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Devastating

By Adam Minihan | July 20, 2014

Stephen Colbert on the vile jingoism being shown defenseless children by fake patriots: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive If this is all that’s left of conservatism it can’t die fast enough. To hell with this. And I mean that literally since that’s where this filth comes from.

Prayer Request

By Adam Minihan | July 19, 2014

A reader writes: Please ask your readers to pray for my cousin, M. She has had an aneurysm, and is in the hospital. Father, grant your complete healing in body, soul, and spirit to M.  Give her caregivers grace, compassion, wisdom, counsel, knowledge, understanding, skill and the proper technology to assist in her healing.  Give…

Another terrorist brought to justice

By Adam Minihan | July 19, 2014

Leawood, Kansas cracks down on little kid’s lending library. With the Fourth of July fading from memory, its good to meditate on the freedoms our ancestors bled and died for, such as the freedom to crush small acts of kindness done by children under the jackboot of petty bureaucrats.

Looking Good!

By Adam Minihan | July 19, 2014

Not the Onion: Ariz. Protestors Mistakenly Blockade YMCA Bus Instead Of Migrants ORACLE, Ariz. (AP) — Protesters waved “Return to Sender” signs, shoved a group of mariachi musicians and waited for a bus of immigrant children that the local sheriff told them would arrive. At one point, they briefly halted a bus before realizing it…

CA Judge declares death penalty unconstitutional

By Adam Minihan | July 19, 2014

Another step toward the abolition of the death penalty, which is also a prolife issue if, like the Church, you practice a preferential option for life and ask not “When do we get to kill and harm?” but “How can we limit killing and harming to only those times when it is absolutely necessary?” My…

Reader Greg Mitchell writes

By Adam Minihan | July 18, 2014

about the missionary work he is helping with in Central America and Tanzania. We have had two sets of missionary volunteers come in already. Our big focus this month is getting our St. Francis Emmaus Center up and running again after we moved to a larger facility. Here is our web link: http://stbryce.org/emmaus-center/ And here…

6 Ways to Cultivate the Virtue of Humility

By Adam Minihan | July 18, 2014

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist, there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. —St. Augustine If you’ve read this blog for any time at all, you’ll know that I speak frequently about the importance of humility. The saints…

A reader has a problem…

By Adam Minihan | July 18, 2014

…with “all or nothing” devotional language–over at the Register.

Good Soviets Will Now Repeat: “Archie Died For Our Sins”

By Adam Minihan | July 18, 2014

Oh Bruh-ther: Archie Andrews Dead: Comic Hero Shot Saving Gay Friend Kevin Keller Since when did Archie comics go from being one step above Bazooka Bubble Gum jokes to Serious Trauma Lit for Professionally Aggrieved Grievance Professionals? The spectacle of Archie RFK’d as a martyr to gay rights is like somebody thinking it’s a good…

What Can We Do to Help the Children at the Border?

By Adam Minihan | July 18, 2014

Here’s what! I am consistently amazed by the generosity of youse guys. You’re the best!