Steven Riddle of Flos
Carmeli has added a couple verses to the Litany of Blog humility. There are
also some good lines in the comment box at his site.
This article by Thomas Sowell describes the history
of modern education and contains the following:
None
of these failing educational fads was unique to China. They went back to the
teachings of John Dewey, whose “progressive” ideas shaped developments in
American schools � and especially American schools of education, where future
teachers were trained. Moreover, Dewey’s ideas were tried out on a large scale
in the Soviet Union in the 1920s, before they had achieved similar influence in
the United States. During a visit to the Soviet Union in 1928, Dewey reported
“the marvelous development of progressive educational ideas and practice under
the fostering care of the Bolshevik government.” He noted that the Soviets had
broken down the barriers between school and society, which he had urged others
to do, and said, “I can only pay my tribute to the liberating effect of active
participation in social life upon the attitude of the students.”
Phil Donahue hits the Nielson low of .1. But
will MSNBC drop him or will they let him linger on? ABC let the show “Nothing
Sacred” stay on for two years even though it had the worst ratings, so ideology
sometimes triumphs over ratings. MSNBC dropped the “Alan Keyes is making sense”
show despite it getting higher ratings than anything else they ever had at that
time slot.
… My mother said:
“Son, as far as I am concerned, nothing in this life now gives me pleasure. I do
not know why I am still here, since have no further hopes in this world. I did
have one reason for wanting to live a little longer: to see you become a
Catholic Christian before I died. God has lavished his gift s on me in that
respect, for I know that you have even renounced earthly happiness to be his
servant. So what am I doing here“
…”Bury my
body wherever you will; let not care of it cause you any concern. One thing only
I ask you, that you remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may
be” — Confessions of St. Augustine
God of mercy,
comfort of
those in sorrow,
the tears of Saint Monica moved you
to convert her son
Saint Augustine to the faith of Christ.
By their prayers, help us to turn
from our sins
and to find your loving forgiveness. — Liturgy of the
Hours
Praise to all of those parents who have wept bitter tears for the conversion
of their children and
I would especially like to thank my mother who has wept
many tears over me.
On a lighter note, I live in the diocese of St.
Augustine in Florida. St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States and
is where the first Mass was celebrated. The first ship that came here sighted
land on the eve of the feast of St. Augustine. Now I think that it is a cruel
joke that the city named after his mother, Santa Monica, is on the opposite
coast. At least their feast days are next to each other.
I am now trying out the third commenting system in a week. The first was
unbearably slow and the last one net comments seems to have dropped of the face
of the web; so now I a trying haloscan. I
say this as a warning to other bloggers using haloscan since now that I have
switched to it, it is doomed and probably won’t last throughout the week. I have
also added some other blogs to my bloghood of the faithful listing.
You can take a
drink whenever the following occurs:
Note: This game is absolutely
safe for tee-totalers, Southern Baptists, members of AA, and those with
allergies to alcohol.
David Alexander of Man with
Black hat: Praising Voice of the Faithful for their orthodoxy.
Schultz brothers of Catholic
Light: Talking about the great beauty and theological truths found in songs from
the hymnal published by OCP.
Eve Tushnet Blogging on a topic in
under a paragraph.
Mark
Shea Posts without sarcasm
Victor Lams of et cetera: Not laughing
while reading his blog.
David Morrison of Sed Contra: When
he becomes the moderator for Dignity.
Mark Sullivan of Ad Orientem: Blogs about
wishing that all Cathedrals were modeled after the new Los Angeles
Cathedral.
Fr. Sibley of
Saintly Salmagundi: His Bishop apologizes for silencing him and encourages him
to write about his seminary experiences.
Man
bills court prior to jury duty
The reluctant
juror wrote to the court that he interprets the summons as a contract for his
professional services for August. He asked for payment of $16,800 within the
month. “Please be as prompt with payment as you were with your order,”
Williamson wrote.
So much for the duties and responsibilities of
being a citizen.
Scouts use ‘Don’t ask,
don’t tell
They are now updating their motto to “Be Prepared and
don’t mention you sexual preference”