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A Step Backward Is Forward Progress17 Oct

By Fr. John S. Rausch Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s, creatively uses Oreo cookies to explain the federal budget. By making one Oreo equal $10 billion, he can stack 70 Oreos to graphically illustrate the $700 billion budget of the Pentagon. In contrast, he shows that the federal government spends only four-and-a-half Oreos [...]

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“And” Is Another Important Word
by Sr. Mary Schmuck, R.S.M. It impresses me that a number of very short – 2 to 4 letter – words are quite important in communication and especially in thinking. These are words like with, when, to. Another very important one in this small club of words is and. Certainly it is a big one [...]

WITNESS: report on recent session of the General Assembly
  The latest issue of WITNESS is now available. In addition to the front page story recounting the disappointing turn of events regarding informed consent, there is a complete summary of the recent legislative session on the inside pages. In addition to that report, another legislative initiative – securing business tax credits to support K [...]

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