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from Catholic News Agency
Concerns of 'anti-Catholic bigotry' as judicial nominee questioned about faith
A Catholic nominee to a federal circuit court faced hostile questions about her faith from U.S. senators on Wednesday, prompting outrage from Catholic leaders. “This smacks of the worst sort of anti-Catholic bigotry,” Dr. Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America, told CNA of questions asked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) of Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic lawyer nominated to be a federal circuit court judge. “Senator Feinstein's shockingly illegitimate line of questioning sends the message that Catholics need not apply as federal judges,” added Ashley McGuire, senior fellow with The Catholic Association.
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A Catholic nominee to a federal circuit court faced hostile questions about her faith from U.S. senators on Wednesday, prompting outrage from Catholic leaders. “This smacks of the worst sort of anti-Catholic bigotry,” Dr. Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America, told CNA of questions asked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) of Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic lawyer nominated to be a federal circuit court judge. “Senator Feinstein's shockingly illegitimate line of questioning sends the message that Catholics need not apply as federal judges,” added Ashley McGuire, senior fellow with The Catholic Association.
from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Houston's Lack of Zoning Laws Will Help It Rebuild
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, commentators have been quick to blame Houston’s lack of traditional zoning for the storm’s damage. Last week, I provided some evidence that lack of zoning is not the cause of Houston’s problems. But commentators have been equally quick to minimize the various benefits that accompany Houston’s limited zoning. Thanks to limited zoning, Houston could accommodate housing needs more quickly and cheaply than other cities. These benefits will become increasingly apparent as Houstonians rebuild. The truth is that limited zoning means more opportunity, more low-cost housing, and less politically-motivated and exclusionary policies. That’s good every day, but especially good in case of an emergency.
The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies
"How can people hate me, when they don't even know me?" This is the question that drives the subject of a fantastic new documentary on Netflix called "Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race, and America," directed by Matt Ornstein. For the past 30 years, soul musician Daryl Davis has been traveling the country in search of an answer in the most dangerous way possible for a black man in America: by directly engaging with members the Ku Klux Klan.
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from First Things
Religions are not timeless—but neither are they unable to transcend the time from which they sprang. All good Catholics know that nominalism is a Bad Thing. Nominalism is the substitution of “names” for universal “natures” as a tool for explaining the world. We need to name or label natural objects, put them into mental filing systems, in order to organize our world into tidy universal categories and patterns—but we have no way of knowing, the nominalist says, what “real” natures underlie those patterns and categories. Maybe there is no universal nature, and the pattern is invented by us for the sake of convenience; or maybe there is a pattern, but it is obscure to human eyes. Catholics shouldn’t necessarily employ their anti-nominalism when analyzing Hinduism or Islam.
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from The Hill
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, newspaper in Washington, D.C.Trump Jr. took meeting with Russian lawyer to judge Clinton's 'fitness': statement
Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday morning told Senate investigators that he accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton to determine the Democratic presidential nominee's "fitness" for office, according to an opening statement reported by The New York Times. “To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out,” he said. “Depending on what, if any, information they had, I could then consult with counsel to make an informed decision as to whether to give it further consideration.”
Report: Fox News will not hire Spicer
Fox News is joining CNN in refusing to hire Sean Spicer — a major break in tradition following the hiring of every former White House press secretary under President Obama by cable news networks.
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from The Huckleberry Press
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from Liberty Writers
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from The Living Church
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
ACNA in Ecumenical Ambit
Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the Anglican Communion’s secretary general, has stressed that the Anglican Church of North America is not a province of the Anglican Communion. “It is simply not true to say that ACNA is part of the Anglican Communion,” he told Anglican Communion News Service during a meeting of the Communion’s standing committee. “To be part of the Communion, a province needs to be in communion with the See of Canterbury and to be a member of the Instruments of the Communion. ACNA is not in communion with the See of Canterbury, and has not sought membership” in the instruments. There is a long-standing process by which a province is adopted as a province of the Communion. It was a great joy for me to see Sudan go through this process and it was a privilege to be in Khartoum in July to see it become the 39th member of the Communion. ACNA has not gone through this process. ACNA is a church in ecumenical relationship with many of our provinces. But that is also true of many churches, including the Methodist, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches.”
The baptismal covenant, the norm of adult baptism, and mission
Liturgical scholar Louis Weil recently recalled predicting that the Episcopal Church would need at least 50 years to implement the revisions of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.[1] One key area that still requires implementation is the revised baptismal liturgy, and particularly its baptismal covenant.
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Tell Me Your Limiting Beliefs
What’s Keeping You Back From Becoming the Best You? A limiting belief is a belief (usually an “is” statement like, “people are,” “life is,” “I am,” “Work is,”) that prevents you from taking action on something you would like to achieve, whether that’s getting a promotion, changing a job, asking somebody out, getting fit, etc. They permeate our psychology.
Magazine of The Living Church Foundation (Anglican)
ACNA in Ecumenical Ambit
Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the Anglican Communion’s secretary general, has stressed that the Anglican Church of North America is not a province of the Anglican Communion. “It is simply not true to say that ACNA is part of the Anglican Communion,” he told Anglican Communion News Service during a meeting of the Communion’s standing committee. “To be part of the Communion, a province needs to be in communion with the See of Canterbury and to be a member of the Instruments of the Communion. ACNA is not in communion with the See of Canterbury, and has not sought membership” in the instruments. There is a long-standing process by which a province is adopted as a province of the Communion. It was a great joy for me to see Sudan go through this process and it was a privilege to be in Khartoum in July to see it become the 39th member of the Communion. ACNA has not gone through this process. ACNA is a church in ecumenical relationship with many of our provinces. But that is also true of many churches, including the Methodist, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic churches.”
The baptismal covenant, the norm of adult baptism, and mission
Liturgical scholar Louis Weil recently recalled predicting that the Episcopal Church would need at least 50 years to implement the revisions of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.[1] One key area that still requires implementation is the revised baptismal liturgy, and particularly its baptismal covenant.
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from Medium
Tell Me Your Limiting Beliefs
What’s Keeping You Back From Becoming the Best You? A limiting belief is a belief (usually an “is” statement like, “people are,” “life is,” “I am,” “Work is,”) that prevents you from taking action on something you would like to achieve, whether that’s getting a promotion, changing a job, asking somebody out, getting fit, etc. They permeate our psychology.
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from New York Times
Senate Votes to Raise Debt Limit and Approves $15 Billion in Hurricane Relief
The Republican-led Senate on Thursday approved legislation to raise the debt limit and keep the government funded until December while providing $15 billion in disaster aid, giving a reluctant stamp of approval to the surprising deal that President Trump struck with Democratic congressional leaders. The Senate approved the measure 80 to 17. All of the senators voting no were Republicans.
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from Open Culture
Education Website
The Top 100 American Films of All Time, According to 62 International Film Critics
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Wildfires Burning Through the West Are Terrifying—and Necessary, Too
Fire is not destruction; it’s renewal. It turns out we were doing fire control all wrong. Scientists now understand that western forests evolved with fire and require it to be healthy. Fire isn’t destruction; it’s renewal. The mosaic of forest types left behind in fire’s capricious path create stronger, more diverse ecosystems rich with life. Western forests need fire like rainforests need rain.
The Top 100 American Films of All Time, According to 62 International Film Critics
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from Sierra Magazine
Fire is not destruction; it’s renewal. It turns out we were doing fire control all wrong. Scientists now understand that western forests evolved with fire and require it to be healthy. Fire isn’t destruction; it’s renewal. The mosaic of forest types left behind in fire’s capricious path create stronger, more diverse ecosystems rich with life. Western forests need fire like rainforests need rain.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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from The Washington Post
In major Supreme Court case, Justice Dept. sides with baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple
In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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