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The Bada-bing, Bada-boom Nursing Center

Many years ago, when we were only a few years married, my husband and I...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Sorry, *Gay or Straight Friends in Rome*, this is just Rude

Wait, let me get my eyeroll over with, in anticipation of all the people who,...

September 25, 2012

MSM Holds Its Freedom Cheap; Ours, Too

(Neveshkin Nikolay / Shutterstock.com) My column at First Things this week chronicles the almost surreal...

August 2012

August 10, 2012

A Female Frathouse at DHS? I Believe!

I expect this story will go down the media memory hole very quickly, but I...

July 2012

July 05, 2012

Sacred Sex: is a Doorway to the Eternal

Tim Muldoon winds up his five-part series on the "McDonaldsization of Sex" with some splendid...

February 2012

February 04, 2012

PP on Komen Debacle: “A learning opportunity”

Charlotte Hays writes at the Register that the Komen decision was about a Planned Parenthood...

January 2012

January 16, 2012

Tebow on ABC This Week & Focus on Family Msg

After watching George Stephanopoulos do a less-than-stellar job of reining in his disdain during the...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

Kim Jong Il is Dead; New Tyrants Come

While you were sleeping our already-roiling world took another hit to its tenuous stability: North...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

Keller's shortsighted religious bigotry – UPDATED

My column at First Things today looks at Bill Keller's recent piece demanding "tougher questions"...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Cuomo’s no Thomas More; Dowd’s Still Dowd

I really want to stop writing about her but Maureen Dowd's extended adolescence just attracts...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

NY Times' Perpetual Lunchroom

I've always said the NY Times primarily -- note the qualifier -- featured a bunch...

January 19, 2011

Gentlemen: A tale of two apologies – UPDATE

First read the New York Times going through a long, belabored and ultimately lame exercise...

January 04, 2011

Surrender unto Surrender for Peace – UPDATED

I admit, my Tuesday column requires some patience. If you jump too quickly you're going...

November 2010

November 08, 2010

Olby's short, sweet suspension – UPDATED

I've had a few emails from people rolling their eyes at the "high drama" of...

November 05, 2010

On Palin; No Animus, No Condescension

In my piece yesterday at Pajamas Media I wrote: . . .thrust-and-parry between a candidate...

October 2010

October 21, 2010

Juan Williams: Fired for Doubting – UPDATED

(Graphic via Ed Driscoll, who has a good roundup) I wonder if it was smart...

October 20, 2010

O'Donnell "stupid" on 1st Amendment; um…wait

I think the most nefarious and reprehensible game the press plays--beyond spiking stories to protect...

October 17, 2010

Mo Dowd Shows Bullies How it’s Done – UPDATE

Bullying and the Tolerance Disconnect have been subjects brought very much to the fore, thanks...

October 15, 2010

Whore is as Whore Does; NOW is over

A week ago, Ed Morrissey looked at NOW's endorsement of California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown--whose...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

Benedict's UK Triumph Ignored in US

Shamelessly cribbed from Lucianne.com Deacon Greg, who rarely has time to really sit down and...

September 21, 2010

O' Donnell's Masturbation Maturation – UPDATED

In my Tuesday column, I take a surprising turn (I am full of surprising twists...

September 20, 2010

The Ultimate in Nanny-Statism! UPDATED

Productive citizenry, diligently earning its allowances The Ultimate in Nanny-Stating: UK wants to take paychecks...

July 2010

July 28, 2010

The Clampdown; Shirley Sherrod & Ken Howell – UPDATED

Here we have the presentment of two job losses: Shirley Sherrod gives a speech; within...

July 25, 2010

Journolist: Listening So You Don't Have To!

Git along little dawgies Over at RCP Jay Cost is asking what's so bad about...

July 21, 2010

Sherrod should write a book- UPDATED

The Pool of Bethesda, 1645, Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot Shirley Sherrod says she is not certain...

July 19, 2010

A Splendid Rant on Boomers!

Barbara R. Nicolosi, Slayer of Boomers And today we enter Week 4 of Patheo's summer-long...

June 2010

June 22, 2010

What's wrong with Jaden Smith? Nothing

Having enjoyed Jaden Smith's performance in The Pursuit of Happyness, (a film I liked very...

June 17, 2010

Has Social-Justice been Co-opted?

Over at Patheos, Timothy Dalrymple offers Part I of what he is referring to as...

June 04, 2010

Paul McCartney, intellectual…UPDATED

...still trying to prove he's as smart and as cynical as John. Still trying to...

June 01, 2010

Pray for Nancy Pelosi

Just pray for her. Pelosi’s office did not respond to CNSNews.com’s follow-up questions regarding the...