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April 2013

April 13, 2013

Writing on Gosnell Media Blackout in 2011 -UPDATED

On twitter yesterday, it was mildly irking to see a few tweets in my timeline...

April 09, 2013

If Mom didn’t say we couldn’t…I guess we can!

That's adolescent reasoning, and of course, dishonest, but it's also the reasoning meant to buttress...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

The Quiet Menace: Fixating on Francis, Missing the Point – UPDATED

Having just gone to confession after mass this morning, it was not my intention to...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

Am I a Cynic, or Simply Observant? Both?

Since I am both socially inept and an introvert (not an automatic blend; I'm just...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

Atomic Stupidity: Obama has all the Numbers! – UPDATE

In telling the GOP to use the Obama playbook, yesterday, did Mark Thiessen calculate poorly...

September 2012

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...

September 19, 2012

Media Disorientation is Complete

There is a Southern Baptist gentleman, who has corresponded with me for almost as long...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Chick-fil-A: if you’re not sure, this is how fascism works – UPDATED AGAIN

Over at Facebook, I noticed a picture of Kermit and Miss Piggy marrying, with a...

July 20, 2012

Aurora Slaughter and the Enthralled Tribes of America

Via How overly-enthralled we are becoming to our ideological tribes? Enough, perhaps, to wonder if...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

Yay Verily! A Fresh Magazine with a Fresh Message

Do you ever look at the magazines on the rack at the grocery store and...

June 19, 2012

Award-winning CBS News writer goes off on NBC – UPDATED

You know Deacon Greg, right? Affable fellow, likes to write homilies and participate in Adoration?...

June 15, 2012

“We are what we eat, and what we worship”

Joseph Susanka touches on the issue of idolatry through a cinematic reference: In The Fallen...

May 2012

May 01, 2012

“Cool”: You keep using that word… UPDATE

Apparently, in reaction to the reality that the youth vote is fading on Obama, a...

March 2012

March 04, 2012

No, David Gregory is not a Hack

I'm seeing a lot of remarks on Twitter about this exchange between Newt Gingrich and...

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 19, 2012

Right now, Obama wins

Rick Perry is out. Ron Paul is still in the game, and may yet run...

January 09, 2012

Tim Tebow: Luke 12:8 or 1 Thess 5:18?

I must admit, I got a mild kick out of this bit on the statistics...

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...

December 14, 2011

The Subtleties of Biased Emphasis – UPDATE

Just ran out for a Chai Tea Latte (and to get away from the noise...

December 13, 2011

Chelsea Clinton’s Debut – UPDATED

So, Chelsea Clinton made her debut last night on Brian William's (to me) awkwardly-named Rock...

December 10, 2011

Muppets Mayhem is Misdirection

Honestly, I haven't been paying much attention. I mean, I love the Muppets but once...

December 04, 2011

When Carville is Your Role Model

Come on, you Center-Right folk! If you can't manage to do better than James Carville,...

November 2011

November 09, 2011

What Cain Should have Said at Presser – UPDATED

Was chatting with some friends last night, and one was mildly annoyed with me for...

November 06, 2011

Who will sue over Same Sex OWS Tents?

Sexual assaults and rapes are apparently so numerous at Zuccotti Park in the New York...

August 2011

August 09, 2011

Newsweek not Sexist, Just Unprofessional

I've been meaning to write on that absurd, and frankly tabloid-worthy Newsweek cover photo of...

July 2011

July 29, 2011

DC's Bad Kabuki & the Next Chapter of Trouble – UPDATES

Clearly, what we are getting out of Washington is not leadership, not from anyone. It...

July 23, 2011

Mass Murderer with Headshots? – UPDATED

So, what are we to make of this creature who has handed Norway a horrific...

July 19, 2011

Tumbling America and the Narrative Thrust UPDATED

America is in the process of tumbling: she has one party interested only in "remaking"...

July 13, 2011

Heresy is Rare and Everywhere

In the comments section of another thread, I wrote in response to a commenter: "....

July 07, 2011

Thoughtful pieces on Casey, Caylee, Corapi, Idols

Emails are coming in reporting a state of high tension on various Corapian threads, in...