RUSSIA Members of Robert Mueller’s team of investigators have been engaged in questionable, partisan-like behavior. And the media has several times hyped salacious headlines, only to retract the stories. It’s given the White House a major counterargument. http://cvote.it/2AJqtKi
RELIGION SHUT OUT A federal judge more or less said ‘bah humbug.’ Washington DC’s transit authority can refuse to run Christmas ads from the Archdiocese of Washington, a federal judge ruled. http://cvote.it/2AJMeK1
FEAR OF GOD? This time it’s a liberal politician who is citing God. California Gov. Jerry Brown said: “I don’t think President Trump has a fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads one to more humility… this is such a reckless disregard for the truth and for the existential consequences that can be unleashed.” Disregard for the truth? This coming from the same governor who signed a bill recognizing a third gender. http://cvote.it/2AKfAI2
QUOTE OF THE DAY “One irony of recent American politics is that the exodus of wage-earning whites from the Democratic party has tended to make the rump of white Democratic voters more affluent, better educated, and more doctrinaire leftist,” writes Pete Spiliakos, “Liberalism and the Wrath of the Privileged Whites.” http://cvote.it/2ALeyve
HARASSMENT SCANDALS “The power imbalance between wealthy TV executives or anchors and younger women fueled much of the misconduct. But the dirty deeds also thrived in an atmosphere of immorality, in a business that worships celebrity and sex appeal but barely covers religion,” writes EWTN’s Lauren Ashburn. http://cvote.it/2AL3HBO
HOLLYWEIRD It’s not just the content on Disney Channel that is questionable. “Have you considered the number of child stars who have gone from Disney into rehab? We have DUI’s, meth, cocaine, heroin, and that’s not all,” asks Erick Erickson. http://cvote.it/2AKZMF6
PRAYER TRANSLATIONS “Why I oppose changing the English translation of the Our Father,” by Msgr. Charles Pope. http://cvote.it/2AIurCF
100 YEARS This week Boys Town celebrates 100 years of rebuilding lives of young people. “There are no bad boys. There is only bad environment, bad training, bad example, bad thinking,” said Father Edward Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town in Nebraska. http://cvote.it/2AJPQeV
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Damasus I – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “Our God will come to save us!” (Isaiah 35:4) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
CHILDREN A new Lego Mass set helps bring the faith to children. http://cvote.it/2AJFHPd