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With Holy Week approaching, I was thinking of sharing a short daily meditation from St. Thomas Aquinas. Nothing from me—just his wisdom—but I’d do my best to walk you through it and help you understand it. Would that interest you?
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I regret that before I converted to the Catholic Church, I didn’t live a Lenten season. There are so many graces to come out of that. The surrender of unhealthy attachments is an obvious one, but also the focus on the eternal and the shortness of our time is such a sobering reflection. I’m a better person for it. I wish I had started sooner.
You never know how important your voice or action is. Only in hindsight may you have a clue. But standing strong for what is dear, steadfast in the winter of our soul, can bring us closer to the aspirations of our founders. Thank you Heather Cox Richardson for telling the stories of our history that give us understanding and hope.
Here is another voice today, Janet Yellen, published in Rupert Murdoch's own Wall Street Journal.
Title: Bidenomics is working for the Middle Class.
Gift link below.
Even a Rupert Murdoch owned entity is admitting the truth. I am still recovering from the shock.
Maybe Prof. Richardson has penetrated the darkest of minds? Rupert Murdoch's.
Thanks Mike. I cut and pasted the column as it is behind a paywall for many of us.
The American economy has improved significantly over the past year, especially for the middle class. In December 2022, I shared my optimism in these pages about our country’s economic trajectory: We had gotten our economy back on its feet after weathering significant shocks and were poised for growth. It’s now clear that optimism was justified. While some forecasters predicted a 100% chance of recession this year,…
Gary,
Then, I toggled over to the NY Times and found this article.
With the quote:
"And unlike 2020, there’s no guarantee most voters will see President Biden as the safer bet between the two men to bring order back to America — in no small part because Mr. Biden was elected to do so and hasn’t delivered."
I posted a comment that this was a lie and put the Janet Yellen link into the comment.
But, looks like NY Times is now firmly in the make stuff up camp.
The NYT opinion you reference is pure republican rhetoric!
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