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November 23, 2010

Note on Holiday posting

I'll be gone most of the rest of the week. On occasion I might pop...

November 23, 2010

A Thanksgiving Hymn

Churches have some thanksgiving hymns, but outside of church the only song I ever heard...

November 22, 2010

The Pope, Condoms, and Catholic Teaching: Are we confused yet?

So according to Catholic World News, Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Holy See Press...

November 22, 2010

President Obama confirms

What opponents of 'hate crime' and 'hate speech' legislation have been saying. Like those who...

November 22, 2010

Nice to hear

According to an Associated Press report, some of our nuclear weapons drivers were three sheets...

November 22, 2010

There is no room in the free world for hats shaped like birds

I went to one of my boys' events last week. One of the mothers in...

November 22, 2010

More on the great Papal condom controversy of 2010

Lori Pieper, over on her blog On Pilgrimage, writes about the origins of the word...

November 21, 2010

Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln?

I can see it. He's quite the chameleon actor. So I can see him being...

November 21, 2010

Jim Tressel: Thou art cool

So after the Buckeyes pull another nail biter over the Hawkeyes, Coach Tressel is stopped...

November 21, 2010

My son, Harry Potter

In celebration of the great media frenzy that will soon pass like a breeze in...

November 20, 2010

Pope says sometimes condoms can be justified? WTH?

IMPORTANT: READ UPDATE III BELOW!In a headline that is sure to create a firestorm, the...

November 20, 2010

Littering the Earth with children: Thoughtful insights from the Joy Behar Show

This article references Joy Behar's show. I've said it before and I'll say it again,...

November 19, 2010

A reader sends along this insight into today’s public education

And asks that I post it on the blog. Being one of my legions of...

November 19, 2010

U.S. State Department’s Report on Religious Freedom

The link is to the executive summary. You can go country by country by navigating...

November 18, 2010

Charles Rangel to remain in Congress

Good for him. According to what I've seen on the news, folks seem pretty content...

November 18, 2010

Despite fifty years of propaganda, 6 out of 10 Americans don’t think marriage is becoming obsolete

See how easy that was? Notice the focus. A whopping 6 out of 10 Americans...

November 18, 2010

It’s raining on the hajj

Just another play by play story of the annual Islamic pilgrimage. The MSM has done a...

November 17, 2010

Uh Oh, Obama’s children’s book is under fire by FOX

So President Obama has included Sitting Bull as one of those heroes worth emulating. We...

November 17, 2010

What did Beowulf sound like?

Here's a reading for your listening pleasure. It gives a passage of the epic poem,...

November 17, 2010

I probably shouldn’t have laughed, but I did

FWIW, the book referenced is The Necronomicon, a fictional work referenced in the myths of...

November 17, 2010

Attention Regular Guests:

Wouldn't you like to be a Follower too? On a little housekeeping business, I though...

November 17, 2010

Catholic and Muslim leaders agree to agree

The seventh meeting between Catholic and Muslim leaders just concluded. From it, several things were...

November 17, 2010

An American Myth

I've been told by folks of a certain generation that I don't know what it...

November 16, 2010

Three teenage girls

make an already weird routine weirder.

November 16, 2010

Tired of logical fallacies in your everyday conversations?

Bothered by friends and coworkers who insist that since all dogs are animals and no...

November 16, 2010

Thank goodness Muslims have the hajj and not Christmas

Otherwise we might not learn anything about it. For its part, the MSM continues to...

November 16, 2010

The Royal Engagement and the Beatles on iTunes: Two stories I don’t give a wit about

Why? First, the royals. While it's all interesting and whatnot, I guess I got burned...

November 16, 2010

Pietro Sambi to the USCCB: Evangelize! Evangelize! For God’s sake Evangelize!

About time. The apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, has told the United...

November 16, 2010

West Potomac High School declares 'No more 'F' for failure!' Meanwhile Mike Shanahan, coach of...

November 16, 2010

Jay McDowell demonstrates how Homosexuality is the hammer with which the Left will crush failure to embrace Righthink

So a video has gone viral. Many do. Why is this one special? Because it...