Culture
The NFL in the crosshairs
The NFL feeding frenzy begins.
Commissioner Roger Goodell better prepare for a long siege. He is now officially politically incorrect. Watch what happens over the weeks, months, and years ahead. The NFL is going to face an onslaught of bad press. They will be able to do nothing right in the eyes of media mavens and an alphabet soup of activist groups.
The campaign against the NFL will mirror the media campaign against the Catholic Church over the priest abuse scandal…
Read MoreCardinal Dolan should step down as Grand Marshall of the St. Patty’s Parade
Many Catholics were surprised when Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York decided to remain as the parade’s Grand Marshall saying, “Neither my predecessors as Archbishop of New York nor I have ever de-termined who would or would not march in this parade . but have always appreciated the cooperation of parade organizers in keeping the parade close to its Catholic heritage.”
Read MoreCommon Core in action
Will homosexual activists ruin the St. Patrick Day’s parade?
“Never in the history of New York’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade have homosexuals been barred from marching, anymore than pro-life Catholics have, but in both cases they were not permitted to have their own unit.”
Read MoreTime to get serious about the culture war
“But now we are being asked to raise toasts and to enjoy a night of frivolity with those who think it is acceptable to abort children by the millions each year, with those who think anal sex is to be celebrated as an expression of love and that LGBTQIA… (I=intersexual, A= Asexual) is actually a form of sanity to which we should tip our hat, and with those who stand four-square against us over religious liberty.”
Read MoreMarcus Tullius Cicero advises modern man
“There are six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is achieved by despoiling others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we don’t know how to accomplish it; Making important choices based on trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the…
Read MoreA fan of “flexible schooling” writes
OK, it took some time for me to arrive at this position, but I am now a huge fan of flexible schooling. We did it the last two years of youngest daughter’s high school and wish we would have started earlier. Technically it is home schooling, but with the mix of online courses and Home School Association classes it is really more like flexible schooling…
Read MoreIn praise of Uber
Millennium Park was a mob scene.
My two sons and I were at the Chicago Jazz Festival soaking up some great music over the weekend. This is the second year in a row we made the trek to Chicago.
The Festival takes place at gorgeous Millennium Park in the breathtaking Jay Pritzker Pavilion. As Friday night’s music wrapped, we decided we needed more jazz and decided to go the Jazz Showcase.
Normally, this would necessitate a cab, as we had our car parked way back at our hotel.
My son told me not to worry.
“Watch this,” he said. He pulled out his iPhone.
Tap, tap, tap went his fingers.
He said, “our ride will be here in a minute.”
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