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March 2012

March 06, 2012

A David Letterman-like List of the Top 10 Reasons to Favor the HHS Mandate UPDATED

So you've read Cardinal Dolan's letter to the Bishops, and you support the Church's stance...

March 05, 2012

“Whereas Distractions are Evanescent, the Religious-Liberty Issue Hasn’t Gone Away”

Nor will it, because this is the crux of the matter. These revelations are nothing...

March 05, 2012

The Truth About the HHS Mandate in 2 Minutes

Thanks to the good folks over at Americans United for Life. What? You expected the...

March 04, 2012

Ben Franklin’s Warning, Winston Churchill’s Observation, And Catholic Support for the Rights of Mankind UPDATED

For about a few months now, I've been mentioning things political that should matter to...

March 02, 2012

The Politics of the HHS Mandate Made Clear UPDATED

It's all about getting votes for the incumbent, and staying in power. It's a calculated...

February 2012

February 18, 2012

Why We Should Follow Our Bishops Now And Lead Them Too

But we also have to lead them by example. Sheep leading the shepherds? Bear with...

February 13, 2012

Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex and More Sex

Catholic style, which is to say, naturally. The Anchoress has a little link filled primer...

February 13, 2012

A Message to the Administration from the Communion of Saints on the HHS Mandate

What the Obama Administration doesn't seem to understand is a truth that needs only to...

February 12, 2012

Because My Pope Speaks Truths Like This

Just recently, back on January 19, 2012 during his address to the bishops of Washington...

February 10, 2012

Fr. Robert Barron Makes it Clear…

This is a power grab and a push to secularize our nation and ghettoize Catholics....

February 09, 2012

The Latest Lawsuit Against HHS is Filed by EWTN

Details are at the National Catholic Register, which is owned by EWTN. Boogity. Send a message...

February 04, 2012

The Cinematic Good vs. Evil Matrix and a Message from Mission Control UPDATED

Above, in poster form, are thoughts that flashed though my mind as the solid propellant...

February 02, 2012

Because Sexually, You Aren’t a “Black Box”

This is Joe Six-Pack here. I haven't received much hate mail in a while so...

February 01, 2012

Why God Created the Shotgun

So cool and geeky nano-bot engineers can watch ignorant Marines with high school degrees (and...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Obamacare’s Great Gift: Clarification

Thank you, Mr. President. Some of us weren't sure until recently. But now, thanks to...

January 28, 2012

A Petition For All Freedom Loving People to Sign UPDATED

Notice: This petition reached the goal and was responded to by the Administration. Evidently,...

January 27, 2012

Because the YOUCAT Helps My Children and Me

You may have missed the fracus a few years back when I killed Santa Claus,...

January 22, 2012

Would You Believe Because of Crony Capitalism? UPDATED

Would that really surprise you if I said that one of the reasons why I...

January 18, 2012

Love Jesus, Hate Religion? Fr. Robert Barron Fires Both Barrels

Sometimes, something goes so viral that all you can do is shake your head and...

January 16, 2012

Because Martin Luther King Jr. Died For Truth

On April 4th, in the year of Our Lord, 1968, at 6:01 PM, in my...

January 13, 2012

My Inner Southerner Git’s A Holt of the Laptop. Look Out!

Warning: What you are about to read should be done so with your mind's best...

January 12, 2012

A Reader Writes, and “The Kid” Delivers

An e-mail popped into my box this morning from a reader. Hi there. I am...

January 12, 2012

Rodney Dangerfield, For President

Or is it the invisible man? That "person who shall remain nameless" has the 2nd...

January 11, 2012

Three Cheers for the Separation of Powers! UPDATED

SCOTUS Unanimous for Religious Freedom! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! In honor of this decision, I share...

January 10, 2012

“Marky Mark” Grew Up And Digs the New Translation

Among other things. Mark Wahlberg, see, was interviewed on the CBS This Morning show today....

January 10, 2012

A Message From A Renowned War Hawk To the “War Parties” of Today: Peace Out!

Unlike that eevil librul Stephen Colbert, I like books. And I especially like history books....

January 02, 2012

Soldiers and Artist’s Should Be Friends?

Of course they should. Because oftentimes, they are the same people. My civilian brother, Max Lindenman, elaborates....

January 02, 2012

A Contrarian Way To Invest Like A Catholic

See what I discovered: God made man simple, but they get lost in their many...

January 01, 2012

The Problem With the “Status Quo” in the Holy Places

Is summed up nicely by St. John in his first letter. Beloved: The way we...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

I’ll See Mark Shea’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Moment…

And raise it. Sing it, Remy! That is truth and genius, all wrapped up in a...