We Must Identify Our Enemies

We've Set Aside Tens Of Millions Of Acres Of Those Northwestern Forests For Perpetuity. The Unemployment Rate Has Gone Not Up, But Down. The Economy Has Gone Up.

I Am One Of Those People Who Deeply Resents Not Having Been Born In The 19th Century, When There Were Still Open Places To Explore.

When I Was At Notre Dame Studying Under Joe Evans, Frank O'malley, And Others, There Was A Very Lively Debate About The Distinction Between Natural Law And Revealed Truth. Most Of The Philosophers Of Church And State Expected That What Was Going To Be Advocated As The Law Of The Land Would Be Related To Natural Law. If You Attempted To Draw Lines About Certain General Moral Truths That Were Derivative Of Logic And Reason, They Would Prove To Be Widely Shared, And Therefore Suitable To Be Enacted Into Law On Both The Civic And Religious Sides.

If The Bishops Are Saying That It Is Divine Revelation That Seven Percent Of Unemployment Is Morally Unacceptable And That That Is A Teaching Which Must As A Matter Of Faith Be Accepted By All Catholics, I Respectfully Dissent.

City Parks Serve, Day In And Day Out, As The Primary Green Spaces For The Majority Of Americans.