I'm skipping town for a few days. I should be back in about a week's time. Thanks for visiting with me!

Can you tell me please, who won?
Women are the losers of the sexual revolution
Men are the losers of the sexual revolution

And speaking of the moral imagination:
TV Spirituality
The United Religions Initiative - Foundation for a World Religion
We're So Easy
Cooking the Frog
URI:Intro to Christianity?

Notes from All Over:
The Moscow AirShow

Jubilant Russian officials said the presence of F-15s, F-16s and the B-52 bomber had turned the Moscow air show -- normally a modest affair compared with similar West European displays -- into the most prestigious air event this year.

Drives, desires, and DNA
The Red Planet
Sex Cleanser
Immortality

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio

More odds and ends:
Parenting Styles: a new study reveals stark differences in child-rearing between nations.
Crime and Punishment:US has world's highest incarceration rate

Therapy and Theology
More on the Catholic Scandal
The hijab is a late 20th century invention

Worth noting:
The Rule of Lawyers
UN aims to scrutinise multinationals

Stars: Approaching Negative Population Growth

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In listening to commentary on the blackout, I have noticed that the 2003 blackout is more reminiscent of the blackout of 1965 than the blackout of 1977. I wonder if this should be taken as a sign of hope.

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On a lighter note:
Is Harry Potter Jewish?
(courtesy of Kathy Shaidle)

On a more tragic note:
What do you get when you cross a man and a rabbit? Chinese Chimera

Meanwhile, back on the reservation, "in the name of redressing a great wrong, we are repeating it."

Oh and since Father Todd's blog doesn't seem to be properly posted in the Parish Roll, I'm listing it here:A Son Becomes A Father

One of my favorite bloggers is back in the parish. Stop by Integrity

If you haven't yet done so, check out Secret Agent Man's series of posts on Orestes Brownson and Homosexual Bishops. It explores the relationship between American Democracy and Catholicism

Sooner or later I'm going to have to get around to updating my obsolete perma-links. For now, I rely on Gerard's Parish Roll

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SUFFER THE CHILDREN...
Teens traded for slave labour and sex
And apparently for human sacrifice

"...malignant narcissists make a wild grab for children."
(courtesy of Catholic and Enjoying It)

The only people who win in this case are people who none of us would want as parents.

A Decent End:Church in Spain Proposes Unfreezing of "Spare" Embryos

Lost Objectivity: New England Journal of Medicine