I heard Glenn Beck on the radio today and what I heard almost made me stop the car. (Which would have been unfortunate since I was driving down the road at the time. In traffic.) But I thought I heard him imply that the popes of the Catholic Church had begun teaching about social justice after the advent of Marx, and Nietzsche, and progressivism (implying that these are the sources of the teachings of the Church). Continue reading “The Church got her social teachings from Marx and progressives, oh really”
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Rhetoric dangerous to the fabric of our democracy, gimme a break
I just now wrote a letter to Geico about their decision to pull their advertising dollars from Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News. If you haven’t heard, Color Of Change has been organizing folks to write to corporations to urge them to re-direct their advertising money away from Glenn, since he isn’t afraid to say things that certain people don’t want to hear. I told Geico how disappointed I am that they displayed such a lack of courage by “caving in” (I couldn’t resist; and I also didn’t use that in my letter) this way to such tactics of intimidation. Continue reading “Rhetoric dangerous to the fabric of our democracy, gimme a break”
Catholic Heart and Mind 