December Archive

Two options: compliance or punishment

Sheila Liaugminas | 15 December 2009

At least eight Russo-German families in Salzkotten, Germany, have suffered heavy fines and now their fathers have been sentenced to prison… just because they exercised their parental discretion in choosing what their children should be exposed to in the delicate discussion of human sexuality.

Seems like such a simple thing

Sheila Liaugminas | 14 December 2009

In many parts of the world communities have no clean water, and therefore no sanitation, which leads to all sorts of dire problems.

Media pollution

Sheila Liaugminas | 14 December 2009

Pope Benedict asked the Copenhagen summit on climate change to consider another way the air gets dirtied, and we’re all familiar with it.

Our disappointment is encouraging

Sheila Liaugminas | 14 December 2009

A lot of Americans are disgusted by media saturation coverage of the Tiger Woods scandal and all his alleged mistresses and the loss of at least some of his endorsement contracts and what all those big corporations may do if they haven’t bailed out yet, and whether there’s even more to come out about the man’s stunning fall from grace.

Bigotry and extremism

Sheila Liaugminas | 14 December 2009

They’re in the eye of the beholder….the bullseye, when the media are concerned. And they are concerned…

Fads begin from the top down

Sheila Liaugminas | 14 December 2009

Movements, from the bottom up.

Headlines you aren’t seeing

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 December 2009

Christian churches are under attack at an epidemic rate right now. Why aren’t we hearing about this?

What a disconnect

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 December 2009

So we have this manger scene which of course is all about the birth of the child at the center of Christianity and the ‘life and light’ he brought into the world, and besides all the other controversies over where it can’t be displayed, now there’s a new one.

What does an ‘inclusive’ Christmas mean?

Sheila Liaugminas | 09 December 2009

Several years ago, certain individuals came forward formally complaining of harm from merely having to be around Christmas observations. Especially nativity scenes, which really offended them.

Senate Democrats give in

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 December 2009

The United States Senate succumbed to pressure from the abortion lobby and voted 54-45 for the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade

Slavery and abortion

Sheila Liaugminas | 08 December 2009

They are directly analogous, declaring an entire class of human beings as unworthy of rights and ‘personhood’.

We knew this would happen

Sheila Liaugminas | 07 December 2009

When Ireland was forced to hold another vote in October on the Lisbon Treaty, giving the European Parliament sweeping power and authority over individual nations, its promoters promised Irish voters the new authority would not affect the Irish constitution, and that Ireland would maintain its sovereignty in constitutionally protected rights.

The greater Tiger Woods lesson

Sheila Liaugminas | 07 December 2009

Now, while we all might agree that adultery is not a desirable thing, we must recognize that it is often a difficult choice in the life of a man…

Some oxymoronic health care cuts

Sheila Liaugminas | 07 December 2009

The New York Times points out in this piece that home health care is yet another type of service that will suffer when Medicare takes a big hit in health care legislation, in all likelihood.

Glossary for media usage

Sheila Liaugminas | 04 December 2009

That the major media have redefined words beyond their original meaning is not news, though it would be to them, if only they got it.

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