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November 2012

November 19, 2012

Federal Judge Upholds Santa Monica’s Decision, So Palisades Park Goes Naked This Year UPDATED

It's basically the scorched earth policy of tolerance, as the Santa Monica City Council banned...

November 18, 2012

Because Takashi Nagai Said Stuff Like This…

It's just another reason to throw a few bucks towards helping bringing the story of...

November 16, 2012

World Order Does It Again

I've sung the praises of the Genki Sudo's performance art group World Order in this...

November 16, 2012

Help Me Make This Movie…Redux!

This is your cub film producer with a short post to pass the hat around...

November 15, 2012

Your Favorite Film Producer Is $5.00 Short…

What's that? You forgot that I was your favorite film producer? Say it ain't so,...

November 14, 2012

Cardinal Dolan, “We’re not violating our consciences.”

Regarding the HHS Mandate, Rachel Zoll reports from Baltimore, A top American bishop said Tuesday...

November 14, 2012

For All the Saints: The Martyrs of Douai College

A few days back, we learned about the Bond family and their recusant Catholic past....

November 12, 2012

Speaking of Secret Agents, Here is Your Mission for Today

If you choose to accept it. It's simple. Go "like" the Patheos Catholic Portals' Facebook...

November 12, 2012

For His Majesty’s Secret Service: Agent Henry Morse, SJ

About a week ago, I reported that the world thought the Vatican got all starry-eyed...

November 11, 2012

On the Commemoration of Veteran’s Day…

Back to back secular feast days Frank? What gives? Not what, but who. I've been reading...

November 10, 2012

Happy 237th Birthday, Leathernecks!

Here's a quote for the feast day, from an unlikely source. You cannot exaggerate about...

November 07, 2012

Wisdom from Thomas Merton’s Letter to a Young Activist

Now that the presidential election is over, some of you may be feeling listless after...

November 07, 2012

The Tax Man Cometh? You Betcha!

All I'm sure of so far is that the Healthcare Flexible Spending Account level that...

November 07, 2012

After the Election, What Really Matters…UPDATED

There will be much post-election chatter to keep us occupied for days, if not weeks....

November 04, 2012

Help Homeless Youth in Alaska

Alison Kear, from out of Anchorage, Alaska way, sent me a note about an opportunity...

November 03, 2012

Archbishop Chaput on the Politics of Secularism

In the combox this morning on the post on the new educational website launched by...

November 02, 2012

I Approve of the Following Message. Do You?

Protect our First Freedom, America. It's what Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would want us...

November 02, 2012

New USCCB Website Launched to Inform the Culture on the Importance of Religious Liberty

One of the salient points critics of our bishops' stance on the HHS Mandate fail...

November 01, 2012

Be Advised, Weird Stuff is Happening, Both on the Blog…

And elsewhere. To wit, something went amok with a "Popular Post" link sharing doohickey. Patheos...

November 01, 2012

Injunction Junction, What’s Your Function?

"Puttin' on hold the laws that are stinky." Pardon me for thinking about the Schoolhouse...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

Proof That Bright Ideas are a Double-Edged Sword During Electoral Combat

It's what makes the last two weeks of an election a marvel of psychological warfare...

October 26, 2012

Christian Bale Speaks His Mind, Presents an Award to Chen Guangcheng

“What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’...

October 25, 2012

Obama and the Crass Roots Campaign

I thought the above was over the top. And then I saw this. Our President approves...

October 22, 2012

A Message About Religious Freedom From Citizens Next Door

and around the corner. Folks of every creed, every color, and every political persuasion....

October 22, 2012

Time-Lapse Video of the Space Shuttle Moving Through L.A.

It doesn't get much cooler than this. Let's just say that my hat is off...

October 18, 2012

What If God Was One of Us, and Drove a Race Car?

Today is the 20th anniversary of the passing on to God of this legendary racing...

October 12, 2012

Sneak Preview of an American Catholic Political Party!

Some folks are dreamers, wishing upon a star. They say things like, "If only there...

October 10, 2012

God Gave Us the Vote So We Could Make Fools of Ourselves

Meanwhile, His will prevails, which is part of the reason why I don't spend much...

October 04, 2012

A 1,000 Mile Per Hour Car? Let’s Do It!

I'm a sucker for gearhead related stuff like this. Slap four wheels on something that...

October 01, 2012

O’Brien Industries’ HHS Mandate Lawsuit Tossed Out

In an earlier post today, I asked a question about corporate personhood. You may recall...