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April 2005

April 20, 2005

To defeat the church, foment hatred of Benedict

Jonah Goldberg makes an excellent point: But my guess is that won't be happening any...

April 20, 2005

Heartening homily of those willing to hear it

Benedict XVI's first homily as pope is a good opportunity for those who are certain...

April 19, 2005

No Honeymoon for Benedict XVI

It seems a shame, really. The man hadn't been pope for two hours when the...

April 19, 2005

Joseph, Yesterday and Benedict, Today

Yesterday, Cardinal Ratzinger closed his very Christ-centered homily thusly: We live out our ministry in...

April 18, 2005

Jaw-droppingly stupid and offensive

Dana over at North Shore Politics writes "although I am not even a practicing Catholic,...

April 06, 2005

Influx of pilgrims putting strain on Italy

I think the best, most amusing part of this storyis the line by Archbishop Piero...

April 03, 2005

Just how vehemently DID John Paul oppose the Iraq war?

Are the media presenting this issue fairly or accurately?It's a good question. Last night we...

March 2005

March 14, 2005

Mo Dowd needs to consider her uterus

I haven't written much about Maureen Dowd lately, because I frankly haven't been reading her...

March 03, 2005

Ignorant. Foul. Adolescent. Idiotic. Offensive. Ugly.

So - Matt Taibbi thinks he's found fifty ways the pope's impending death/death is funny.I...

March 02, 2005

Mary Mapes is shopping her book. Whoda thunk it?

Big surprise, Mary Mapes is shopping a book about Rathergate wherein she'll tell the REAL...

February 2005

February 27, 2005

The holiness of BE-ing

Newsweeks Christopher Dickey makes report that is so odd, I wonder why Newsweek printed it,...

February 27, 2005

Out of the mouths of babes and Tim Russert

Well, Russert does sort of have a kind of jowl-y, boppy-cheeked babyishness to his face!Anyway...in...

February 21, 2005

Sanctimony thy name is MSM

A friend of mine, an angelic-looking, harp-plinking Benedictine Nun who is, albeit cloistered, still quite...

February 18, 2005

It must be a rule of journalism I’ve never heard of…

You know, the rule that says no matter what a left-leaning columnist is writing about,...

February 17, 2005

The Captain Slices and Dices Dowd and Rich

It's so nice of Captain Ed to to read Mo Dowd and Frank Rich for...

February 14, 2005

Pajama-wearing Super Heros: All in a day’s work

Seems I was trackbacked by a blog called Lucid Moments, and it's a very entertaining...

February 13, 2005

I’m proud of the blogs, especially the big guys

I have been offline all day. Monday it will be one month since my brother...

February 11, 2005

Jordan was “tire-necklaced’? Excuse me?

William Boykin on Jay Rosen's blog"Eason Jordan has just been tire-necklaced by a bloodthirsty group...

February 11, 2005

More thoughts on Eason Jordan and the Blogs

I’m glad he resigned - clearly Jordan couldn’t afford to have the tape released, and...

February 11, 2005

Has Eason Jordan resigned from CNN?

EASON JORDAN JUST RESIGNED[Ramesh Ponnuru]That's what I'm hearing.Hmmmm...breaking. More to come.Update: AP confirmsCNN chief news...

February 11, 2005

Reuters covers Easongate – from the “Hollywood Reporter”

Well, the story is definately breaking into the mainstream press.But filed by Reuters...from the Hollywood...

February 08, 2005

The prudes in the press

This is just pathetic. That twit Elisabeth Bumiller is trying to make something about the...

February 06, 2005

Mo Dowd tries to manage Million Dollar Baby

I was pleasantly surprised to find myself agreeing, for a few short moments, with part...

February 06, 2005

To the point on Nipplegate

Frank Rich is a prejudiced boob of staggering proportions. Mickey Kaus, while no boob, doesn't...

February 05, 2005

David Bloom – A man very much worth remembering

It always struck me as strange that in the early days of the Iraq war,...

February 01, 2005

Was Jordan caught trying to create a new (false) meme?

Jim Geraghty at TKS has the most comprehensive report yet on a story I've read...

January 2005

January 27, 2005

What color is the sky in Margaret Carlson’s world?

Kathryn Jean Lopez makes a good point over at NRO's THE CORNER:STOP BEING MEAN TO...

January 25, 2005

The Irish in America: Still making hay in every way

Michael Ledeen Rides Sy Hersch's Infinate LoopOver at NRO, Michael Ledeen has, with the help...

January 22, 2005

Eleanor, Eleanor, Eleanor….

...Take your dress down from over your face!Some may have noticed that I am a...

January 21, 2005

Who woulda thunk it?

It's been a painful thing for me to have to dislike France. I like Country...