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He Isn't Christ the Senior Adviser | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Friday, 20 November 2009 15:00

Christ the KingFor all that we proclaim our love of "democracy" and regard monarchs as relics of the past, at all times and in various ways we show our desire for a royalty called the King.

 
Union May File Grievance Over Boy Scout Volunteer | Print |  E-mail
Written by Bruce Walker   
Friday, 20 November 2009 07:00

Nick Balzano, the President of the Allenton, Pennsylvania, chapter of the Service Employees International Union, told the Allentown City Council on Tuesday that his union may file a grievance against the city for allowing Kevin Anderson, a Boy Scout working on his Eagle Badge, to clear a 1,000-foot walking and biking path at Kimmets Lock Park.

 
The Laundry Police: No-hanging Restrictions | Print |  E-mail
Written by Ann Shibler   
Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:13

Before the invention of clothes dryers, wet clothes were hung out in the sunshine to dry on lines strung up in many backyards. The sunshine kept clothes white, and provided that fresh, clean smell, especially noticeable when snuggling into bed at night with sheets directly off the clothes lines.

 
When 'Elvis' McCormack Has Left the Building | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Thursday, 12 November 2009 09:55

On Saturday, November 7, an important three hours were spent at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. It was a forum on “Catholics in the Public Square.”

 
What About "Our" Freedom? | Print |  E-mail
Written by Jack Kenny   
Thursday, 12 November 2009 06:55

In the early days of the Clinton administration, Vice President Al Gore was assigned the task of "Reinventing Government." That inspired that finest of columnists, Joseph Sobran, to ask, "What about reinventing freedom?"