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April 2012

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

Jim Marshall, Requiescat In Pace

Last week, we lost Earl Scruggs. Today, news of the passing of another giant of...

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 02, 2012

POTUS, SCOTUS, Healthcare law, the HHS Mandate, the Bishops and Catholic Social Teaching. Oh My!

When you have a post with a title with two acronyms, a healthcare law, a...

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 28, 2012

How to Approach Christ in the Eucharist (A Few Words for Wednesday)

The Eucharist has been on my mind lately. This evening at our parish, my wife...

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 25, 2012

Because God Is A Crazy Farmer, Thankfully! UPDATED

I've been working in the yard around Casa del Weathers. One thing I've been doing...

March 24, 2012

Joe Six-Pack’s Public Comment on the HHS Mandate “Proposed Rule: Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act”

It's a lovely Saturday, following on the heels of a Friday in which many folks...

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 23, 2012

FYI…Mark Your Calendars

For next Friday (ed. 3/30/2012!) as a special day of fasting and prayer for Religious...

March 20, 2012

Because Everything Matters, When Christ is Our Center

Back in the Fall, I shared a post with you about fallen Hollywood heroes asking...

March 19, 2012

A Letter to Saint Joseph

Dear St. Joseph: It's your feast day in the Church today, and even if you...

March 18, 2012

From Slave to Bishop, Everything You Wanted to Know About St. Patrick, And More

I love reading about the lives of the saints. Especially from the old books like...

March 17, 2012

Of Course James Bond Can Sing! In Ireland, Anything is Possible

Sean Connery is, was, and ever shall be, the Compleat Gentleman. Sing it Sean! And...

March 16, 2012

Another “Close of Business” HHS Mandate Press Release on a Friday

The Administration is getting good at squeezing off little last minute notices right before the...

March 16, 2012

For Your Lenten Friday Night At the Movies, III

One of the things I enjoy about sharing movies with you during Lent is...seeing movies...

March 16, 2012

Guess What? Parts of the HHS Mandate Aren’t Unconstitutional

Says who? Says First Amendment scholar, and Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, Thomas J. Curry....

March 15, 2012

O’Brien Industrial Holdings, LLC Sues the HHS Department

And the reason? The unconstitutional HHS Mandate, of course. As Frank O'Brien notes, the mandate...