This morning, GorT heard an interesting question regarding the new HHS Secretary’s nomination: Should the GOP put up a fight in her nomination hearings? My personal take on it would be a conditional yes. Conditional in that, there should be … Continue reading →
Even doctors have guns, ah reckon. When Dr. J. was finishing up medical school at New Atlantis Ivory Tower School of Medicine and moving on to a tony Ivy League academic medical center in the Northeast in the late 1990s, … Continue reading →
A thousand monkeys labor at a thousandtypewriters in a dank, dimly lit basementat the Washington Post, churning out editorials,subsisting on a meager diet of E.J. Dionne’s cast off half-empty Courvoisier bottles andRichard Cohen’s beard trimmings. Today’s Washington Post editorial takes … Continue reading →
If it isn’t plainly clear, the lawsuits filed today by over 40 Catholic institutions against the U.S. Federal Government challenging the constitutionality of the HHS Mandate likely puts it in pretty stark terms. The Obama Administration seriously stepped in it … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell is always a great read – enlightening, intelligent and savvy. Here is a quick excerpt. Go read the rest over at the National Review: [President Obama said,] “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would … Continue reading →
The left are grabbing at straws. The most recent meme making the rounds with Dr. J.’s lefty Facebook friends (will they ever stop being a never ending source of material?) is this lil Jon Stewart LOL: One big controversy with … Continue reading →
No, not the great pirate from The Goonies, but rather, Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords, aka the Eye of Polyphemus took on an issue that Dr. J. has been ruminating on all weekend, and that is, “How do you solve … Continue reading →
Operative FRJ wrote in about 3 weeks ago (yeah, Dr. J. sucks) but it is just as timely now.: I continue to be appalled that the Administration consistently refers to contraceptive services as a right. I want to know who … Continue reading →
In a feeble attempt at humor, President Obama’s re-election campaign website’s tumblr page posted the following: This sort of thing chaff’s Dr. J.’s ass. The issue with the HHS Mandate is NOT that Religious organizations are prohibiting employees from using … Continue reading →
The liberals are out in force trying to deflect the furor over the HHS mandate. One would expect no less now that the Catholic Church is openly discussing it from the pulpit and in the media and other religious groups … Continue reading →
The Archbishop of the Washingon Archdiocese sent the following letter out today: Dear Friends, Last Friday President Obama attempted to respond to the strong objections that have been raised by the Catholic Church and other faith communities to the … Continue reading →
Minion ScottO writes in with a tuple of questions spread across three Gormogons: Gentlemen and overlords, Your 3 posts inspired questions, so you get a 3-fer email. First, GorTechie: I recognize the idea of Federal laws superseding State, but if … Continue reading →
Definition of ACCOMMODATION 1 : something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need: asa : lodging, food, and services or traveling space and related services —usually used in plural <tourist accommodations on the boat> <overnight accommodations>b : a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s still fired up about the Obama Administration’s ill-considered decision to cram down its version of morality on the Catholic Church, 2,000 years of carefully considered theological consistency and 224 of American Constitutional law be damned. If anything, ‘Puter’s more … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is going to be perfectly clear. Anything less than total removal of the HHS rule requiring all insurance coverage providing free (not really free, but other people paying for your stuff) contraception, sterilization and most importantly, abortion medications is … Continue reading →
Anna Franzonello over at NRO’s Corner pens a great piece debunking what I’ve heard many liberals spit out in defense of the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate: many states (some claims say 28, some leave it as “many”) already have this … Continue reading →
And ‘Puter chooses freedom. Generations of immigrants have done so, abandoning their old lives, setting off for America’s blessed shores, believing that America’s foundational ideals would enable them, and if not them then certainly their children, to build better lives. … Continue reading →
This opinion piece is from Ross Douthat in the NYT from Sunday regarding HHS’s mandate regarding contraception: A parish would be exempt from the mandate, in other words, but a Catholic hospital would not. Ponder that for a moment. In … Continue reading →
The Obama Administration’s HHS mandate issue is growing. Leaders from not only the U.S. Catholic Church, but also several Protestant churches, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a/k/a Mormons) and some Jewish organizations are beginning to discuss forming … Continue reading →
Operative ME writes in regarding Dr. J.’s post on the new HHS policies yesterday. Dear Dr. J., Excellent post on Catholicism, conscience and contraception. When I first heard of Secretary Sibelius’s proposal to bring to deny religious-affiliated organizations such as … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is beating a dead horse here, but he is utterly offended by the efforts the President has made (and successfully he might at) at undermining religious freedom when it disagrees with his world view. Dr. J. is specifically … Continue reading →
For those who didn’t get the memo. Mr. Romney is crazy rich. He is worth around $200 million, earning $21.7 million dollars last year. He paid $3 million in taxes and gave almost $3 million away to charitable causes. Most … Continue reading →
