Stuff below the fold

A new book by the son of the last pre Nazi chancellor of Austria paints a picture slightly different from that perceived in the west.

The socialists hated the Catholics more than Hitler, so guess who won?

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The UKTelegraph suggests rewriting the story of the Reformation.

Heh. Foxe's book of martyrs was government subsidized propaganda, and Guy Fawkes was framed in a witch hunt. Who wudda thot?

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I don' t know if the US MSM is covering it,, but the Catholics there are having 14 days of prayer for freedom of religion.

Professor Chaput links the dots of how the intellectual fads of today are marginalizing religion: natural law tradition is ignored, religion morphs to private prejudice, and voila, government can shut down bigotry.

he then goes on to blast the bishops for letting this happen by trying to be nice, not making hard decisions, and letting the good news be watered down so much that the young now lack the moral vocabulary to discuss such issues.
Well, he should know: He's trying to clean up Uncle Tony's messes.


Twenty years ago I noted the same thing in medical ethics, when bioethicsts were taken over by the PC, and arguments from Hippocrates or religion were no longer discussed except to reject them as old fashioned...

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Hanson sees Jimmy Carter redux in the election of radical Islamicists to the government of Egypt.

I see the repeat of the riots of the 1960's if the President doesn't get reelected.
sigh.

The stakes go up: A Chinese commercial vessel "accidentally" rammed some Filipino fishermen, and then left them to die in the water. A few days later, several survivors were picked up.

The Filipino boat was moored on an artificial reef because of engine trouble. So why would a commercial vessel travel so close to an artificial reef?

and why is the Chinese embassy more upset at the bad publicity in the report than in trying to find and punish the errant captain?

but it's not just us: Vietnam is also protesting a Chinese grab of one of their islands.

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