Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Out There - MSNBC Race-Baiters Celebrate Black History Month With "Whitey Week"

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How about this knee slapper? University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler offered her joke, in which she poked fun at her ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

"I Got the Pope Right Here; His Name is Paul . . ."Papal Morning Line from Paddy Power

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The soldiers therefore, when they had crucified him, took his garments, (and they made four parts, to every soldier a part,) and ...

Blue Lightning!

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Last night, in the waning hours of Chicago's forty degree President's Day Holiday, I went out of the house to pick up some good ...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Eric Zorn Cheers for a Pelvic Papacy

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Teaching is tough.  It requires patience, good listening skills and most of all should, anyway, require that the teacher knows something ...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Andy Shaw's BGA Bullshit Boulevard:Chuck E Cheese Deserts Lead to DWB?

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BGA Andy Shaw and the his usual cast of numbers-numbing deep thinkers (Fox-32 Dane Placko and University of Chicago professor of race-bai...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer BroMance in the Moment

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“Those who are most moral are farthest from the problem.”  ―  Saul D. Alinsky ,  Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Rad...
Friday, February 15, 2013

John Coltrane's Son- Isaiah Collier of Chicago High School for Arts

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One of my early morning stops is Bronzeville, where I pick up three Leo students Johnny, Joe and Daylon.  Daylon is a 6'4" fres...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

State Senator Bill Cunningham Voted Yes on Gay Marriage

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My State Senator, William Cunningham , entered the Illinois Legislature as a replacement for Illinois State Representative Kevin Joyce who...

Happy Ballantine's!

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Carl Ballantine of McHale's Navy
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Thank God It's Lent! The Burial of Mrs. Teddy Lent

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Mrs. Theodore Lent  (1834–25 March 1860) buried just the other day. Now, I have done some rotten $hit in my life. Deeds that make me shu...

So, To the SOTU . . .6,500 Words and no mention of Benghazi, or Ambassador Chris Stevens

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I watched the President give a State of the Union (SOTU) address again last night.  It was pretty much what I had expected: 1. The Pre...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Martin Marty's Fedora “How can Catholic education be saved?” - Play Small Ball

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I read an interesting article by University of Chicago scholar Martin E. Marty . The article rather whimsically treats Catholic Schools a...
Monday, February 11, 2013

Eric Zorn calls the Papacy Dysfunctional Institution

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In less time than it usually takes for Eric Zorn to say something really stupid, quicker than a Forrest Claypool job- hop and faster th...

Monstrous Handsome Basketball Manifesto

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Had a bit of ague over the weekend. Thought I'd whine a bit, as is my wont.  I'm a male, you see and, by Jove's huckle, I...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

Charisms in Catholic Schools: Keeping Important Instruments in the Orchestra

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“Knowledge and wisdom seek a covenant with holiness .” Pope John Paul II alluding to St. John Cantius In the introduction to John Sulli...