[Rockingham]

The rot at Loyola University in New Orleans goes back a long way, both in the embrace of trendy liberalism and in accommodating bad conduct from Catholic politicians.

Years ago, in the 1970's, when I went to Tulane University, I frequently attended Mass at Loyola. To my great aggravation, the homily was often based on some awful left-wing political idea -- at times even delivered by the Archbishop. Students whom I knew at Loyola saw little to object to in this, which us what they were getting in their classes on a daily basis.

In New Orleans political circles of that era, Mayor "Moon" Landrieu -- father of Mary Landrieu -- was known for three things: (1) girlfriends on the side; (2) being on the take; and (3), going to many different parishes with his wife and kids in tow and working the crowds at Mass like a campaign stop. I am sure that all this was well-known to the Catholic heirarchy.

The same process of decay evident in Boston -- laxity in adhering to Catholic doctrine and unstinting support for corrupt and morally deficient Catholic politicians -- was thus also the case in New Orleans. The Landrieu clan is New Orleans' equivalent to the Kennedys in Boston -- and that description is in no sense a compliment.

[Ebenezer]

Therefore, all efforts (legal, ethical, and moral, of course) must be made to unseat Mary Landrieu from her U.S. Senate seat and to prevent brother Mitch from gaining higher office in the state.

As for the Jesuits, I thought they had a special fourth vow: obedience to the Pope. I believe they need to do extra work on this one.