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• October 01, 2009 5:35 PM Hollywood's moral compass By Diogenes

  "Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion," Weinstein said.  That pearl dropped from the lips of Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood impressario, speaking to the

• October 01, 2009 3:34 PM time for personal renewal By Diogenes

  Back in 2004, you may remember, the Springfield (MA) Diocese announced that Bishop Thomas Dupre, "citing health reasons," was opting for early retirement under the provisions of canon

Last six items posted prior to October 01, 2009

• September 29, 2009 12:30 PM fear stalks Africa By Diogenes

  The poor people of Africa face many grave dangers: Hunger. War. Natural disaster. AIDS. Now Tanya Gold, writing in The Guardian, has identified another. First a bit of background. Tanya Gold

• September 29, 2009 9:22 AM when silence means consent By Diogenes

  It's Tuesday morning. You throw open the window to get some fresh air, and can't help overhearing the conversation on your neighbor's porch. Skip, the high-school junior, is talking with his

• September 25, 2009 5:29 PM and even a blind squirrel sometimes finds an ACORN By Diogenes

   Have no fear! This year, the money you toss into the pre-Thanksgiving collection won't be going to ACORN. Nor will it be going to two California groups that favored same-sex marriage. (One of

• September 23, 2009 10:46 AM not his field By Diogenes

   Remember when Rick Warren asked Barack Obama when an unborn child acquired human rights, and the presidential candidate replied that the question was "above my pay grade?" Now Obama

• September 22, 2009 11:04 AM racism at the USCCB? By Diogenes

  Why did so many Catholics object to Notre Dame's decision to honor President Obama? That's easy: racism. That, at least, was the message that Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis delivered to an

• September 22, 2009 9:09 AM The R word By Diogenes

  You know the smear. If you're white and disagree with Obamacare, you're a RACIST. If you're black and disagree with Obamacare, you're an Uncle Tom, and deserve a beating for being an uppity negro.