Thursday, February 25, 2010
What's Wrong with the Vice President?
Don't know if you saw the flap over the TV news reporter who wondered aloud on the air, "What happened to the vice president?" His forehead looked "bruised" to her. She speculated that something might have happened to him at the Olympics where he had visited the day before. While the vice president was speaking, the reporter was apparently clued in by someone on the set that those were ashes from an Ash Wednesday service. Red-faced, she set the viewers straight and even noted that she should have known better since she is Catholic herself. I dare say that the day before, no reporter would have misunderstood someone wearing Mardi Gras beads. But ashes? Sadly, I think it’s a sign of the times. There are pieces of the Christian year ...
