Skip to content
JUDIE BROWN COMMENTARY

We need Judie’s timeless wisdom now more than ever!

A Pound of Flesh

A Pound of Flesh

The origin of the phrase “a pound of flesh” is Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. The character Shylock demands payment for a loan, causing Portia, who is making the final judgment in the matter, to say to him, “Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh.” Of interest in the scene is that she specifies to Shylock that he may have flesh but not a drop of blood. Today, the...

read more
Slip-sliding to hell

Slip-sliding to hell

A recent political analysis by Mark Rozell, “GOP resonance with Catholics could well be slip-sliding away,” focused attention on what some describe as a fissure between American Catholic voters and the Republican Party.

read more
Republican Wimps

Republican Wimps

USA Today reports that America is somewhat divided regarding where the act of abortion would stand in relationship to state laws if, in fact, the U. S. Supreme Court tossed Roe v. Wade.

read more

Ask Judie a question!

Ask Judie Brown