Category: The Christian Review 2015
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Governor Christie — Go to Green Bay!
Deal W. Hudson January 8, 2015 Following the victory of the Dallas Cowboys over the Detroit Tigers, longtime Cowboy’s fan, Gov. Chris Christie, gave Jerry Jones a hug — Jones is the owner of the Cowboys. Since Christie was sitting in the owner’s box his impetuous embrace was caught on TV and broadcast to the…
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A Writer Who Questions Whether or Not Jesus is Real
Deal W. Hudson January 10, 2015 Madeline St John (1941-2006), pronounced “sin-gin,” is a writer who never caught on in the United States, and I’m not sure why. Perhaps it was her early death in 2006. When Carroll & Graf published three of her novels in the late 90s, I was certain American readers would…
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Obama’s Decision Was Repugnant
Deal W. Hudson January 12, 2015 I really don’t understand this President. It’s one thing to say, I don’t like this President, or I don’t agree with this President, but to say, I don’t understand this President, is even more alarming to me. Obama’s decision not to accept the invitation of French President François Hollande, to…
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St. Thomas Aquinas Came to My Ambulance
Deal W. Hudson January 28, 2015 The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas I would guess that most Catholics look at the sanctity of St. Thomas Aquinas as primarily an intellectual charism, given that he was the greatest Christian intellectual of the Middle Ages, a period of over 800 years. I had viewed St. Thomas in…
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The Near-Fatal Flaw in My Education
Deal W. Hudson March 2, 2015 I’ve always viewed myself as classically educated, a proponent of the “Great Ideas” and the “Great Books.” In fact, I spent three summers as the Mortimer Adler Fellow at the Aspen Institute, working side by side with the great man himself. As a college professor for 15 years, I…
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Challenges Facing Catholic Voters in the 2016 Election
Deal W. Hudson March 11, 2015 Anyone who wishes to understand the Catholic vote needs to recognize two things from the start. First, there is no reliable “Catholic block” of voters, but there is a sizable group of white Catholic moderates who “swing” back and forth from one party to the other. They can determine…
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10 Ways Catholics Can Elect the Next President
Deal W. Hudson March 13, 2015 The 2016 election will be decisive for the future of our nation. Eight more years of leadership such as we have witnessed under Obama will stamp our culture so deeply it would take a century to undo the damage. What damage, you ask? Eight more years will bring an…
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The God Who Died
Deal W. Hudson April 2, 2015 What kind of “God” could die? If you think about it and apply your common sense, a God is something perfect, eternal, present to everything, lacking nothing. That which we call “God” cannot suffer anything, much less death. Yet, we are fast upon the day when our God, the…
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The Sacrifice, a Poem by George Herbert (1633)
Deal W. Hudson April 3, 2015 From The Temple (1633), by George Herbert The Sacrifice OH all ye, who passe by, whose eyes and minde To worldly things are sharp, but to me blinde; To me, who took eyes that I might you finde: Was ever grief like mine? The Princes of my people make a head…
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Campy Intellectuals and the Great Books
Deal W. Hudson April 10, 2015 I love lists. For many years I have sought out lists of the best novels, films, golf courses, men’s clothing shops, hat shops, electronic stores, and musical recordings, among other enthusiasts. And it’s well worth the effort, especially at the end of the year when the “Best of…” lists…
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