Her poetry is intensely religious, addressing problems of faith and perseverance, making her very helpful in our time.

The Role of Concupiscence in the Decline of the Catholic Church – Philosophy in Progress

Rare use of this word, which has gone the way or others that tell of personal, rather than social, morality:

The role of concupiscence in dimming our spiritual sight has long been recognized by many, among them, such luminaries as Plato, Augustine, and Blaise Pascal:
There are some who see clearly that man has no other enemy but concupiscence, which turns him away from God. (Pensées, Krailsheimer #269, p. 110)

Cuts to chase:

Has anyone pointed out that this is the real root of the rot in the Roman church? The depth of the corruption is hard to fathom, both in the sense of understand and in the sense of measure the depth of. R. R. Reno reports:
From 1990 until 2010, I taught at a Jesuit University and was privy to insider gossip. The Irish philosopher William Desmond recounted some of his experiences as a…

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Equity and its discontents

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Equity, thy name is RESULTS! Whatever it takes!

‘Equity’ as currently used refers to equality of outcome. It could be achieved in a footrace by attaching weights to runners so as to insure that they all cross the finish line at the same time. One would thereby purchase the benefit of envy-free equality of result at the cost of excellence and high achievement. Would it be worth it?

Call that the burning question of the day.

And then there is the question of who would attach the weights and how they would go about doing so. Would they not have to be UNEQUAL in power and authority to those equalized to bring about the latter’s equality of result?

Say what???

I suspect that those who support ‘equity’ imagine themselves as among the equalizers and not the equalized, just as those who are for central planning think of themselves as among…

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Maricopa County withholding subpoenaed hardware from election audit, citing alleged ‘security risk’ | Just The News

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Digging in heels in AZ.

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New board, new priorities for Oak Park village government – Oak Park

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Let the record show, and let readers note, the good-news out-with-old-in-with-new meeting that makes for a new Oak Park Village board.

A very encouraging message here, though the story was light on “new priorities,” which were not emphasized, and time enough for that.

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‘It’s all social justice. All day. Every day.’ Socialist OPRF school board members caught gloating on Zoom | West Cook News

We’re loyal to you, Oak Park High, and tickled pink to push our “social justice” values.

Two Roosevelt University professors who also serve on the Oak Park and River Forest High School school board were caught on an open Zoom call bragging about how they promote Marxist re-organization of American society to their college students.

Talking before the start of OPRF’s Feb. 26 board meeting on a live microphone, Gina Harris and Ralph Martire said they were proud to advocate for so-called “social justice” Marxist economic concepts.

“I mean, it’s all social justice. All day, every day, I get to talk about the things I love. I’m really living the life over here,” Harris said.

Let no man or woman call it indoctrination, either.

more more more here at West Cook News, a nice corrective to Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, which has nothing good to say about it . . .

CEO magazine: Texas, Florida best states for business; California, New York, Illinois the worst

Woe is us in IL et al. Keep in mind: Business (jobs, independence, not depending on welfare etc.) does better in states not run by Democrats.

(The Center Square) – For the 17th year in a row, Texas was named the “Best State for Business” by the nation’s leading CEOs in an annual survey conducted by Chief Executive Magazine. Once again, California was ranked the worst.

The rankings are determined by CEO’s assessment of each state’s business climate, workforce, and quality of life. Texas has ranked first every year for 17 years since the magazine first began its assessment.

Florida ranked second, with Tennessee, North Carolina and Indiana, rounding out the top five. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington ranked in the bottom five. The bottom ranking states are “the usual bunch,” the magazine states. “Despite powerful human capital, high costs remain a turnoff” for businesses.

Fr. Thomas Reese • “Young People Should Not Be Allowed To Attend” Latin Mass

Fr. Thomas Reese SJ grinding an axe, calling for draconian measures vs. the “unreformed” in these many years since Vatican 2.

Scratch a progressive and you find a stern disciplinarian. Very stern.

This blogger, Jeff Ostrowski, asks:

By the way, what is this obsession Father Thomas Reese has with the Second Vatican Council? Does he not realize the Council took place sixty years ago? Why does he focus on Vatican II, while neglecting all the other councils?

Father Thomas Reese, a dissident priest, has said many disturbing things, including stating that there are “more important” things that happen during Holy Mass than Transubstantiation. For myself, I would not receive Holy Communion from a person like Father Thomas Reese.

Better an extraordinary minister, apparently.

Trump trolls Twitter over stock plunge as feud continues | Just The News

Best served cold.

Nearly four months after he was kicked off Twitter, former President Donald Trump is getting a bit of revenge as he trolls the social media giant for a 15% dive in its stock price caused by missed market expectations.

“Twitter stock plunged as results are no longer cutting it for investors,” Trump crowed Friday evening after markets closed with Twitter substantially down. “Shares are off 15% today. Bad forecasts are hurting the outlook but more importantly, in my opinion, it has become totally BORING as people flock to leave the site.

Trump suggested Twitter’s market decline was aided by its censorship policies. “I guess that’s what happens when you go against FREEDOM OF SPEECH! It will happen to others also,” he said in a statement released by his office in Florida.

They also say, get woke, go broke.
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Trump trolls Twitter over stock plunge as feud continues

Twitter shares drop 15% on Friday as social media giant missed expectations.

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Nearly four months after he was kicked off Twitter, former President Donald Trump is getting a bit of revenge as he trolls the social media giant for a 15% dive in its stock price caused by missed market expectations.

“Twitter stock plunged as results are no longer cutting it for investors,” Trump crowed Friday evening after markets closed with Twitter substantially down. “Shares are off 15% today. Bad forecasts are hurting the outlook but more importantly, in my opinion, it has become totally BORING as people flock to leave the site.

Trump suggested Twitter’s market decline was aided by its censorship policies. “I guess that’s what happens when you go against FREEDOM OF SPEECH! It will happen to others also,” he said in a statement released by his office in Florida.

Twitter’s stock price dropped 15.16% on Friday, to $55.22, wiping out nearly all of the its 2021 gains. Twitter opened the year trading at $54.43 per share, and had climbed above $80 two months ago before trending downward.

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