tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56586692011-12-29T15:00:41.559+09:00Katolik ShinjaNotes on the Church and the World by an American Catholic in KoreaIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1153226964637002422006-07-18T21:37:00.000+09:002006-07-21T22:10:12.400+09:00A New BlogMy name is Joshua Snyder and I am a blogoholic.As noted above below the header, I've started a new blog entitled Ad Orientem 西儒 - The Western Confucian. The content will be familiar to readers of this blog, but the focus slightly different. Being rather isolated socially, I miss being out of the conversation without a blog. Also, having two kids, I just was not able to get done what I Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1152876402426251732006-07-14T20:23:00.000+09:002006-07-14T20:57:00.836+09:00Our Lady of Lebanon, Pray for Us[image from Paróquia Melquita de Nossa Senhora do Líbano]Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151849138925788712006-07-02T22:19:00.000+09:002006-07-03T12:54:01.873+09:00Saint Andrew Kim TaegonOra Pro NobisDear Readers,It is perhaps appropriate that on the day its patron's feast is being celebrated here in Korea, this blog should come to an end. Saint Andrew Kim was the first Korean priest, and the first priest to die for the Faith in Korea. Without him and the other Martyrs of Korea, the Catholic Church might be as hard to come across as the Anglican and Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151762326512193682006-07-01T22:56:00.001+09:002006-07-01T22:58:46.520+09:00Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Papal MessageAs reported by Sandro Magister: The Victorious Barque of Peter, Buffeted in Vain by SatanIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151762253535702262006-07-01T22:56:00.000+09:002006-07-01T22:57:33.540+09:00Hyderabad, IndiaSisters of Mother Teresa imprisoned on proselytism chargesIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151761668424463732006-07-01T22:46:00.000+09:002006-07-01T22:47:48.440+09:00MahmoudiyaA capital offense if there ever was one: GIs may have planned Iraq rape, slayings.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151635702191664742006-06-30T11:47:00.000+09:002006-06-30T11:48:22.196+09:00Bringing the Hagarenes to Her SonMary a Meeting Point of Cultures, Says MuslimIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151635595677020532006-06-30T11:45:00.000+09:002006-06-30T11:46:35.686+09:00Requiescat in PaceUnderground Bishop Guo Wenzhi DiesIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151627732632390102006-06-30T09:32:00.000+09:002006-06-30T11:44:56.323+09:00Culture of Death WatchBuffett gift likely to benefit already profitable Planned ParenthoodHuman embryonic stem-cell research same as abortion, Vatican family official saysIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151561461189057162006-06-29T15:03:00.000+09:002006-06-29T15:50:42.423+09:00The Distinction Between Patriotism and Nationalism...is something I've been interested in for sometime. The following definition is attributed to journalist Sydney J. Harris by a commenter from France to the Marmot's post entitled Someone needs a hug, reporting often über-nationalistic Korea's dismel performance on a University of Chicago survey of national pride:Patriotism is proud [sic] of a Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151557588791602232006-06-29T13:58:00.000+09:002006-06-29T15:32:28.106+09:00A Natural Utterance I Made in TOEFL Class TodayLook how locked, looked, and leaked look a lot like lacked.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151552579011444322006-06-29T12:36:00.000+09:002006-06-29T14:02:40.580+09:00World Cup QuarterfinalsMy alliances shift, but how can I not pull for England?For a Catholic interpretation of the above ad, here are the thoughts of Young Fogey, an Englishman in Philly, from his post on the Row over Nike World Cup advert:I think it’s a marvellous picture, art that’s too cool and steeped in religious symbolism to sell trainers. It doesn’t belong in church but it’s not offensive Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151550662984250902006-06-29T11:58:00.000+09:002006-06-29T12:11:03.230+09:00Department of Agriculture FascismA sting operation over raw milk: Amish Farmer Says Milk Law Opposes Beliefs.You can't just give milk away to someone other then yourself. It's a violation of the law.So says Ohio Department of Agriculture spokeswoman LeeAnne Mizer.This is outrageous. We all need to do what we can for Arlie Stutzman, the farmer at the center of the story. Let's keep him in our Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151547527745843022006-06-29T11:15:00.000+09:002006-06-29T11:18:47.760+09:00In MemoriamI wish this headline were true: S. Korea Marks 4th Anniversary of Bloody Naval Clash.I brough up today's anniversary in my morning class and was met with blank stares. It was not only that my students did not remember the date, they had no idea what I was talking about.What? North Korea attack us? But we are brothers, the same race. Koreans don't kill Koreans.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151542100443423172006-06-29T09:29:00.000+09:002006-06-29T19:27:12.566+09:00The Reform of the ReformRoma locuta est: Pope wants guitars silenced during mass.This would be great news if more than a handful of Catholics listened to the Vicar of Christ. No, the guitars will sound this Sunday. Next time I see one, however, I might be emboldened to pull a John Belushi and smash the thing over the guy's head. Of course, as in the best scene in Animal House (1978), I'll say "Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151527701936946512006-06-29T05:35:00.000+09:002006-06-29T06:05:04.863+09:00A Purpose-Driven InvitationRick Warren to Preach in Communist North KoreaIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151526606184617692006-06-29T05:22:00.000+09:002006-06-29T12:24:37.116+09:00Movie HypeHollywood is trying to tap into the Christian market by marketing its latest resurrected superhero as a Christ-like figure, and many Christians seem to be buying into that. Jordan Ballor, of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, shows just how misguided that is, in Anti-Christ Superman: The Superhero and the Suffering Servant.I won't see the movie. I've never seen Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151525648724517562006-06-29T05:12:00.000+09:002006-06-29T15:46:46.060+09:00Jeff Culbreath's SeriesTELEVISION AND THE CATHOLIC HOME - PART ITELEVISION AND THE CATHOLIC HOME - PART IITELEVISION AND THE CATHOLIC HOME - PART IIITELEVISION AND THE CATHOLIC HOME - PART IVIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151502086848679092006-06-28T22:31:00.000+09:002006-06-28T22:43:19.456+09:00Tan Lejos de Dios; Tan Cercas de los Estados Unidos"So Far from God; So Close to the United States" is the traditional Mexican lament. Presidential Canditate Andrés Manuel López Obrador may be aiming to bridge that divide, but in a very unpredicatable way, as noted by this article by Enrique Krauze, translated by the Grey Lady, Bringing Mexico Closer to God*, which begins thusly:SHOULD Andrés Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151501400094701782006-06-28T22:07:00.000+09:002006-06-28T22:31:16.013+09:00AnglicanismThis is painful to watch: Worldwide Anglican church facing split over gay bishop.I never formerly became an Anglican, but spent six years attending Mass with them, first regularly at St. Mary's Cathedral* in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and then for five years here with The Anglican Church of Korea. Once I heard of Anglo-Catholicism, I was a goner.This blogger's very first post was in Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151467525835691532006-06-28T12:57:00.000+09:002006-07-04T09:05:41.410+09:00Requiescat in PaceSofia's family ask for prayersI am a bit ambivalent about giving the State the power to execute, but I'd hold the rope for the hanging of the man who raped and murdered eight-year-old Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia-Shu.UPDATE: Sofia's parents thank God for sharing "angel"Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151466921473037132006-06-28T12:48:00.000+09:002006-06-28T14:04:17.416+09:00Korea's Cardinal Cheong on EcologyHis Eminence gets close to Distributivism, Agrarianism, and The Principle of Subsidiarity, it seems, with his latest pastoral letter.From Gospel call to live ecological life: Korean cardinal:In the 16-page letter, Cardinal Cheong said that the concentrated use of fossil energy, threats to the diversity of species on the planet, the effects of petrochemical Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151466413101419062006-06-28T12:39:00.000+09:002006-06-28T13:36:36.243+09:00More CrunchinessMr. Jeff Culbreath, whose home and farm I had the pleasure of visiting in Northern California, posts his excellent THOUGHTS ON CRUNCHY CONSERVATISM.A lively discussion has ensued, including a visit by the Crunchy Con himself, author Rod Dreher. Leave it to Mr. Culbreath, however, who has a way with words beyond that of the subject of his post, to come up with the best quote:Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151464640235574342006-06-28T12:07:00.000+09:002006-06-28T12:28:16.640+09:00Color Photos of Wartime KoreaNoting that "[i]t is as if history had always been recorded in black and white, and once some events are shown in color they appear much more relevant," Antti Leppänen of Hunjangûi karûch'im links to a stunning series photos taken by an American GI during thje Korean War: 포화 속에서도 삶은 계속됐다.Here are three:Click on the link to see the rest.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151456368317212272006-06-28T09:55:00.000+09:002006-06-28T14:55:17.613+09:00Dr. Fleming Takes on Philanthropists, and Links Greed to SodomyHard-hitting stuff, from Yes, They Have More Money:[N]either Buffet nor Gates has the slightest idea of what to do with his money. Their "ideas" are the usual clichés of the Left: Kill babies, encourage women to hate their father and husbands, destroy religion and tradition and every other thing that might make life worth living.[....Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151456034880164952006-06-28T09:52:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:53:54.886+09:00Reasons to Homeschool in KoreaMore students found poisoned by school mealsCell camera films abuse of 1st-grade studentsIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151455855836526482006-06-28T09:48:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:50:55.840+09:00Sovereignty, Zarqawi, and WMDThree Iraq Myths That Won't Quit, from Antiwar.comIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151455622925346662006-06-28T09:38:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:47:02.933+09:00Animal WelfareAs an animal lover, not animal rights activist, I find this story disturbing: Case of loving his pets to death.Here's what happened:Cafe manager Hwang Woun-young also offered boarding facilities to Seoul residents who needed somewhere to leave their pets when they went on vacation. But despite even having some of his dogs appear in Korean feature films and becoming movie stars in Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151455052653307932006-06-28T09:36:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:37:32.656+09:00Return to Clone-and-KillDisgraced Hwang to resume work on cloning, stem cellsIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151454948636191912006-06-28T09:24:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:35:49.013+09:00DesignBabu Ranganathan writes: Creationists Right on Entropy, Evolution.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151453936702256242006-06-28T09:16:00.000+09:002006-06-28T09:18:56.760+09:00Plenary IndulgencePope Benedict XVI is bestowing another one: Holy Father grants plenary indulgence for World Meeting of Families.Here are the requirements:- Make a good sacramental confession- Receive Holy Communion- Pray for the intentions of the Holy Father- Either participate in the celebrations of the World Meeting in Valencia or, "remain united in spirit and thought" with those Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151447027828761172006-06-28T07:20:00.000+09:002006-06-28T07:25:19.083+09:00South Korea's Conservative ResurgenceThe Pendulum Swings: Buoyed by massive local victories, the opposition starts to focus on who could lead them back to the presidency.I'd be happy with either the lovely Park Geun Hye or Pohang's own Lee Myung Bak as president. Miss Park is Catholic and Mr. Lee is Protestant.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151445879846505672006-06-28T06:52:00.000+09:002006-06-28T14:47:28.833+09:00The Return of Maestro Monsignor Domenico BartolucciAnd with him, we pray, Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony, ancient and modern: A Change of Tune in the Vatican – And Not Only in the Secretariat of State.Signore Magister on the maestro's removal in 1997:Maestro Bartolucci was named the "perpetual" director, the director for life, of the Sistine Chapel by Pius XII in 1959. Under this and later Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151445062885558822006-06-28T06:38:00.000+09:002006-06-28T22:49:54.170+09:00Genesis Namakaokalani Lee Loy (1919-2006)Requiescat in pace: Advocate for Hawaii sovereignty dies, 86.To be honest, I've never heard of this gentleman before, but from the obituary we gather that he was a true patriot of Ka Lahui Hawaii, the Hawaiian Nation, and a true Catholic; he had fourteen children. What better way to serve one's country? Funeral Mass will be heald at the Malia Puka O KalaniIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151404195916841702006-06-27T19:18:00.000+09:002006-06-27T21:49:13.970+09:00On the JukeboxThis was lent to me by a colleague who's granola but not conservative:This is a fantastic collection of three sessions of "deep Americana," to borrow Taj Mahal's phrase, recorded in 1972, 1989, and 2002 respectively. I'm still on the first. American Roots Music grabs me like no other genre except perhaps Polyphony.I was born in Ohio and raised in Upstate New York, but three-fourths Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151367896278508952006-06-27T09:20:00.000+09:002006-06-27T09:24:56.493+09:00Northeastern ChinaThe Marmot informs us that a professor down the hall from me has produced a Chinese document from 1948 that states that the Soviets recognized Gando as Korean territory.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151358466240954962006-06-27T06:25:00.000+09:002006-06-27T08:14:46.463+09:00Servants of GodKilled by the Republicans, those darlings of the Left: Pope begins path to a Sainthood declaration for 149 Spanish Martyrs.Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde's cause was, for all its excesses, a noble one. Perhaps Salvador Dalí was onto something when he described el Caudillo as a "saint."Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151356859872703062006-06-27T06:18:00.000+09:002006-06-27T20:32:26.073+09:00Catholic VietnamFighting the Culture of Death with Corporal Works of Mercy: 30,000 aborted babies buried in Huê cemetery.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151325590532211512006-06-26T21:33:00.000+09:002006-06-26T21:48:05.603+09:00Strike First!That is at least what two "Democratic defense experts" are proposing in regards to the missile that North Korea "has every legal right" to test, as noted in this appropriately titled Ny Times piece: Really Bad Ideas on Korea*.*Use BugMeNot.com to bypass registration.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151320837922391432006-06-26T20:17:00.000+09:002006-06-28T21:43:43.366+09:00My Government Lets Me Down AgainI don't think I'll burn my passport over this, but it is upsetting to see the U.S. on the wrong side of yet another issue: U.S. Joins Anti-Whaling Effort.*Use BugMeNot.com to bypass registration.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151283990662392612006-06-26T09:59:00.000+09:002006-06-26T11:34:40.123+09:00"Wie is voor jou de 'Gristen Voetballer van het WK 2006'?"A Dutch œcumenical site (Catholic and Protestant), gristelijk.nl, offers this list of eleven notable Christian footballers from the 2006 World Cup, including two Koreans: Kew Jaliens (Nederland) Kaká (Brazilië) Lee Young Pyo (Zuid-Korea) Lúcio Ferreira da Silva (Brazilië) Brian McBride (USA) Tim Howard (USA) Song Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151268478006373222006-06-26T05:40:00.000+09:002006-06-26T06:32:40.936+09:00Mr. Truman's WarYesterday was the 56th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, in which my grandfather served, I am proud to say.Antiwar.com links to this article, which concludes that "in a country at war so often and for so long and with so many nations as is the United States, we risk seeing the phenomenon of the Forgotten War becoming a norm, rather than an anomaly:"Remembering the Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151267210809424772006-06-26T05:25:00.000+09:002006-06-26T05:26:50.823+09:00Shamanism in the DPRK"A Shaman Prevented Yongcheon Train Explosion " North Korean Security Guards Are Advised By A Exclusive ShamanIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151266688478239632006-06-26T05:17:00.000+09:002006-06-26T05:18:08.483+09:00Resistance in SpainGuardia Civil commander refuses to remove statue of Mary from officeIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151266322475217342006-06-26T05:09:00.000+09:002006-06-26T05:12:02.490+09:00Axis of Anti-Americanism?Venezuelan Leader to Visit Kim Jong-ilIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151238664582605172006-06-25T21:03:00.000+09:002006-06-25T21:31:04.826+09:00Politics and the PulpitI'm usually not in favor of priests inserting politics into the homily, unless, of course, I am in agreement.Today marks the 56th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. I went to 5:00 pm Mass, which is presided over by an elderly retired priest. His homilies are usually of an historical nature, going into detail on Biblical and Church history. Since I am a bit familiarIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151236776423642562006-06-25T20:58:00.000+09:002006-06-25T20:59:36.436+09:00PassingsHarriet, 176-year-old giant tortoise, diesIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151154555156295622006-06-24T21:43:00.000+09:002006-06-24T22:51:31.566+09:00Sorry Mr. Gonzalez...but these hobgoblins* you have produced fail to fill me with fear:Miami group charged with Sears Tower bomb plotAttorney Andrew Cohen gives the reasons better than I could, in Major Terror Ring Or 'Al Qaeda Lite'?:The federal indictment Friday of seven Miami men is extraordinary for what it does not contain. It does not contain allegations that the men ever met with a genuineIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151152698855482482006-06-24T21:35:00.000+09:002006-06-24T22:13:39.653+09:00"Listen up, America: If you're not in on the joke, the joke's on you."That goes for folks on both sides of the political spectrum who take her seriously: Coulter's a satirist -- really?**Use BugMeNot.com to bypass registration.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151113651270448492006-06-24T10:38:00.000+09:002006-06-24T10:47:31.486+09:00Marxism, Imperialism, and RacismFrom Historical tidbits:Is it a misfortune that magnificent California was seized from the lazy Mexicans who did not know what to do with it?--Karl MarxIn America we have witnessed the conquest of Mexico and have rejoiced at it. It is to the interest of its own development that Mexico will be placed under the tutelage of the United States.--Friedrich Engels. . . itIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151110532886491542006-06-24T09:52:00.001+09:002006-06-24T21:10:13.136+09:00Game OverFor the Koreans: Korea Ends World Cup Run With Defeat by Switzerland.UPDATE: S. Korean man booked for threatening to blow up Swiss EmbassyIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151110450199600922006-06-24T09:52:00.000+09:002006-06-24T09:54:10.216+09:00Victim Mentality?S. Korea Aims to Hold Onto Developing Country StatusIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151067591276320122006-06-23T21:58:00.000+09:002006-06-23T21:59:51.286+09:00MercyCardinal calls for Saddam clemencyIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151067413212270822006-06-23T21:52:00.000+09:002006-06-23T21:56:53.260+09:00Patrick J. Buchanan on IslamLike Mr. Buchanan, while I recognize that Islam is in error, I cannot help but appreciate the faith of its adherents: An idea whose time has come?Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1151064864478771842006-06-23T21:12:00.000+09:002006-06-23T21:14:24.493+09:00The Horror of WarA young girl and boy cry as they cling to the body of their dead mother. The two were picked up by passing Australian and British troops and taken to safety.[image and text from Rare Pictures Released on Anniversary of Korean War]Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150985081275814132006-06-22T22:55:00.000+09:002006-06-22T23:04:41.546+09:00The Pony - Korea's Classic CarFrom 추억의 승용차들 "아직 굴러다녀요":The number is the number of models of the first Hyundai still on the road. I've only spotted two or three of them in my decade here. There's one owned by a professor at the university for which I work.Korea is a country of modern cars. It's rare to see a car more than ten years old still on the road. One thing I like about visiting CaliforniaIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150983816857800212006-06-22T22:33:00.000+09:002006-06-22T22:43:37.126+09:00Freeing the Classical Roman RiteAn interview with "the sole bishop in the world in full canonical communion with the Holy See who offers the Classical Roman liturgy exclusively:" Bishop Fernando Rifan says traditionalists must show perfect communion with Pope, tradition.Here is how His Excellency closes the interview:I would like to explain the incorrect and the correct reasons of conserving the Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150980479820539972006-06-22T21:45:00.000+09:002006-06-22T22:15:49.420+09:00Naval Attack on a ChurchSri Lanka bishop relates terror in churchIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150980135206835742006-06-22T21:41:00.000+09:002006-06-22T22:16:02.556+09:00Episcopal Church ShenanigansOur Mother Jesus . . . a sermon by US church's new headIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150979817036187012006-06-22T20:39:00.000+09:002006-06-22T21:36:57.330+09:00Liberal Internationalism and NeoconervativismOn why "liberal internationalism... is fundamentally the same thing as neoconservatism as implemented by the Bush administration": Why Liberals Can't Win the War on TerrorIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150972894404327132006-06-22T19:36:00.001+09:002006-06-22T21:53:46.843+09:00The Beauty of AgricultureThe Boseong Tea Plantation is one of Korea's most spectatular sights:[image from A walk in green terraced tea plantation]We still have some tea from our visit there.As much as I love "unspoiled" Nature, I find agricultural and pastoral landscapes even more beautiful. It would be misanthropic to speak of the above scene as "spoiled." Rather, it depicts Man's stewardship Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150972672403007872006-06-22T19:36:00.000+09:002006-06-22T19:37:52.420+09:00Whither Confucian Korea?Transsexuals Get Legal ProtectionIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150901025421380752006-06-21T23:39:00.000+09:002006-06-21T23:44:55.003+09:00The Five-Year-Old Girl Blown Up with Abu Musab al-ZarqawiFrom Antiwar.com comes this article on the nameless girl and all the other “collateral damage” in Mr. Bush's War: Killing Iraqi Children.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150900026595837212006-06-21T23:16:00.000+09:002006-06-21T23:49:10.126+09:00PolitenessFrom Seoul 32nd in Hospitality:The Reader's Digest survey looked at three issues:Reporters performed three experiments: "door tests" (would anyone hold the door open for them?), "document drops" (who would help them retrieve a pile of dropped papers?) and "service tests" (how many salesclerks would thank them for a purchase?). I hate to sound like a relativist, but I have to take issue Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150898203989059532006-06-21T22:55:00.000+09:002006-06-21T22:56:44.023+09:00El FútbolAseguran que Nostradamus predijo que España ganará el MundialIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150896587797885492006-06-21T22:24:00.000+09:002006-06-21T23:51:29.290+09:00Was Ancient Egypt Black?Author Babu Ranganathan makes the case that it was, and provides many other interesting insights into ancient and biblical history in Negro Slavery and The Myth of Ham's Curse.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150813100660880362006-06-20T22:57:00.000+09:002006-06-20T23:22:01.176+09:00Some Promises Should Be BrokenFrom 차범근 망언, "하나만 더 낳고 그만 두겠어요" comes this anti-population public disservice propaganda from 1980:The ad shows soccer star Cha Beomgeun (차범근), aka Cha "Boom," with his wife and daughter. The captions reads, "I'll have just one more and stop." The caption is a play on words. His daughter's name is "Hana" (하나), whch means "one." This is one of the most popular "pure Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150809424043982172006-06-20T21:54:00.000+09:002006-06-20T22:31:59.830+09:00The Sanctity of the Schoolgirl Uniform in South KoreaThe picture of three South Korean entertainers below comes from an article that speaks of the "charm" of the school uniform, 이효리-윤은혜-박한별 '교복매력 짱!':I'm reminded of the skin flick art house film Gojitmal (199), which corrupted revolutionized Korean cinema with the story of a sadomasochistic relationship between a highschool girl and a married manIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150806715933982802006-06-20T21:24:00.000+09:002006-06-20T21:31:56.170+09:00A North Korean Computer GameFrom 북한에서 만든 플래시 게임 '도적잡기':The game is called "Catch the Thief." Notice the sinister Samurai and Uncle Sam figures.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150804213904439612006-06-20T20:11:00.001+09:002006-06-20T23:59:45.660+09:00Keeping the Conservative in NeoconservativeThree articles today show why Townhall.com is still worth a read.* * *First, William Bennett takes on "the leyenda negra—the Black Legend—that Protestant countries applied to the Catholic Spaniards" and raises this question about Spanish colonization of the New World: Too Catholic? Not Catholic enough?Mr. Bennett quotes these principles of Dominican Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150801965237775682006-06-20T20:11:00.000+09:002006-06-20T20:13:17.796+09:00Support Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines!Whaling Foes say Support for Hunting Could Backfire: The Caribbean nations that helped Japan end a 20-year moratorium are told tourism may suffer.**Use BugMeNot.com to bypass registration.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150782199127538962006-06-20T14:34:00.000+09:002006-06-20T14:43:19.133+09:00"Yankee Go Home!"This article offers some hope that more Americans are realizing that Empire is not in our self-interest: Fears are growing of the US returning to isolationism.Here is how it might play out in my neck of the woods:The combination of US isolationism and virulent South Korean anti-Americanism could hasten the demise of the US alliance with Seoul and lead to a reduction of US forces Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150781376311729642006-06-20T14:18:00.000+09:002006-06-20T22:20:22.720+09:00Liberal Protestant LooninessFrom Presbyterians 'receive' policy on worship:The divine Trinity — "Father, Son and Holy Spirit" — could also be known as "Mother, Child and Womb" or "Rock, Redeemer, Friend" at some Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) services under an action Monday by the church's national assembly. I can't see that flying with Presbyterians over here in Korea, whose faithfulness would Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150779879434124692006-06-20T13:49:00.000+09:002006-06-20T14:45:39.563+09:00Patriotism vs. NationalismNowhere have I read the distinction made clearer than in this post by Daniel Larison: The Intractable, Invincible Ignorance of Jonah Goldberg.First, an absolutely incorrect assessment is made by the subject of the post's title:For the record, John Lukacs has many great observations about the differences between patriotism and nationalism. The difference, to me and I Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150764818248035252006-06-20T09:50:00.000+09:002006-06-20T23:36:12.330+09:00Partisanship and WarRep. John J. Duncan, Jr., in a speech that was delivered in the House of Representatives on June 16, 2006, from Iraq War Contrary to Conservatism:I did not request time from the Democrats because many of my colleagues in the minority were using this debate in a bitterly partisan way. Surely, war should be the last thing that should become partisan.Yet 80 percent of the House Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150762410077426192006-06-20T09:12:00.000+09:002006-06-20T23:32:49.543+09:00The Hermit Kingdom Opens to the World...when it likes what it sees: North Korea Rebroadcasts World Cup, Victories By Enemy Countries Not Telecasted.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150760970799850162006-06-20T08:48:00.000+09:002006-06-20T08:49:30.816+09:00Sri LankaCatholic church attacked; bishop accuses navyIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150680740247194342006-06-19T10:30:00.000+09:002006-06-19T10:32:20.286+09:00Hermann Sander's JourneyExhibition unfolds panoramas of Korea 100 years agoIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150634316543552882006-06-18T21:36:00.000+09:002006-06-18T21:38:36.560+09:00Happy Father's DaySaint JosephPray For UsIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150633279764284302006-06-18T21:16:00.000+09:002006-06-18T21:21:19.783+09:00Black FatherlessnessBlame LBJ, not slavery:Historically, black families were intact and strong. Even during an era when racism was worse, blacks still worked hard, kept their families together and sought to educate themselves and their children. In other words, we not only survived in the face of the obstacles in our way, we excelled. What happened?LBJ’s 1964 “War on Poverty” program happened. Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150632101801387472006-06-18T20:57:00.000+09:002006-06-18T21:01:41.816+09:00A Victory for Agriculture (and Culture)*U.N. Maintains Moratorium on Terminator Seeds: If corporations capture the market, small-scale farming families could be forced to pay huge fees*Acknowledging the inseperable link between the two as described by Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky in The Unsettling of America -- Culture & Agriculture.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150628859103560702006-06-18T20:02:00.000+09:002006-06-18T20:09:19.726+09:00Forced Sterilizations of RomaniThe ethics of The Progressive Era* live on in Eastern Europe: Gypsy women confront Czechs on ugly legacy.*See also Margaret Sanger, Sterilization, and the Swastika.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150558166937415142006-06-18T00:27:00.000+09:002006-06-18T00:31:27.276+09:00Today's SolemnityMost Holy Body and Blood of ChristIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150549204717967312006-06-17T21:57:00.000+09:002006-06-17T22:00:04.753+09:00Father's Day FactoidFrom "Fathers linked to healthy families":The 30 percent of children who live apart from their fathers will account for 63 percent of teen suicides, 70 percent of juveniles in state-operated institutions, 71 percent of high-school dropouts, 75 percent of children in chemical-abuse centers, 80 percent of rapists, 85 percent of youths in prison, and 85 percent of children who Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150469905677775372006-06-16T23:49:00.000+09:002006-06-16T23:58:25.980+09:00The Holy FatherAn assessment from a Traditionalist priest in Ireland, Benedict XVI — A Quiet Counter-Reform:Pope Benedict is misunderstood by both sides of the great debate. The progressives see hope for themselves in his gentle manner and slowness to act. The traditionalists see the same things, and despair. Neither reaction is sensible. This man is a thinker and something of a contemplativeIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150340410047345542006-06-15T11:57:00.000+09:002006-06-15T12:00:10.056+09:00We're off to Hawaii!Bugok Hawaii, that is, a sulfuric hot spring resort located in rural Korea. Blogging will resume in a few days. God bless.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150339922740019232006-06-15T11:44:00.000+09:002006-06-15T11:55:48.516+09:00Bamboo Wives (Jukbuin - 竹婦人)That is the name of the cylindrical bamboo product pictured below, which is designed to keep one cool while sleeping on hot summer nights:Customers shop for bamboo products made in Damyang, South Jeolla Province, at the Apgujeong branch of Hyundai Department Store on Tuesday.[image and text from Culture - June. 14, 2006]Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150337042996344742006-06-15T11:02:00.000+09:002006-06-15T11:37:12.876+09:00Here's a quarter...Call somebody who cares: U.S., Seoul repeat warnings about North missile test.The North Korean régime is sinister, but not suicidal. They would never launch a first-strike against the US. The missile is not a threat to the American people, only to the American Empire, as it upsets the balance of power in Eastasia.It's time to leave, I say, as does the anti-Imperialist author ofIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150335662979151712006-06-15T10:39:00.000+09:002006-06-15T10:41:03.200+09:00My PatronPope calls St. Andrew a link to the Eastern ChurchesIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150297318088526832006-06-14T23:59:00.000+09:002006-06-15T00:06:01.630+09:00A Whale of a MealThe Minke Whale, pictured below, is the species we eat here on the East Coast of Korea:[image from 척서 죽은 밍크고래 잡혀]Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150295894403702072006-06-14T23:33:00.000+09:002006-06-14T23:40:44.606+09:00"Hollywood Action""I think before I fall," said Park Ji-sung, whose falls brought out Togo's four yellow and one red cards, quoted in Park Ji-sung's Falling Tactics Pay Off.The link comes from The Party Pooper, who calls Park "The Anton Ohno of Korea." Ouch.Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150294467138271222006-06-14T23:12:00.000+09:002006-06-14T23:14:27.143+09:00Like Dostoevsky's DevilsCommunist role in pope's shooting probedIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150294272773982032006-06-14T22:53:00.000+09:002006-06-15T00:06:46.936+09:00Evidence for the Sapir–Whorf HypothesisThe SWH states that our native language profoundly effects the way we think and even envision reality, as suggested by the findings described in this article: Backs to the Future: Aymara Language and Gesture Point to Mirror-Image View of Time. Here's a tidbit I found interesting:The language of the Aymara, who live in the Andes highlands of Bolivia, Peru andIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150291842960396182006-06-14T22:18:00.000+09:002006-06-14T22:51:58.056+09:00The Anti-Catholic Origin of Public Education and ProhibitionHere is how they are described in The Progressive Era, a fascinating article from LewRockwell.com:According to Samuel Blumenfeld (“Why the Schools Went Public”; Reason Magazine, March 1979), the public-school movement that swept Boston during the 1840s was led by Unitarians such as Horace Mann. While Mann and his followers pushed Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150290541585011902006-06-14T22:02:00.000+09:002006-06-14T23:44:18.483+09:00P'yŏngyang's Potemkin Village ChurchA Cross was established in the beginning of 1990s when Christians from outside pointed out a cross was missing at the Bongsu church, established in 1988 ⓒDailyNK[image and text from Only 'Kim Il Sung-ism' in North Korea...What Is North- South Religious Talks?]Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150289305176084482006-06-14T21:31:00.000+09:002006-06-14T21:48:25.443+09:00Science and ReligionBelow are some quotes from Francis Collins, from I’ve found God, says man who cracked the genome.On cracking the genome:When you have for the first time in front of you this 3.1 billion-letter instruction book that conveys all kinds of information and all kinds of mystery about humankind, you can’t survey that going through page after page without a sense of awe. I can’t help Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150214328262188732006-06-14T00:52:00.000+09:002006-06-14T00:58:48.486+09:00Soccer PretensionFrom Soccer and the Intellectual:"What would being a soccer fan say about me?"Well, it would say a lot of things, many of them flattering. Taking an interest in soccer indicates a certain cosmopolitanism; the game is an international one. A rooting interest in a British club like Arsenal might indicate Anglophilia, which never hurts in polite society. Soccer-love also says—and Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150212178601921432006-06-14T00:13:00.000+09:002006-06-14T00:22:58.886+09:00Prophetic VoicesWhat do megachurch pastor Rick Warren, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, President of the National Association of Evangelicals Rev. Ted Haggard, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Archbishop Demetrios, and former President of Catholic University Rev. William J. Byron have in common?They are all signatories to this: Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150210964993447632006-06-14T00:00:00.000+09:002006-06-14T00:02:45.006+09:00A Classic Korean-Style Come-From-Behind WinKoreans come back to beat 10-man Togo 2-1Iosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658669.post-1150203107172666552006-06-13T21:46:00.000+09:002006-06-13T21:55:59.496+09:00Today, We Remember the Evangelical Doctor...I tend to misplace things, and have requested this great saint's intercessions on many occasions. Many times, my prayers have been answered.A prayer for today: Litany of Saint Anthony of PaduaIosue Andreas Sartoriusnoreply@blogger.com