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    Belief in democracy is in decline—especially among the young and especially in America.

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  2. A mutt (you joke, but I am already pushing this idea).

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    Gospel: Jesus's family walks from Nazareth to Capernaum to "restrain" him because they thought he "out of his mind." When told they are here, Jesus says his mother, brothers and sisters are those who do God's will. For Jesus, ties to God are more important than any family ties.

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    Jan 24

    Lotta people have beefs with , but he may have just increased the number of Americans who understand the Immaculate Conception by a noticeable amount.

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  7. “I never knew how good our songs were until I heard Ella Fitzgerald sing them.”—Ira Gershwin

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  8. “Walsingham water” ... seems a bit romish

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    Jan 24

    Hmmm . . . . Now why would Satan worshipers make support for abortion a central dogma of their faith?

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    Jan 24

    If you’re a fairly new journalist in need of support for a major project—book or series of articles—apply for a Robert Novak Fellowship. Feb. 12 deadline. , , & are current fellows.

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  11. That said, Francis’ comments (as he has acknowledged) were grossly imprudent—as was the appointment of Barros, who is hard to credit on certain points.

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  12. Catholics who have other quarrels with Francis are jumping to conclusions on a case they know and care little about. is right to resist them.

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    Jan 23

    "The progressive-neoliberal bloc combined an expropriative, plutocratic economic program with a liberal-meritocratic politics of recognition." —Nancy Fraser

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    21 Sep 2016

    Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers performing "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937) dir. Mark Sandrich

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  16. Libertarian: By eliminating taxes and allowing private charity to flourish, we can build a compassionate society without coercion. Me: ...

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  17. Met a lot of people in Nigeria who saw Trump as a sign that they could make Biafra great again.

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  18. “The position of the Church is very similar to what President Hu Jintao put forward in a speech at the 2007 Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.” Maybe, just maybe, there’s something a bit off in the Church’s position, then?

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  19. 🎶 Better all the time 🎶

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  20. Eight overdose deaths in nine days in the second-richest county in the US

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  21. “After Liberalism: Toward a Politics of the Common Good”—an important essay by

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