Tuesday, March 22, 2005

"Abandon...all ye who enter here....."

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The problem with cases like the treatment of Terri Schiavo, is that we all end up relying on news reports and unless we are health care work...
Monday, March 21, 2005

Monday in Holy Week

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The appointed psalm, no. 36 (REB): A wicked person's talk is prompted by sin in his heart; he sees no need to fear God. For it flatters ...
Sunday, March 20, 2005

Never say never again

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I'll try to make this my last reference to the Schiavo circus (as it should now be called). Majikthise points out several excellent po...

Just Do It

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More than one person has pointed out the irony of Michael Schiavo's determination to carry out his wife's wishes, and his statements...

"Pull the other one, it's got bells on it."

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Well, Atrios is right , we should pause at the thought of Tom DeLay flaying the character of a private citizen so publicly (quick: what did ...

Just when you think it can't get worse....

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It gets worse. If there is a lesson in all of this ugliness, in all of this unseemliness, it is that everyone who can should have a "li...
Saturday, March 19, 2005

"Where ignorant armies clash by night...."

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This is going to turn very, very ugly: From the LA Times : Michael Schiavo was not present because he was emotionally unable to attend, lawy...

Last Words

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There are, unfortunately, hard issues behind the Schiavo case, and they are unrelated to the individuals involved, and connected only to the...
Friday, March 18, 2005

Not so fast!

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This is changing so fast , it's hard to keep up with. But about 2 p.m. Judge Greer , who has handled the case for several years, said th...

Whose Death is it, anyway?

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As I said, hard cases make bad law : In an extraordinary legislative maneuver that may pit Congress against the decisions by several courts ...

How We Die

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"My death; is it possible?"--Jacques Derrida "Death is the only experience that is not lived through."--Ludwig Wittgenst...
Thursday, March 17, 2005

"I only want to say..."

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Holy Week is coming; and if this blog abandons politics altogether for awhile, this (via Atrios ) can stand as one of the reasons why: The...

Husband and Wife

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"And a man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home, They shall travel on to where The two shall be as one."--Paul Stook...

St. Patrick's Breastplate

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After all, what could be more appropriate for the day?* I arise today through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, through beli...
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

"God made us the boss/God gave us the cross!"

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"We turned it into a sword To spread the Word of the Lord! We used His holy decrees To do whatever we pleased! And it was good! (Yeah!...

The Origin of Fire

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[Ed. note: Blogger finally wakens from its slumber. This was written last night, but wouldn't post until today. Anyway....] Robert, m...
Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Just because it' s my blog, and just because I can!

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left revsquito, courtesy, again, of watertiger's comments (the link is below; what, you think I'm shillin' for her twice in one ...

Of Levinas, and mythology, and others....

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This is not in anyway new, except to me. Chasing down Haloscan trackbacks, I found some made to me back in December (ah, halcyon days!), and...

Can we leave out the nuts?

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Maybe blogging is about nothing more than pet peeves. But watertiger over at Dependable Renegade got me started on this rant, and as poorly...
Monday, March 14, 2005

Laurie Garrett and Newsday

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Democracy Now! directs me to this: Laurie Garrett has resigned from Newsday, and on her way out wrote a memo (scroll down) that blasts th...