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October 2012

October 13, 2012

Street Art to Bring You to Your Knees

I love this. Love it! What's that line? "The world will be saved by beauty..."...

October 11, 2012

A Year of Faith! A Year of Discussion!

Here at Patheos, we like to say we are "hosting the discussion on faith", and...

October 09, 2012

Obama campaign is for the birds…

Of all the topics covered during last week's debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney,...

October 03, 2012

Obama, Dems Almost Answerable to No One

Obama already doesn't answer to the mainstream press -- and they're fine with that which...

October 01, 2012

Teddy Roosevelt on how Republics Die…

"The Roman Republic fell, not because of the ambition of Caesar or Augustus, but because...

September 2012

September 29, 2012

Court Eunuchs of MSM won’t tell us, so thank you, BBC!

"Court Eunuchs" seems pretty harsh, no? (photo courtesy of shutterstock.com) The first time I saw...

September 28, 2012

Dem Pollster Pat Caddell: MSM is Threatening Future of Country UPDATED

The decades-long incestuous relationship between the Democrat party and the mainstream media is birthing something...

September 28, 2012

On to Autumn!

photosource Autumn Fires In the other gardens And all up the vale, From the autumn...

September 28, 2012

When Bibi Met Mitt… UPDATED

I don't know what happened when Bibi met Mitt. But a picture is worth a...

September 27, 2012

A “Year of Faith”, Whatzat?

Am I the only one who sees Don Bosco's dream represented in that logo? I...

September 26, 2012

Harvard Rejecting “Jesus’ Wife” but Truthiness is Served – UPDATES

When the New York Times published this piece and kicked off the whole breathless week...

September 25, 2012

McNamara is Back and he’s Brought Ligouri!

If you've been missing Pat McNamara's blogposts and columns about the history of the Catholic...

September 25, 2012

Curiosity Killed the Cat, and the Atheist?

Over at the Atheist channel, Bob Seidensticker is experimenting with prayer, in a (to me)...

September 22, 2012

MSM fully deserves this smackdown

If, like me, you have become convinced that Barack Obama could eat the heart of...

September 19, 2012

Obama’s Golden Champagne Tower

Okay, in fairness, it's not really Obama's champagne tower, worth over $100,000. It's Jay-Z and...

September 17, 2012

“They want to know if there is anything more they can get.” – UPDATED

Scanning headlines in my twitter feed over the past few days, I noticed at one...

September 14, 2012

Benedict in Lebanon; A Shepherd Led

A friend of mine, after considering this staggering map of today's widespread unrest, asked me...

September 13, 2012

Poor Clare Novices and Professions

I am internet fasting, and thought it a good time to do some nun news....

September 13, 2012

What is Lucifer?

What is Lucifer? He is a brilliant intelligence, the most enlightened of all, but an...

September 12, 2012

Mencken’s Birthday: He’d have hated today’s elite MSM – UPDATED

So, today is the birthday of H. L. Mencken, the journalist who once wrote stuff...

September 11, 2012

In Which a Bishop is called “cheeky” – UPDATED

(Photo by Clare Kendall) ...but I mean no disrespect at all. In my book, he...

September 11, 2012

Gas Prices, Gaia & the Great Hamptons Rosé Shortage of ’12

I know I'm supposed to be fasting from the internet, and yeah, I'll get back...

September 10, 2012

An Internet Fast

("Soothe my Sorrows" Icon via Holy Transfiguration Monastery) One week, for my spirit -- must...

September 07, 2012

Dolan Meets Colbert!

The Event: His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan faces off with His Truthiness Stephen Colbert, moderated...

September 06, 2012

St. Teresa of Avila and New Media

In the mail today comes a paperback copy of Father James Martin's book, Between Heaven...

September 05, 2012

The Summer’s Darkling Rain

Throughout the summer, but particularly for the past five weeks, I have sat at my...

September 05, 2012

Ka Loke: A Song Sweet and Lovely!

One of my favorite songs from the soundtrack from The Descendants . Dennis Pavao and...

September 04, 2012

Idols Come in Many Forms; Facebook Feeds Them – UPDATED

My column at First Things this week takes yet another stab at discussing the idols...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

I’m gone to Dallas for the CNMC!

Hey there folks, blogging will be light (but I will never say "non-existent") while I...

August 27, 2012

St. Monica, Mothers, Manutergium and Father Michael

photosource Today is the feastday of Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine, whose tomb I...