Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Daffey Thoughts

Home
Catholic

Popular Culture

Select a Category Abortion Atheism Awesome things Bigotry for the hip American Blogging Books Catholic Catholic Teaching Catholics on the Internet Christian Persecution Christian Unity Christianity and America Christianity in the Post-Modern World Christianity in the world Culture of Death Culture of Life Current Events Decline and Fall of the Christian West Defending Liberty Fun Stuff Global Warming Good Causes Good News Gun Control Health Care History Holidays Homeschool Humor Important things Inspiring Stories Interesting Insights Interesting Stories Islam and the West Liberal "Tolerance" Liberal observations Life in a post-Christian world Memorial Movies Musings News Other Blogs Our Big Politically Correct Bother Politics Popular Culture Post Modern Values Prayers Pro Life Promoting LGBT Protecting Liberty Racism in the world today Scientism Social Observations Sports Strange Stories The Boys The Catholic Church and the Left The Decline and Fall of the American Dream The end of liberty The Faith and the Left The Faith and the Right The Family The Greatness of God The Internet The Leftist Juggernaut The LGBT Question The Media The Pope The post-liberal Left The Power of Propaganda Tributes Twilight of the American Experiment Uncategorized Uneducating Postmoderns When the Church is wrong Why learn from history when we can repeat it instead Wisdom in the Post Modern Age World Events

Select a Month August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010

August 2017

August 03, 2017

Well done Chick-Fil-A

One of our favorites when in a pinch, and darn good chicken sandwiches. Not to...

July 2017

July 18, 2017

Dunkirk might be worth the watch

It is a movie based on one of the great feats of heroism and sacrifice...

July 13, 2017

Why I don’t do Game of Thrones

In a nutshell. It proved that if you just slap gratuitous violence and lots of...

June 2017

June 29, 2017

Chris Pratt seems like a decent fellow

Thanks to my sons, I've learned everything I ever wanted to know about Chris Pratt....

June 17, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 wasn’t bad

As comic book movies go, I must admit - guilty pleasure - I find the...

June 01, 2017

In honor of the greatest pop album of all time

The only tribute that really does it justice:

May 2017

May 25, 2017

It was forty years ago today

George Lucas taught the fans to play. Star Wars was unlike anything I'd ever seen. It was...

May 04, 2017

This is true

And sad. I've said if you look at the top movies of the last decade,...

April 2017

April 15, 2017

A reflection on the Ten Commandments

Courtesy of Cecil B. DeMille. From a little piece I jotted down a few years...

April 01, 2017

Follow-up to the Great Pence Dinnergate Scandal of 2017

My wife reminded me of something from her POV regarding this silly controversy. When we...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

The skinny on Chico

Simcha Fisher reminded me that I overlooked an important day yesterday. The 130th birthday of...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

The best night of Steve Harvey’s life

Bwa ha ha! I'm seldom one to crow over others' misfortunes, but it serves them...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Will someone pleas tell me if this was serious?

I've seen this talked about for days. People say it was a jab...

January 25, 2017

Who turned the world on with a smile

That would be Mary Tyler Moore. The sad news has come through that she passed...

January 24, 2017

When presidents’ kids act like the adults in the room

It was reported that the Bush daughters wrote a touching letter to the Obama daughters about...

January 21, 2017

Why Trump won

There is no video in existence that explains it better than this: Caution: If...

January 10, 2017

On the great Streep vs. Trump battle of 2017

Eh. Sometimes I imagine a world where my president elect doesn't stoop to the...

January 09, 2017

Where America watches its television shows

Fascinating. I would like to see a comparison to early television. Was there such a...

January 07, 2017

Our Great Leader Trump

On the other hand, we have this strange tirade, accompanied by lame explanation: What...

January 07, 2017

A little humor for the weekend

Mocking yet the latest cry-fest from our entertainment aristocracy. I'm one who think's they're not...

January 02, 2017

RIP William Christopher

As if 2016 needed one more victim, only hours before the year ended, William Christopher...

December 2016

December 28, 2016

I seldom hear this carol

When radio stations play 24 Christmas music: I wonder why.

December 16, 2016

Nobody does comedy like Hollywood Celebrities for Clinton

"Fresh off their success of convincing their fellow citizens to elect Hillary Clinton President of...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

Congratulations D&D

How about that. I guess if anything deserves to be in the Toy Hall of...

November 19, 2016

Thank goodness we’re putting politics into live theater

I was afraid there would be a segment left in our culture where we might...

November 04, 2016

Melania Trump illustrates a glaring problem with us modern adults

So Melania Trump came out of retirement and gave a speech about, among other things,...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

If you spend every waking moment of your life looking for something to be offended by

You'll find it. I'm a firm believer that if you are determined to find something...

October 29, 2016

I have been remiss in my duties

Last night I was watching the Indians steal a little happiness from Cubs fans, eating...

October 19, 2016

Hatred swings in many directions

As demonstrated in this little editorial piece about Christian propaganda in horror films, just in...

October 06, 2016

Showing appreciation

Has never been more appropriate. I'm sure people saw one of the more hilarious products...