Kingfishers, Dragonflies, and Stones

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies dráw fláme; / As tumbled over rim in roundy wells / Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's / Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name; / Each mortal thing does one thing and the same: / Deals out that being indoors each one dwells; / Selves -- goes itself; myself it speaks and spells, / Crying Whát I do is me: for that I came.// Í say móre: the just man justices/ [Gerard Manley Hopkins]

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In "Four Cultures of the West," John O'Malley, SJ, showed us how to read the open book of our own personal experience and look at what we find there. This is what I find about family and friends, academics and humanism, religion and the rule of law.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Double Speak

On March 22, 2009, the NCR headline of an article read:

"Pope extols women's rights in Africa"
 The subhead was:
"Women say pope's words undercut by discrimination they see inside church"
With a silent whisper to John Allen for an OK, I did a word count:.

  • Headline: 3 pages; 717 words; 22 paragraphs; 70 lines
  • Subhead: 3 pages; 721 words; 23 paragraphs; 64 lines.


John Allen may be balanced and fair.

Neither the Pope nor the Church are.
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