Tag Archives: South Africa

A Good Thing a Catholic Congregation is Doing in South Africa

Congregants recently pulled together enough funds to send to university 31 promising students from some of the poorest townships in South Africa: __________ I personally know of a Catholic priest in Southern California who is doing something similar (raising tuition … Continue reading

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Corrective Lesbian Rape in South Africa

The Guardian today reports on a truly horrific phenomenon in South Africa: Gangs of men who target lesbians for rape and humiliation (so as to “correct” their “unnatural” behavior and learn how to enjoy men and be “normal girls”). If you can … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin’s “grasp of basic geo-political knowledge had major gaps”: Martin Eisenstadt Outs Himself as the “Africa Country-Continent” Leaker

Martin Eisenstadt, the McCain campaign top advisor who leaked to the press that Sarah Palin was confused, during debate prep, about whether Africa was a continent or a country, reveals today on his blog yet more things that Sarah Palin didn’t … Continue reading

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The Way We Never Were: A Book Review of Susan Jacoby’s “The Age of American Unreason”

I recently read Susan Jacoby’s book, “The Age of American Unreason.” The book is suffused with nostalgia for a time in America when the life of the mind was more valued than it seems to her to be today. Her … Continue reading

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