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A female fencer has refused to compete against a biological man in a tournament at the University of Maryland. She took the knee and laid down her sword. The judges disqualified her. She is a true champion.
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Working on a new creative project involving a lot of research about Zelie Martin (!!!!!! more soon) and man, I just LOVE her.
Wanted to be a nun, but got turned away because of health problems. Didn’t crumble like a cookie but accepted the Lord’s difficult will.
Prayed hard for children, and four of them never saw adulthood. The grief!
Kept a home that was stunning, comforting, and Christ-centered.
Started a business and was so freaking good at it that her husband quit his job to work with her. …
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Priests do not need “permission” or “faculties” to celebrate the TLM. Paul VI never legally mandated the exclusive use of the new missal or legally forbade the continued use of the old missal, and no subsequent valid legislation has done so either. You can find all the information in my article today at Tradition & Sanity. The abuse of c…
I would like to suggest that a factor in the emergence of political polarization has been the decline of local politics. Tip O’Neill famously said that “all politics is local.” In a sense that remains true, but local means by ideology today, not by issues. In Texas, where I live, the majority party in rural areas is trying to shut down their local schools and their voters blithely disregard this fact, so intent are they on ideology. I believe that reinvigorating local government requires allowing local governments mismanage their affairs to some extent so that their constituents will feel that they are truly empowered. It also requires reducing the size of school districts and other political entities so that individuals will feel that their views are influential.