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The standards at the National Catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) are devolving by the week.This last week they accused Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI of sinning against the Holy Spirit.Ron Schmit – no, you have never heard of this schlemiel so don’t strain your memory – a priest in Byron, California, penned an opinion piece against the use of the Usus Antiquior.It is a silly piece, all in all, and I have been busy doing more important things, such as eating 酸辣湯 at slightly greasy noodle shops in Manhattan.But one thing Schmit wrote was so spectacularly stupid that...

April 22, 2007 -- MICHAEL Chabon's first full-length novel for adults in seven years, the delayed follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay," is bound to set off a firestorm of controversy. "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" depicts Jews as constantly in conflict with one another, and its villains are a ruthless, ultra-Orthodox sect that resembles the Lubavitchers, reports The Post's Kyle Smith. Chabon, who is Jewish, depicts some of his Jewish characters as willing to do anything, including massacring other Jews, in the cause of Zionism. Like Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America," it takes place...

Airborne Car Plows Into House, Lands on Sleeping Man The Associated Press Published: Jun 20, 2005 PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) - An airborne car crashed through the wall of a man's bedroom, landing on him as he slept. "It hit the outside bedroom wall, continued through the bedroom, over the bed and partially exited through the side wall," police Lt. Bob Rawlinson said. "The guy was pinned under the car and rolled up in the mattress." Ricky May suffered burns and injuries to one eye and his hand. The driver of the car, Devlon Chandler, had fallen asleep at the...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Nishinomiya, Japan, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A 20-year-old student died Sunday in Japan when a man who leaped from the top of a high-rise building landed on top of him.

LOUISVILLE, KY. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry warned his political opponents on Monday against attacking his outspoken wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, saying, "They're going to have to go through me." The Massachusetts senator also sought to dispel the notion he was aloof, asking one television interviewer: "Have you had a beer with me yet? I like to have fun as much as the next person, and go out and hack around and have a good time." Worth an estimated $500 million, born in Mozambique and fluent in five languages, Mrs. Kerry can be controversial and blunt, disclosing her...

MANCHESTER, NH -- The Joe Lieberman for President Campaign will unveil two "JoeMobiles" in Friday's Fourth-of-July parades in Amherst and Merrimack, New Hampshire. Joe Lieberman and his wife Hadassah, along with son Matt and family will march in both parades. The two JoeMobiles -- a Chrysler PT Cruiser and Dodge Intrepid are "wrapped" in red, white and blue covering with Joe 2004 logos and photos, and will visit countless towns and communities across the Granite State over the next seven months. "New Hampshire is about grassroots campaigning - it's where the rubber hits the road," said Lieberman's NH State Director...