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March 2010

March 09, 2010

Abortion, the Sisters of Life & Hope – UPDATES

My friend Tony Rossi has had the opportunity to interview one of the foundresses of...

March 04, 2010

Just how angry are some Americans? -UPDATES

Because all of his pronouncements are subject to sudden change, President Obama, who decried the...

February 2010

February 24, 2010

G. Washington, S. Brown & Idealism

This is both interesting and sad: Over at dotCommonweal, Robert Imbelli had a brief post...

February 10, 2010

Rep. Charlie Wilson, RIP

Charlie Wilson has passed: Wilson, a Democrat, represented Lufkin in the U.S. House from 1972...

February 04, 2010

Oprah, Sisters of Mary, Haiti & Random Stuff -UPDATED

Sisters after making Perpetual Profession I was busy with other work this morning, and so...

January 2010

January 27, 2010

Obamaporta-prompta; Symptom of Distress?

A Shrinking Presidential Perspective Necessity being the mother of invention, it appears that Barack Obama...

January 20, 2010

Morning muse on Brown's win -UPDATED

Morning is being taken up with bringing the dog to the vet, so I haven't...

January 14, 2010

Two stupid, nasty women

I'm sorry, I'm just in no mood for foolishness today, and it's made me a...

January 06, 2010

Neoneocon; Hitler's Germany & US

Neoneocon rouses me from my couch that I may link to her fascinating post, one...

December 2009

December 30, 2009

"God has carved a place…"

One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable; you...

December 30, 2009

Terrorist not Talking; Obama Cruises Yemen – UPDATED

Noted at The Corner: To see the danger we face because of Obama’s return to...

December 29, 2009

Obama and Doing vs Being – UPDATED

Neo-neocon is wondering what has happened to Obama's vaunted fluency? Obama was always a fluid...

December 23, 2009

Obama Executive Order & Interpol – UPDATED

I'm thinking that when Steve Schippert began his blog, which he calls Threats Watch, he...

December 16, 2009

SecState in a Headband?

So, the Obama administration's "smart diplomacy" on Iran is not working. And this is very...

December 11, 2009

Christmas Climate: Lie down and die

Source The Christmas season is domestic; and for that reason most people now prepare for...

December 09, 2009

Catholics on TV Then and Now – UPDATE

Without intending to, Deacon Greg has brought into rather sharp focus -and for better or...

December 03, 2009

The Job Summit Theatricale

Oh, my goodness. President "Duality" Obama wanted his pointless but flashy "jobs summit" to be...

November 2009

November 30, 2009

Why is Obama still going to Copenhagen?

Honestly, for a brief moment, I entertained the notion that maybe, just maybe, Obama was...

November 28, 2009

Democrats Channel Rhett Butler

For some reason, even though we did not host Thanksgiving here, and none of us...

November 19, 2009

Palin Press: Putzes in Print

Love Sarah Palin or not, one has to admit the press is so undone by...

November 18, 2009

Driscoll vs NY Times & other fun things

This is really very good. Head over to Pajamas Media and take a look at...

November 16, 2009

"Un-American" to oppose KSM trial in NYC

During the Bush administration, we heard the frequent straw-man charges, from the Democrats and the...

November 16, 2009

The Rich are Different from you and me…

So, let me get this straight. According to Victor Davis Hanson (who would know) there's...

November 13, 2009

Obama, KSM Open Thread

Okay, you guys all seem to want to talk about it, and I am really...

November 12, 2009

Bang, Zoom! And other questions

Mark Shea, utterly disgusted with the press, and offended by the rank "truthiness" by which...

November 10, 2009

The 'Shut up' President Blames & Aims -UPDATED

On Drudge right now, the question Who To Blame for the massacre at Fort Hood?...

November 08, 2009

The shadow of the jackboot…

I have only just begun to read news about The Ghastly Mrs. Pelosi's machinations, or...

November 04, 2009

NY-23, Free Speech & the Fog -UPDATED

Read this. The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose...

October 2009

October 29, 2009

Pelosi's Bunker Mentality

Barack Obama seems content to let Nancy Pelosi do whatever she wants. I guess he's...

October 19, 2009

Big Doings in Rome & London?

Now what can this be all about? I get an email from my Li'l Bro...