Links for 5/14/19

Links for 5/14/19
CUA, Napa and Burke  are all second rate. The better question is, who cares?  Faith entertains doubt. It is only loyalty that is shaken by it. That is why Burke and his ilk are in panic mode. The Trump Evangelicals are also whistling past the graveyard. For the record, the Congregationalists who were here at the founding would not recognize the Southern Baptists as fellow travelers. The sad thing is, Burke does. The pre-Vatican II believers still reject Darwin. I would love both flavors to cope with a text that covers how Genesis was not dictated to Moses but was instead a monotheistic retelling of the Sumarian/Babylonian epics. They would sue to block the curriculum.

Three cheers for the next governor of Indiana, who makes the point that identity and economics are not mutually exclusive. Without such an understanding, we would never have had Moynihan and O'Neal, who both knew where to be March 17th. Berkowitz is no stranger to identity politics where Israel is concerned.

The neoliberals chase the donations. It is why the Democratic left will eventually go elsewhere.  The DNC likes both money and Biden for now. Biden will be up against Pelosi VP for nomination, be made Speaker in time to take over in August or will face Pence next year.

The left needs to declare victory on abortion and explain why this is so. Dann the fundraising and full speed ahead. That being said, prayer as protest was condemned by Jesus. It is not to be a tool of oppression. It dishonored Our Lady to do so.