Conservatism’s Inevitable Conversion to Catholicism 06/16/2021 at 3:03 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Jessica Kramer, Crisis, June 16, 2021
If Catholicism, in the end, managed to elude the political hatred it engenders, I have almost no doubt that this same spirit of the age which seems so opposed to it would become supportive and that it would suddenly achieve extensive conquests. Alexis de Tocqueville
Almost two centuries ago, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted that Americans would either totally abandon Christianity or convert to Catholicism, writing, “our descendants will tend increasingly to divide into only two parts, some leaving Christianity entirely and the others embracing the Church of Rome.”
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KINGSTON – With nearly double the votes at the polls Saturday, Ken Moalli will be collecting taxes in Kingston going forward.
In unofficial voting, Moalli received 491 votes to 236 votes for Jessica Kramer in the race to become Kingston’s next collector of taxes.
In a race between two newcomers running to serve on the Kingston School Committee, Megan Cannon received 426 votes to 168 for Katina Bedard.
Silver Lake Regional School Committee appointee Emily Davis was chosen by voters to complete the last two years of a three-year term with 345 votes to 188 for Emma Rose Morgan. Leslie-Ann McGee was re-elected, uncontested, 475 votes.
03/08/2021 at 2:06 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Jessica Kramer, Crisis, March 8, 2021
“The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only and that is to support the ultimate career.”
That famous C.S. Lewis line (which is actually just a paraphrase of his original quote) comes to mind every time I see a headline about what the market rate value of a housewife should be. And while some on the right may argue there is a market rate value to be figured and that domestic work should be honored (i.e., compensated for and thereby ‘recognized’ as real work by the government), I am not convinced that is the best way to honor such work.
[caption id="attachment 450110" align="alignleft" width="150"] Steve Davis and Gary Lesser[/caption] Balloting is underway in the race for Bar president-elect between Steve Davis of Miami and Gary Lesser of West Palm Beach. Voting has also begun for contested seats for the Bar’s Board of Governors in the 11th and 15th circuits and five races for the Young Lawyers Division board in the 11th, 13th, and 17th circuits. Election Services Corporation, which administers The Florida Bar’s elections, emailed or mailed ballots to the more than 94,099 eligible voters. The emailed ballots will come from flabarhelp@mg.electionservicescorp.com. The courtesy eballot and paper ballot contains instructions on how to cast votes online with the Bar’s election company. If a member votes online and returns a paper ballot only the first vote received by Election Services Corporation will be valid. If your eballot did not arrive to your inbox, use this li