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September 2009

September 29, 2009

Praying to Obama?

A while back I wrote: Are we making Idols of our Ideologies? It's a good...

September 16, 2009

I believe Obama rejects Carter's charge – UPDATED

In a post below, I noted a tweet from CBS' Mark Knoller: Rejecting Jimmy Carter...

September 10, 2009

Oh, nuts! Obama Speech Reax

I have not one, not two but three things I have to start writing for...

September 01, 2009

One Kennedy Legacy; Tribal Warfare

As my Auntie Lillie would sing when the tribe got started, "O, the Catholics are...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

The Pinnacle: slim, sharp & lonely

Catching up on all the stories since I have been away and I must have...

August 19, 2009

Equality of Opportunity or of Outcome?

Let's look some more at this piece by Jillian Bandes, on Obama's new "Chief Diversity...

August 18, 2009

Your MUST READ on Healthcare

David Goldhill has done all of us a tremendous service with his 10,000 word article...

July 2009

July 31, 2009

"Immoral Villains!" sez Nancy "Queeg" Pelosi – UPDATED

Okay, I've decided that Nancy Pelosi (whose Native American name might be "Stands With An...

July 16, 2009

Quotes of the Day

Actually, they've both been hanging around my tab bar for a couple of days, and...

June 2009

June 11, 2009

Obama: the Opposite of America

I had this awful feeling, a few months into Obama's presidency, that he had no...

June 09, 2009

600,000 jobs "saved or created"

The intellectually incurious press is in full-obedience mode. If the president wants them to report...

June 04, 2009

Bonheoffer, Tiller and Assassination – UPDATED

Forgot to mention that I have a piece featured in First Things today, entitled Tiller,...

May 2009

May 07, 2009

Happy Fun Headline Game for Rainy Days!

It's a game I play and since we are in a debilitating rain-loop, thought I'd...

May 06, 2009

"…I prayed my way into thinking."

This I understand. "The truth is that I did not think my way into praying....

March 2009

March 12, 2009

Buster, Technology & Foosball – UPDATED

In yesterday's link-filled post, I added this astounding technological demonstration. And because my kids do...

February 2009

February 28, 2009

Christian Sceptism

Thanks to Zoe From Flannery O'Connor's letter to Alfred Corn on May 30, 1962: Even...

December 2008

December 19, 2008

"Movement" voters and other things

Just thought you might be interested in this - a buncha Catholics sittin' around gassing...

November 2008

November 03, 2008

Obama, Abortion, Life & Reason – UPDATED

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you...

October 2008

October 25, 2008

Our Unfree Press – -UPDATED

I have written often and often about the dangers a nation faces when its press...

October 08, 2008

What's Wrong With the World, II

In a very interesting post that you'll want to ponder, House of Eratosthenes recalls this...

September 2008

September 18, 2008

Dems run away; McCain shows leadership

I'm sorry...my jaw is ON THE FLOOR at this headline: Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave...

September 02, 2008

Wall-to-Wall "Palinsanity" & BUTTONS!

Buttons thanks to Shana! Althouse coined the word "Palinsanity" and one of her commenters made...

September 02, 2008

Lib Men: Foul & Vile & Ignorant on Palin

I'd just finished whipping out my credit card and donating to McCain/Palin again when I...

August 2008

August 31, 2008

Palin: Bad Mother, Bad Woman

What in the world has happened to liberal/Democrat values in the last 48 hours? It...

August 29, 2008

Does Brokaw remember Carter? – UPDATED

After noting that the AP took the good economic news released yesterday and re-wrote the...

August 28, 2008

Meyer: Americans, feel pride re Obama!

Dick Meyer, writing over at NPR (when we all know he should be out there...

August 27, 2008

Pelosi to Bishops: drill your brains?

Wait, that can't be right. Nancy Pelosi cannot have respond to the rather heavy dose...

August 06, 2008

Meyer: Why We Hate Us

Through his columns, first at CBS and now at NPR, Dick Meyer has provided this...

July 2008

July 02, 2008

I thought the GOP was the dumb party

I know that Democrats and members of the left are supposed to be our intellectual...

June 2008

June 23, 2008

Honing your Critical Thinking Skills – UPDATED

The other day I linked to my most recent piece at Pajamas Media, which looked...