David Letterman's recent outrageous display of poor taste and insensitivity regarding Sarah Palin's daughter, Willow, and the liberal press' defense of it, points to a larger cultural issue -- our nation has grown hard of heart.
Civility has been bartered for crudeness, courtesy for contempt, and politeness for self-aggrandisement. In the end, hardness of heart leads to a complete disregard for the human person and reduces him to nothing more than a joke's punchline -- or much worse.
Consider the incident involving the teens who attacked another teen this week, beat her up, and cut and torched her hair. Or the unconscionable murder of the Holocaust museum security guard, Stephen Johns, by James von Brunn.
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Some years ago I overheard a father talking to his child. It seems the little tyke had done something he shouldn't have done and the father was reprimanding him for his disobedient choice. What struck me about the conversation was the dad's choice of words, his gentle tone of voice and his loving disposition. It was clear that in the midst of the admonition this father was communicating to his son love, encouragement, faith, and hope.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician organization, has announced that it will not support President Obama’s government-sponsored insurance plan, a position that is considered to be a setback for advocates of a public insurance plan.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The state of Massachusetts sponsored another “transgender prom” in Boston City Hall for middle and high school age youth. Eyewitnesses said the event was heavily infiltrated by older homosexuals who openly courted young people attending the event.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic for Swine Flu after documenting the spread of the A/H1N1 virus to 74 nations where more than 300,000 people have been infected and 141 have died.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
During a meeting with a member of the Senate Steering Committee, Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor said she does not share the Catholic Church’s position on abortion and has never given much thought to whether or not the unborn have rights.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A bill authorizing the funding of a new State Department office that will promote abortion and homosexuality overseas was able to pass the House in spite of efforts by conservative members of both parties to stop it. It will now be up to the Senate to stop it.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
An Italian woman who arrived late for the Air France plane flight that crashed in the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Even though the U.S. Catholic population increased during 2008, the number of adult conversions to Catholicism declined nine percent last year.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
A representative of a major homosexual activist organization has revealed that the U.S. Senate is attempting to smuggle a controversial hate crimes bill into federal law by passing it as an amendment to another piece of legislation.
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