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Happy Ulundi Day

Michael McFarland Campbell

It seems that many of my friends have been wishing their American friends “Happy Independence Day”. I like the alternative view stated to me by a friend and brother, Angus, Whenever Americans go on about Independence Day, I find it prudent to: (1) check which State they originate from – they were likely not one of the rebel colonies; (2) observe the rebels were British; and (3) point out it is the date on which the Empire won the decisive victory in the Zulu War… So, Happy Ulundi Day! Continue reading Happy Ulundi Day

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Planning a trip to Canada or the Caribbean? US Immigration may have other ideas… (The Independent)

Michael McFarland Campbell

New security checks are already in place – even for flights hundreds of miles from American airspace Continue reading Planning a trip to Canada or the Caribbean? US Immigration may have other ideas… (The Independent)

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Urgent action required: Yousef Nadarkhani: guilty of apostasy because of ancestry, not because of previous belief

Michael McFarland Campbell

Last week many of us were reading on friends’ blogs, Facebook pages, walls, letters in the press, and so on about the nearing execution of Troy Davis in the United States of America. This week, we hear practically nothing about the impending execution of Yousef Nadarkhani. I knew nothing of it until a friend The Rev. Marcus Walker posted an article on Facebook… so read on for the horror. Christian Solidarity calls for action on behalf of Yousef Nadarkhani Christian Solidarity Worldwide is urgently calling for action on behalf of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who faces execution after refusing to renounce … Continue reading Urgent action required: Yousef Nadarkhani: guilty of apostasy because of ancestry, not because of previous belief

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Preparing for Advent 2011 – part one

Michael McFarland Campbell

Most English-speaking Catholics are looking forward to when they will be able to use the new translation of the Roman Missal for the first time. Some of us are very lucky that the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is already using that text. I was fortunate to be able to attend the Ordinariate’s Mass in Holy Rood Church, South Oxford, in the diocese of Portsmouth when I was in Oxford recently. Mgr Andrew Burnham was the celebrant and had acquired a number of the new mass booklets in Latin and in English as published by the Catholic Truth … Continue reading Preparing for Advent 2011 – part one

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prohibition is hurting the world – let’s bring some radical thinking to bear

Michael McFarland Campbell

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this. Albert Einstein (on US Prohibition) Prohibition in the US Prohibition has been tried before, and for many reasons it was judged not to have worked. A resolution calling for an amendment to accomplish nationwide [in the US] Prohibition was introduced in Congress and passed by both houses in December 1917. By January 16, 1919, the Amendment had been ratified … Continue reading prohibition is hurting the world – let’s bring some radical thinking to bear

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