Chicago at the time, never contacted the police regarding the allegations; instead, he sent McGuire for rehabilitative treatment which reportedly ended early and in failure due to McGuire’s lack of cooperation with therapists.
Nairobi safe house
My favorite non-governmental organization, where doing good is the order of the day and where #2 Son and wife, who founded this place are now on-site and actually helping people. Safe House Caseworker.
Trayvon and George pix have their own story
Naughty Chinese, says Big Government in Beijing
Big Government fans have their model:
China has stepped up its campaign to clamp down on the Internet, which has emerged as a virtual town square for exchanging information about the Bo Xilai scandal and the nation’s biggest political upheaval in years.
The popular Twitter-like microblogging service Sina Weibo on Tuesday deleted the accounts of several users, including that of Li Delin, a senior editor of the Chinese business magazine Capital Week, whose March 19 post helped fuel rumors of a coup in Beijing. The service announced the move to many of its more than 300 million user accounts, thereby turning it into a public lesson in the consequences of rumor mongering.
They have their ways of getting things done, don’t they?
