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April 2012

April 18, 2012

The Logical Vegetarian (A Few Words for Wednesday)

The Logical Vegetarian by G. K. Chesterton. This was published in Wine, Water, and Song just...

April 17, 2012

Dr. Estrangedlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Church UPDATED

The word is that the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) may be coming...

April 16, 2012

Brides-to-Be and the Blindness of Vanity

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the books Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, once...

April 16, 2012

There is No Ghetto Between the Shire and the City

Ghetto Catholicism, that is. You see, we Catholics aren't like the Amish, or other religious...

April 15, 2012

On Divine Mercy Sunday, Shakespeare and a Song

A truth about us as human beings is that we desire justice and not mercy....

April 13, 2012

Irony Alert! Ron Paul Press Release Misses Obvious

Need more proof that Ron Paul is Cyber Monday (huge on the internet, but small...

April 12, 2012

The Editors at Commonweal Think the Bishops Protest Too Much

Earlier today, I shared the latest from the USCCB's stance on religious liberty. Bishop William...

April 12, 2012

Contraception, the Billionaire’s Wife, Toking Cathechists, and Teletubbies…

Thomas L. MacDonald, one of my newest Patheos Catholic portal classmates, brings all of the...

April 12, 2012

The Bishops Give Us A History Lesson On Religious Liberty And A Call For Prayer

You would have to have been living under a rock not to know that religious...

April 10, 2012

Janine Turner Speaks Out Against the HHS Mandate

A few weeks ago, I noted that to many women, the HHS Mandate is demeaning....

April 08, 2012

Catholic Leaders On the Sunday Morning News Shows This Easter Morning

In case you missed it, and I know I did, the network news shows this...

April 08, 2012

Mike Wallace, Requiescat In Pace

I learned a few minutes ago that Mike Wallace has passed into eternity. I met...

April 07, 2012

Because the HHS Mandate Amounts to Arbitrary Discrimination…

and that just isn't right. The above poster, with thoughts from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, reminds...

April 06, 2012

For Your Good Friday Night at the Movies

It's Good Friday, and again I am presenting a film that I've only recently discovered....

April 06, 2012

Without Neil Young, Musical Jeremiads Like This…

wouldn't have been made. Neil doesn't use Jim Marshall's amplifiers. They didn't give him the...

April 05, 2012

New Memo from the Bishops Says HHS Mandate “Radically Flawed”

From the National Catholic Register yesterday, details of a March 29 memorandum addressing the problems...

April 05, 2012

A Petulant POTUS, or an All-Powerful Genie?

Here's hoping he's both. In the "petulant President" department, John Fund, a writer based in New York,...

April 04, 2012

Spam Bots Now Know…

...that my investment insights are as invaluable as the sorcerers stone, and likely to enrich...

April 03, 2012

Five Reasons Why I Voted For Cardinal Dolan to Make the TIME 100

I just voted "Definitely" to include Cardinal Timothy Dolan on the upcoming TIME Magazine 100...

April 03, 2012

Quote of the Week: Fr. Leo Patalinghug

Faith, if practiced only in the confines of a church, synagogue, or mosque, demonstrates weakness,...

April 01, 2012

G.K. Chesterton on “The Penance of Boredom”

Last year on this day, I shared an off-the-wall poem about Palm Sunday penned by...

April 01, 2012

Behold! The Holy Week Treasure Map

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it is worth sharing. It would be neat, for...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Cardinal Dolan on How the POTUS Broke Faith And Announced the HHS Mandate Was a “Fait Accompli”

Stop the presses, as this just came in from todays' Wall Street Journal. A frank...

March 30, 2012

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies V

This is the year of seeing films I have never seen before. Last week, we...

March 29, 2012

Earl Scruggs, Requescat In Pace

What is the happiest sounding instrument in the world? Hands down, my vote goes to...

March 29, 2012

Cardinal Dolan on the O’Reilly Factor’s “No Spin Zone” and an Idea to Get Him on Comedy Central Too.

Rocco Palmo scooped this up first, naturally, and it's fantastic. Watch the latest video at...

March 28, 2012

Mr. President? A Trifecta of Anti-HHS Mandate Videos for the Situation Room

Not so fast, Mr. President. In fact, it appears that you have awoken a sleeping...

March 26, 2012

One for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord (Music for Mondays)

Have you ever asked your mom to pray for you? I have. And one of...

March 23, 2012

For Your Lenten Friday Night At The Movies IV

I've said it once, and I'll say it again. One of the best things I...

March 21, 2012

“Change” (A Few Words for Wednesday)

A poem for the season by Katharine Tynan. Change In last week's snow the spring...