Jaroslav Pelikan, a historian of Christianity, made an important distinction that is helpful to remember: “Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.”

A great piece from Cardinal Cupich.
www.chicagocatholic.com/cardinal-bla...

I often wonder what America would be like if the Catholic Church had spent as much time, money, and theological effort to support gun control as it did to defeat abortion.

Baby Dolphin Break

Today, 4 hedge fund managers on Wall St. earn more in a year than every kindergarten teacher in America combined.

Teachers: join us for a town hall tomorrow w/ leaders from the AFT & NEA to discuss the enormously important issue of raising teacher pay & saving public education.

Smaller countries say they hope the U.N. court's ruling will be a turning point in international climate negotiations. The climate minister of the island nation of Vanuatu said it's "a very important course correction in this critically important time."

It's actually from the Book of Acts (4:34-35; 11:29) 👍

This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

Can we just seize the Russian assets already and give them to Ukraine?

Good lord just do it

Spending a month on Bluesky has created a whole new model of a fight we need to be having right now. Not liberal vs. conservative or whatever, but respect vs manipulation.

I am tired of being manipulated everywhere I go. That’s why I like it here, I feel like I’m in charge for once.

Ban pharmaceutical ads!

I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.

Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.

Imma need some of you to think about thriving out of spite. I had big plans for 2025 and I’m definitely not gonna pre-derail them for likes of Elin and Tromp. I’m getting more involved. Loving harder. Writing hornier. Having more fun. I’m gonna be so kind to my neighbors, bitch.