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Links for 12/15/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Archbishop Wenski does a good job of weaving Nativity mythology into the very real immigrant crisis.  Although there is not record of the Holy Innocents, the imagery of the Holy Family alone in Egypt is powerful (even if the family was probably larger than three).



Luckily, repealing the estate tax is a throwaway vote that will never lead anywhere.  Of course, we could stop taxing estates, provided we treat the sale of estate assets as normal income - which would never force anyone to sell an asset for tax reasons, but still treat heirs as anyone else getting money for nothing.  Of coure, people who have money for nothing are the GOP donor base.



I am glad that the negotiators appreciate Francis setting the tone, but the science and the likely fate of island nations are the main reasons for the accord's passing.