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August 2017

August 12, 2017

The White Supremacist Tiki Brigade: On the Stupidity of Evil

There is nothing funny about the white supremacists demonstrating in Virginia. Nothing whatsoever. Except that...

August 07, 2017

A Ruse of an Article

Some people are very touchy about recipes. After taking a literal forty-eight hours to argue...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Sic Transit Gloria Scaramucci?

Sic transit gloira Mundi-- or, as we say in America, that was quick. The...

July 30, 2017

The Return of Miss Manners

Rose has a new skateboard. We found a brand new, pink and yellow skateboard on...

July 22, 2017

Deacon Jim’s Blunder: The Actual Definition of “Orthophobia”

Our old friend Deacon Jim is at it again. Jim Russell, a persistent man whom...

July 21, 2017

A Sober Discourse About Pornography

Everyone's talking about pornography these days, what with the Game of Thrones season...

July 15, 2017

When Is It Okay to Tell a Woman She’s in Great Shape?

We're going to answer an age-old question which has been all over the news lately:...

July 14, 2017

Let’s Examine the Transcript of Trump’s Remarks on the Solar Wall

Last night, our president, TV's Donald Trump, was asked if his proposal of a...

July 11, 2017

Watty Piper’s Mechanical Dystopia: Looking Back At “The Little Engine That Could”

There are stories that only improve with age. And then there's Watty Piper's 1930 fable,...

July 09, 2017

How To Write A Listicle

It seems like nothing gets published these days unless it's in listicle format. In...

July 07, 2017

A Baptist Walks Into A Casino…

People keep making Baptist jokes lately. "The difference between a Baptist and a Catholic is...

July 04, 2017

The Infamous Fourth of July Backyard Extravaganza

I'm pretty famous for telling horrendous stories about my childhood on the Planet Charismatic. How...

June 2017

June 25, 2017

Notes from Notre Dame (Part Two)

(Yes, I am aware that this image is of the wrong Notre Dame.) I woke...

June 22, 2017

Notes from Notre Dame (Part One)

Somehow, Patheos sent a hack like me to the Trying To Say God Conference at the...

June 05, 2017

What’s in the Dark

One learns what the poor's real needs are, when they themselves have to learn to...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

The Adventures of Tony, Cap, Donald and Bigfoot

My daughter does not play with Barbies. That's not for lack of exposure; she has...

May 23, 2017

Ten More Christian Movies That Need To Be Made

I just died laughing at Babylon Bee's very humorous list of 23 Christian Movies That...

May 02, 2017

Cyril And Methodius Invent The Russian Language: A Play In One Act

Saint Cyril: What can we do for fun? Saint Methodius: I know! Let's invent...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

Empathy and the Tyranny of Advice

Yesterday, I talked a little about the struggle with poverty, and how complicated and frightening...

April 25, 2017

Commodore Trump and the Evil Canadian Cattle Rustlers

I don't often read the president's twitter feed. If I want to read other people's...

April 22, 2017

Mr. Rogers and the Terrible Chef

My daughter is on a Mr. Rogers-watching kick again, thanks be to God. We have...

April 04, 2017

A Noise Annoys An Oyster: A Critical Review of Rod Dreher’s Review of Sam Rocha’s Review of The Benedict Option

I have never in my life seen a review of a book review. I imagine...

March 2017

March 27, 2017

Scandal: The Pope Poops In a Port-o-Potty

I wouldn't expect much from a site calling itself "Novus Ordo Watch." Well, I take...

March 24, 2017

Where’s the Borscht?

I grew up associating Lent with fish sticks and bland, canned-soup casserole on Fridays. My...

March 23, 2017

Film Critique From The Year 5000

Lately, I've begun an exhaustive aesthetic exploration of the B science fiction films of the...

March 15, 2017

Meet Stephan, The Central Florida Cobra

I think of myself as a tolerant and respectful person with an open mind. The...

March 11, 2017

Should We Be Cross at a Chocolate Corpus?

I don't have a problem with religious-themed treats, as a general rule. I am 100%...

March 07, 2017

Mrs. Pezzulo’s Bad Day

It started out so well. I woke up before my daughter and had a nice...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Does Texting Cause Adultery? Relevant Magazine Has The Answer

Here's an experiment for those of you who are over thirty. The rest of you,...

February 17, 2017

The Mead of Press Conferences

It is said that good poets have drunk the honey mead that was distilled from the blood...