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Sin of Permission
By Judie Brown We often suspect that there is a hidden agenda within the confines of language. That’s how the cunning operate. A case in point is John Hickenlooper, the 73-year-old United States senator from Colorado. According to news reports, he is a sponsor of the Stop Comstock Act, which would repeal the 1873 “measure that outlaws the mailing of ‘lewd’ and ‘indecent’ literature.” That law...
Hatred Versus Solidarity
By Judie Brown We have seen recently that those in the mobs who shriek, destroy, and bludgeon in our streets represent not rational thought but are themselves filled with hate. They foment hatred because they lack respect for the dignity of the human person,...
Archbishop Gregory and the Science of Loathing
By Judie Brown According to Merriam-Webster, the history of the word ideology comes from “the French writer A.L.C. Destutt de Tracy [who] proposed it as a term to designate the ‘science of ideas,’ and in that sense the word was quickly borrowed into English. . . ....
What Is Freedom?
By Judie Brown In the secular world, freedom is defined by Webster as “the quality or state of being free: such as a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action” and “b: liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another.” But...
Blue States, Red States, and Elderly Fates
By Judie Brown When it comes to so-called red states and blue states, many stark differences exist. Some are economic; some are just disturbing. And while some report that the coronavirus hits the elderly and vulnerable at a higher level in some states more than...
Piece of My Heart
By Judie Brown Janis Joplin’s iconic song “Piece of My Heart” was never intended to be about literally stopping a beating heart. Rather, it was about a heart breaking due to unrequited love. But in the world of abortion-on-demand, where preborn babies are fair game,...
Dumb and Dumber
By Judie Brown A wave of inane media comments crossed through my e-mail this week. It is enough to make one wonder if the pandemic has created massive brain malfunctions among certain of the citizenry. The comments remind me of the 1994 movie Dumb and Dumber, and...