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January 2012

January 11, 2012

The History Channel is to history what the National Enquirer is to Journalism for a reason

Mark Shea found this perfect plea to the thing that used to be the History...

January 11, 2012

The last dying gasp of the sexual revolution

Has just been drawn. The promise of the post-Christian revolution of sexual promiscuity was that...

January 10, 2012

Ron Paul defends Mitt Romney

Not surprisingly, he defends the one area of Romney's record and positions that most Americans...

January 10, 2012

Speaking of aloha

Does anyone remember the old 1970s TV movie of the week Aloha Means Goodbye? It...

January 10, 2012

As we move into Ordinary Time

And say aloha to 2011's Christmas festivities, a final farewell and see you next time from the...

January 10, 2012

Fr. Barron has come challenging things to say about the late Christopher Hitchens

For me? I was sad when he died. We prayed for him when he died...

January 10, 2012

Living large on Pennsylvania Avenue

Turns out while millions of Americans were wallowing in poverty, recession, and foreclosures, the current...

January 10, 2012

As we leave Christmastide

The most awesome nativity scene at St. Mary parishA few reflections. Neither my wife, nor...

January 09, 2012

Just when you thought defenders of the GOP were bad

Leftists slamming the GOP sink to new levels. Mark Steyn rightly puts them in their...

January 09, 2012

I don’t know which makes me want to cry more

The fact that the press office of the Vatican took biographies of the 22 new Cardinals...

January 09, 2012

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chávez agree with Ron Paul

The biggest troublemaker in the world today is the United States. When my sons ask...

January 09, 2012

The Pope has said gay marriage threatens society

This ought to be good. I hope - I really, really hope - that the...

January 09, 2012

And just because I can finally post in less than five hours

I give you this, the Beatles at their poetic best, and their psychedelic weirdest.

January 09, 2012

If you have ever wondered what it would be like without gravity

Wonder no more! Of course we all know that gravity exists. After all, without gravity,...

January 09, 2012

Ron Paul says not to worry

So that's good enough for me. After all, how can you argue with a man...

January 09, 2012

My new computer

It took me all of about 30 seconds to get this post up. With the...

January 08, 2012

Congratulations Broncos

That's right, not Tim Tebow - the most loved and most hated person in sports. ...

January 08, 2012

Fact checking fact checks

So ABC has its typical 'Fact Check' article after the latest GOP debate. I don't...

January 08, 2012

Happy Epiphany part deux

Technically, Friday the 6th of January was Epiphany, the Christian celebration of the Magi's journey...

January 07, 2012

Rick Santorum the Catholic’s president?

It sure looks like it from this glowing report on Santorum's sudden rise in the...

January 07, 2012

Tolkien the racist

In the wake of the anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien's 120th birthday, we had the usual debate over...

January 03, 2012

Happy twelvity birthday Professor Tolkien

Yes, it was the 120th anniversary of the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien. Not a big...

January 02, 2012

Goodbye Luke Fickell

Ah well, the dream is over. What can I say. Ohio State lost today in...

January 01, 2012

Happy New Year!

And since the various TV networks are busy regaling us with shallow pop stars, musical...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Here’s the family

Without Dad of course. He was certainly missed. But the rest of us tried to...

December 31, 2011

And a Happy New Year

This and that As the less than stellar 2011 comes to a close, I leave everyone...

December 30, 2011

On the Feast of the Holy Family

The flight to EgyptOn this, the day in which we remember the Holy Family, Joseph...

December 29, 2011

Merry fifth day of Christmas

OK, so the best I could come up with today was a picture of five...

December 28, 2011

Jay Mohr demonstrates that while it’s difficult finding people who make Fred Phelps look intelligent

It can be done. For the record, I spent the first 45 years of my...

December 28, 2011

Well done Governor Kasich

On this, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, I thought I would send a kudos...