I saw this story from Reuters
Nintendo Co Ltd sold 666,000 units of its Wii video game console in the United States in June, becoming the country’s best-selling video game console, the company said on Thursday, citing figures from market research firm NPD.
I am wondering why they didn’t report 665,000 or more than 660,000 or even […]
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Yesterday, I discussed how human fulfillment develops in regards to three universal needs - work, love, and God. A society can be diagnosed according to how well it hinders or fosters development in terms of these needs. It is important to realize that these ideas stem from a realist […]
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There are three basic needs each man must satisfy for fulfillment, to achieve his potential. Freud identified two of these (though he is not the first nor is he alone) when he talked about love and work. Saint Benedict had a more complete picture with “ora et labora” […]
For those who can easily make ends meet or who have short or no commutes, the dramatic increase in gasoline prices are a nuisance. For those who are less fortunate, they can be life altering. In a place like Southern California, the lower-middle class, and even the middle class must make difficult decisions […]
The Santa Barbara Independent: Priests Prey, Sisters Pay:
Nuns to Be Evicted: It’s “wrong,” Sister Angela believes, for the small Eastside convent where she’s lived since 1964 to be sold to help pay for the sins of priests accused of molesting children. Sisters of Bethany have been serving the low-income neighborhood since the 1950s, but […]
Silence is an endangered commodity in the modern world. And we may be the worse off for it. Where has all the silence gone?
Do you remember when cell phones first started appearing? I recall feeling sorry for this busy professional in the early ‘80s answer a phone in a grocery store because […]
This week I read Ezra and Nehemiah. And something struck me about the parallel between these two biblical figures and Pope Benedict. Ezra restored right worship of the Lord, and rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem. Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem so the City could be re-established after it had been destroyed. […]
Dale at Dyspeptic Mutterings had a post titled “Past the point of no return”: It is about the rift between the liberal and orthodox Catholics. Here is an excerpt:
“Allen is right that there’s a canyon between the tribes, and the problem is at its root one of trust. But, sadly, he’s wrong to think […]
Here is part three of three (so far) for my birth stories.Part one (Maggie) can be found here.Part two (Mike) can be found here.
This one is fresh in the memory being less than a year ago. I tell you Lynn has become a pro at this thing, and God blessed us with an […]
OC Register - Religious tolerance on display: “Participants held hands to the strains of the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” while 20 white doves were released.”
Yikes! Anyone else concerned that the Baby Boomer generation has left us with a “theology of the Beatles?” Perhaps the UCI Academic Senate is pining for a […]
I read a post on Stephen Bainbridge’s site about Cardinal Mahoney and a report by the LA Times.
This article is about how Cardinal Mahoney should resign because, according to an LA Times article, Cardinal Mahoney had allegedly said two different things in regards to an abuse case. As one of the commenters pointed out, the […]
In Idle speculations: Hybrid embryos: fait accompli?, Terry discusses a rather depressing article: Scientists triumph in battle over ban on hybrid embryos. Here they discuss creating clones by injecting human DNA into animal eggs (so they can get fetal stem cells).It looks to me like the remote possibility of curing Alzheimer’s is more sacred in […]
Edwards apologizes for 2002 war vote - Yahoo! NewsSo Edwards wants to do a mea culpa on the war vote. How wishy washy is this man? Why did he support it in the first place? There was no evidence at the time that justified it, remember - it was part of that wrong-headed preemptive war […]
The upcoming presidential race is already looking unfortunate. The leading candidates on the Democratic side are woefully inadequate when it comes to pro-life and gay agenda issues - no surprise there. In fact, Edwards hired anti-Catholics and refuses to fire them. Obama is dangerous because he wants to talk like he has values, but wants […]
I just watched Nightline (2/22/07), and there was a report of an organization that exemplifies the culture of death and the extreme selfishness in our culture. The company, ironically, is called Abraham Center for Life. This unethical company gets select (PhD) sperm donors, matches them to attractive egg donors and sends the donated eggs and […]
Catholic World News : UN presses Colombia on abortion access: “While commending Colombia for the recent court decision that decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, fetal malformation, or the endangerment of the health of the mother, CEDAW committee members were quick to ask the delegation what the Colombian government’s plans were to ensure compliance with […]
Today is the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. It marked the entry of the US into World War II - one of the most trying times in world history. If ever there was a just war, this was it. Multitudes lost their lives, but when the cause is just, we must […]
The effort to eliminate Christ from the public square is not just a U.S. thing.
Because we live in a free country, it is our right to stand up and shout out that this is wrong. Because we are Christian, it is our duty and our privelege to shout our belief from the mountain tops […]
When I was a teen/twenty-something, I used to wonder why everyone always said “Hi Mom” when they were on TV. Oh you would get the occasional “Hi Dad” or “Hi Mom & Dad” or a random smattering of others. But “Hi Mom” is the standard. Now, never having the opportunity to become a Mom, I […]
News Flash: Al Qaida doesn’t like pope and they don’t like him visiting Turkey.
No surprise here. That whole needing to have reason with your faith just doesn’t work for fanatics.
I have noticed a pattern with the use of the term “Crusader.” This is used derogatorily here and elsewhere when referring to the actions of […]
