Category: CatholiCity 2010
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Mere Taste
Deal W. Hudson November 18, 2010 At present, more rap stars have been killed than abortionists. I was sitting on an airport shuttle bus when I overheard two men in their thirties discussing the second murder of a rap singer. “People need to see that this isn’t just about music,” one said. I think I…
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The Last Institution
Deal W. Hudson December 9, 2010 Some cliches, like some books, seem wise when we are young. Most of the D. H. Lawrence I admired when I was twenty sounds pretty silly to me now. I remember embracing the cliche about the inferiority of institutional religion as opposed to personal “religiousness.” In those days, I…
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Bill Donohue Is Accused of Starting the Fight over Christmas
Deal W. Hudson December 20, 2010 I was putting together my list of “ten most laughable public attacks of 2010” when I received an e-mail newsletter from Chris Korzen and the team at Catholics United. Korzen’s letter – an attack on Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York – was…
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