Sorry, RC, I disagree with both you and John! I know it seems like Eric and I are waxing Sean Hannity's car over here, but it's difficult to have strictly Catholic posts when so many ancillary topics affect the life of Catholics these days. We have an upcoming election where the Democratic candidate is material heretic, a culture war ongoing since before said Democratic candidate reached puberty, and a multi-front, multi-dimensional war against an age-old enemy of Christendom. This is the civilization that said Democratic candidate and other liberal illuminati loathe. And I count most of the media among the liberal illuminati. I agree that today I may as well have posted some links with the headline "Let's read the Washington Times together," but these topics are more or less relevant to the blog.
I believe we can appreciate how all this issues do fit into a larger context: the Church Militant must minister and evangelize in the present age, fight its enemies both internal and external, and above all remain faithful to Christ its Head. Could we be connecting these points better? I suppose so. But let's confuse take morality and faith out of political discourse as they would have us do.
Now I'm going to write something very snarky about the Becker Litany of the Saints and how Marty Haugen should give up music for a career in Antartic Horticulture.
Normally, I would agree with RC, but right now I want you guys to cover this. I think it's extraordinarily important.
To the contrary, Sal! apparently you don't disagree with me: I think posts about politics in connection with the faith and morality are OK, but I felt the tone was a bit relentless.
And you do understand that this site isn't The Office of Readings of the WashTimes (not that there would be anything wrong with that!)
But anyway, I don't imagine myself to be a policy-maker for this blog: I still defer to the founders, the Schultz brothers, including Steve, when he chooses to show up in the comments.
Personally I think the greatest threat to the Church in America (or anywhere else) is not Islam, not Margaret Sanger, not the Masons, not rampant anti-catholicism, not the Bishops..........................but the Democratic party.