Leila Marie Lawler. Also known as Auntie Leila: that friend your kids can't very well call Mrs. Lawler. Recovering the collective memory. I alone am left to tell you. Short (I hope) ramblings, drafted, written, and edited without the use of AI.
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Grandparents kill their way out of gender ideology; Pope Leo in France; the Cornell 7: how about basic decency? and more!
Show Notes:
Pope Leo in France: highlights
Pope Leo’s in-flight presser: “So, I would say, if that’s politics, I did that, but it was not to get involved in French politics. It was to teach what the Church really believes.”
The insani...
Coincidentally, Massachusetts will push postpartum home visits; Surrogacy fights over baby’s life; AI threat; and more!
State intrusion after baby is born:
Governor Healey Announces New Actions to Strengthen Maternal Mental Health and Postpartum Care from the MA government website
Maura Healey Wants Increased Maternal Mental Health Spending Following Linds...
Open Tabs: Nikole Hannah-Jones flunks all the tests; Anthropic CEO’s wife has NSFW ambitions; all the autism information in one place
Nikole Hannah-Jones flunks parenting
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? Nikole Hannah-Jones (New York Times) (archived link):
Hannah-Jones offers the embellished narrative you’d expect in a NYTimes essay, about her hi...
The week’s news: RFK Jr. at the GOP midterm convention; juror intimidation, state kidnapping over transing teen, &etc.
Show Notes:
New Details About Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Revealed
Report of an interview with the holdout juror in the Clancy case
Robert Kennedy’s speech at the Republican Midterm Convention
Massachusetts kidnaps a teen to...
Bishops’ outcries and silences; Don’t expand entitlements - eliminate them
Show Notes:
- The German bishops’ outcry; the US bishops’ silence by Phil Lawler
Why the AfD Wins by Christopher Caldwell
Germany’s ‘Firewall’ Against the Far Right Is Being Tested as Never Before ~ News analysis, The New York Ti...
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Married to Phil Lawler, mother of seven, grandmother of a score of grandchildren and praying for more. Kitchen sink philosophy. I alone am left to tell you. Content written and edited without the use of AI.
Catholic journalist/editor for 40+ years. Author of books including: The Faithful Departed, on the decline of Catholic influence in Boston; Lost Shepherd, a candid appraisal of Pope Francis. Most recently, his first novel, Ghost Runner.
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