Tag: Vice

Vice as Virtue

I used to quip that the best way to eliminate crime was to legalize it. Now vice has almost reached the status of a virtue. What had been considered shoplifting is treated as mere shopping, as long as it is under $900. Randomly beating people up on...

We Lepers

I hope never to make the mistake of using “we” when I mean “I” in my writing. I am often annoyed at writers who believe that because they have some particular vice means we all share it. This certainly annoys me more when I actually share...

At the Foot of the Cross

The usual response to the question, who were the people at the foot of the Cross, is the blessed women and the Apostle John. The three Mary’s and Jesus’ favorite follower were not the only ones there. As Mark’s Gospel tells us, Then the soldiers...

Crises Have Consequences

Covid-19 came to America and the rest of the world without warning and changed our lives in ways never imagined except perhaps in science-fiction. People’s reactions to the crisis have ranged from heroic efforts to serve those vulnerable to the...

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