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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 10:25–37 Friends, our Gospel today is one of the best-known of Jesus’ parables, the story of the Good Samaritan. Every story, parable, illustration, and exhortation is, at the end of the day, a picture of the Lord. In one of the great windows of Chartres Cathedral, there is an intertwining of two stories, the account of the fall of mankind and the parable of the Good Samaritan. This reflects a connection that was made by the Church Fathers. The Good Samaritan is a symbol of Jesus himself in his role as Savior of the...

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to the executive branch’s ability to regulate carbon emissions, effectively insisting that Congress take back its jurisdiction over environmental regulations and muddying the legislative waters in the last crucial weeks of the summer session. The court’s 6-3 decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency on June 30 set back President Joe Biden’s climate agenda by curtailing the EPA’s power over the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, meaning Congress will likely have to pass these regulations. The Biden administration and Democratic lawmakers are desperate to pass some form of climate infrastructure bill as time...

President Joe Biden suggested on Sunday that he's in talks with staff about the viability of declaring a public health emergency in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health. It comes hours after his White House finally snapped back at progressives who had been blasting Biden for not doing enough to protect abortion rights. The high court sided with Mississippi prosecutors late last month on their request to scuttle the federal abortion protections granted by Roe v. Wade. Biden was on his way to a bike ride near his residence in Delaware on Sunday...

"Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. "Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping." "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." Mark, Chapter 13...

Russian forces are reportedly relying on Soviet-era munitions for certain tasks as the invasion of Ukraine labors on. The Russian government has, in recent weeks, increasingly ordered its forces in Ukraine to repurpose outdated anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles for use on land-based targets, according to a Tuesday report from iNews. In Mykolaiv, a city in Southern Ukraine, six strikes over the last weekend have been attributed to Russian S-300 missiles, anti-aircraft munitions introduced roughly 40 years ago with a range of 75 miles. Two Kh-32 missiles, originally designed to sink aircraft carriers, were also credited with the strike on a...

The viral story, repeated this week in a speech by Joe Biden, that a 10-year-old rape victim was forced to travel across state lines to get an abortion after being raped, has come into question after a Washington Post fact-checker found the story to be largely unfounded. The one-source story was provided to an Indiana news outlet by Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Caitlin Bernard last week, a doctor who is an outspoken pro-abortion activist.

I assume lots of Freepers have seen this film and whether you like it or not, this is a very amusing take on the depiction of the relevant judicial procedures with an actual Judge Advocate. It's pretty funny.

A massive fire ravaged Nantucket’s historic Veranda House Saturday, severely damaging the downtown bed and breakfast that dates back to the 17th century. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire. No injuries were reported, and all occupants were believed to have evacuated the building. Yarmouth firefighters and others from Cape Cod assisted Nantucket’s fire department with the blaze. Nearby structures also caught fire, and were evacuated. The fire broke out at 7 a.m., and firefighters were still working on getting the blaze under control at the noon, according to Nantucket police. Nantucket Deputy Fire Chief Sean Mitchell told the...

TOKYO -- As global competition for liquefied natural gas intensifies in response to the Ukraine war, China is increasingly turning to long-term contracts of a decade or more to ensure the country's growing needs will continue to be met years into the future. Chinese demand for natural gas grew at the fastest rate on record in 2021. LNG demand jumped 18% to 78.9 million tons, surpassing Japan as the largest importer. Spot contracts accounted for 39% of China's LNG imports last year. But contracts lasting 10 to 20 years make up a rapidly growing portion of those with delivery dates...

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning to discuss the growing Biden Family Crime Syndicate. Ron Johnson accused Joe Biden of funneling money to his son Hunter Biden to pay for the Eastern European prostitutes involved in a possible human trafficking ring. Snip Sen. Johnson: “This is a huge scandal. The American public deserves the truth because it is putting at risk our national security because we have a compromised president who has lied repeatedly to the American public, saying he never talked to Hunter about his overseas business transactions. We actually have voice...

Nut consumption is associated with a significantly lower prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and lower all-cause mortality with or without CKD, according to a study. Koushu Wang and colleagues used data from 6,072 U.S. adults (aged 20 years or older) to evaluate the association between the consumption of nuts and the prevalence of and mortality associated with CKD. The researchers found that consuming nuts one to six times per week was associated with a lower prevalence of CKD (odds ratio, 0.67). Higher nut consumption in the non-CKD population also was significantly associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. There...

The United States is fighting a proxy war in Ukraine against Russian aggression, and we’re not doing it on the cheap. The Biden administration announced on Friday that we were sending another $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. This comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory over the eastern Luhansk region last week. Putin jumped the gun a little, although Russian troops hold the upper hand throughout most of the region. The problem for Putin is that those pesky Ukrainians refuse to surrender. And the United States is making their continuing resistance possible by giving Kyiv high-powered weapons...

A woke journalist is being ridiculed online for saying whites who get on with their relatives must not be challenging what she says are their loved ones' racist views. Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor at Rewire News, received criticism for her tweet thread last week that accused 'even good white families' of being a 'little racist when you scratch the surface.' Her initial tweet called out white people, saying that if they are committed to racial justice, yet in good standing with most of their family members, she has questions about their commitment to racial justice.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday called for the reinstatement of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, arguing that certain semi-automatic firearms are "intentionally designed" to kill people and only belong on the battlefield.During an appearance on CBS News’ "Face the Nation," Harris spoke about her visit last week to Highland Park, Illinois, where a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle opened fire on a Fourth of July parade, killing 7 and injuring 46.

The New York Times has once again suggested Joe Biden may be too old to run for re-election in a piece that revealed the president now 'shuffles,' and that staffers are fearful he may trip over wires. Biden, 79, has experienced a decline in energy levels, with some aides alleging he 'often shuffles' while walking, prompting fears 'he will trip on a wire.' He also often stumbles over his words during public speaking events. Staffers told the left-leaning New York Times they find themselves holding their breath during Biden's speaking engagements to see if he makes it to the end...

Twitter is yet again proving it's the worst for bulk bad takes -- this time, debating whether Anne Frank, who was hunted and killed by Nazis, had white privilege while alive. 🥴 You might've noticed the late Holocaust victim was trending Saturday, but finding out why is disheartening ... some, it seems, have floated an argument that Frank benefited from white privilege in Nazi Germany -- an argument that is rightly being shot down left and right. Unclear how this toxic discourse first started, but it seems to stem from a warped notion that Jews had the benefit of their...

The anger over the Trudeau government’s plan to have farmers use less fertilizer hasn’t boiled over in this country like it has across the Netherlands, but it’s getting there. Article content Citing climate change as the reason, the government wants to see emissions of nitrous oxide from fertilizer reduced, not they say, fertilizer use. Farmers insist there is no difference, that the government’s moves will cause “severe economic harm” including billions lost. The Western Canadian Wheat Growers commissioned a report that said the plan would cost Alberta $2.95B, Saskatchewan $4.61B and Manitoba $1.58B just in lost production from their canola...

Novak Djokivic won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon men’s singles titles, holding off the combustible Nick Kyrgios in four sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Sunday. It was the 21st Grand Slam championship for the Serbian star, one short of all-time leader Rafael Nadal. Djokovic has won seven Wimbledon men’s singles championships, tying with Pete Sampras for second place behind Roger Federer (eight). Whereas this was the first Grand Slam final for Kyrgios, Djokovic has played in a record 32 of them and has not been beaten on Centre Court since 2014. Sunday also happened to be his eighth wedding...

President Joe Biden’s approval rating dropped into the 20s for the first time in his presidency, a Saturday Civiqs poll revealed. Just 29 percent of voters approve of Biden, while 58 percent disapprove. Only 19 percent of independents approve of Biden. Sixty-seven percent disapprove. Among Hispanics, just 36 percent approve. Forty-eight percent disapprove. Only 63 percent of Democrats approve of Biden, down from 88 percent since last July. Biden’s approval has dropped five points since June 20. Just 36 percent of Democrats want Biden on the 2024 ticket.

The White House is blasting progressives who "have been consistently out of step" with the Democratic Party amid criticism that President Biden’s response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade has been too little, too late. The White House defended Biden’s handling of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the constitutional right to an abortion on June 24, while progressive Democrats have called for a number of responses, including packing the Supreme Court, ending the Senate filibuster, declaring a public health emergency, and launching abortion clinics on federal property. "Joe Biden’s goal in...