First, there’s an interesting discussion taking shape on Gideon’s site. When he orginally posed his question about virtue and state, I had started to respond to it here, but couldn’t quite get my thoughts in order. This discussion should help.

Also, Fr. Jape has two interesting posts that are worth reading.

Also, of local interest, Pittsburgh city government is fighting among themselves about a financial recovery plan. In case you don’t know, the city is in DEEP debt (currently, they are $77 million below what they need to cover the 2005 budget), mostly thanks to very poor decisions by the mayor and the city council. At this point, there isn’t a pleasant solution to this problem, and no one seems to be willing to make a concession or two to right the ship.

Posted on 2 December 2004