Jeanie Hannaman

January 27, 2025

Excellence and Catholic Education, by David G Bonagura, Jr.

By David G Bonagura, Jr., The Catholic Thing - “Excellence,” along with its cousin “success,” is the most overused word in education. It adorns mission statements and admission pitches at all levels of both Catholic and secular schools, seeking to convince prospective students to enroll and prospective donors to give. The Catholic elementary school where I was educated, to name but one, had a citation on its outdoor sign: “A National School of Excellence.” The honor was bestowed by some accrediting agency that somehow wielded the majestic power to define what is excellent.

January 27, 2025

WATCH! The Left’s Sin Is of Omission and Lost Opportunity, by Victor Davis Hanson (6 minutes)

By Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal - And so there was a sin of omission: what we didn’t do because we were spending on DEI and commission. We were discriminating against people and robbing ourselves of talent. Bottom line is the corrective... The remedy for this malady is going to be expensive, and that’s what the Left is glomming onto, but they’re forgetting that the malady itself that they cause was far more expensive than the cure.

January 27, 2025

The Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations: Jesus Frees Us from Satan’s Power

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:22-3022 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons." 23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. ....

January 27, 2025

The Erosion of Birth, John M. Grondelski, Ph.D.

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report - At one time, “birth” was supposedly a bright line that separated and differentiated a “clump of tissue” from a “person.” But that line has been eroding, as evidenced by the failure of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act to pass this last week... On January 22nd, the United States Senate could not find 60 senators to vote to overcome a filibuster and pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act. Although S.6 garnered a majority–52-47–it needed 60 votes to pass. Every Republican voted for it (except Tennessee Sen. Bill Haggerty, who was absent); every Democrat voted against it.