Amy is having none of Maureen Dowd’s pontification (no pun intended) on the new pope. I think it’s great that so many Catholics are rising up and defending the pope against the blatant and baseless attacks levelled by people like … Continue reading
Moussaoui’s Mom Urges France to Save Son By ANNE DEVAILLY, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 37 minutes ago MONTPELLIER, France – The mother of the only person convicted in the United States for participating in the Sept. 11 attacks urged … Continue reading
CATEGORY ACRES FOOD 5.2 MOBILITY 1.7 SHELTER 4 GOODS/SERVICES 5.2 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 16 IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON. IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE … Continue reading
Dodd caught something on another site. It’s a front page story ran by the New York Times about the assault weapons ban. In it, we find the following quote: Despite dire predictions that the streets would be awash in military-style … Continue reading
…enjoying Andrew Sullivan’s utter meltdown of late (other than my good friend Spoons, of course)? First he lost the election… Then he lost the papacy… Now he’s just a stark-raving lunatic. It’s sad to watch, and yet it’s not…
At mass yesterday, we had a Brother from one of the local seminaries doing the homily. He talked for about 15 minutes on the importance of vocations and God’s calling, and how important it is to answer the call when … Continue reading
He Sues Lover After Sex Change Hitch 1 hour, 41 minutes ago NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian who became a man to marry a female relative was dumped after the surgery, a newspaper reported Monday. Twenty-nine-year-old rubber tapper Kuttiyamma, … Continue reading
It’s interesting to note how we, as a society, seem to have learned very little from the death of Terri Schiavo. In the Bronx, there’s a brain-damaged young man on life support at Montefiore Hospital (oddly enough, the hopsital that … Continue reading
I have to say that Willard was one of the coolest movies I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t had a chance to peep it, you simply must. Crispin Glover (you may know him as George McFly from Back to the … Continue reading
An excerpt from Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s remarks to Harvard’s graduating class, 1978: How has this unfavorable relation of forces come about? How did the West decline from its triumphal march to its present debility? Have there been fatal turns and losses … Continue reading
“Our judiciary must be independent, impartial and fair,” Frist said. “When we think judicial decisions are outside mainstream American values, we will say so. But we must also be clear that the balance of power among all three branches requires … Continue reading
The liberal meltdown over the election of Pope Benedict XVI continues, this time in the form of shrill harpee Maureen Dowd. Ms. Dowd, ever the paragon of tolerance and acceptance for non-liberal thinking, spews forth this week… It was a … Continue reading
While liberals and leftists alike wring their hands over the profiling of muslims in this country in searching for terrorists (because, as you well know, there have been so many hijackings of airlines done by non-muslims, and so many non-muslim … Continue reading
It’s no wonder the liberals and leftists of the world adore the BBC and hold it up as the paragon of broadcasting and news dissemination… They function just like the crooked folks that admire them: The BBC was last night … Continue reading
“If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. -P. J. O’Rourke
You know what’s great? Not having to hear the annual “How ’bout those Yanks” folks. Know why you aren’t hearing them? ‘Cause the Yanks are 3 games under .500. Oh, and the Mets? They have a better record. Is it … Continue reading
Maybe it’s because I’ve started paying more attention lately, but I’m noticing that there is a blatant double standard in the world. You would think that Adolf Hitler his very self was elected as Pope of the catholic church to … Continue reading
I’m gonna take a break for a few days. Got a lot coming up in work and personally so the blog has to sit on the back shelf for a bit. To my Jewish readers: Happy Pesach, and may the … Continue reading
I’ve been trying to remember where I knew Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger from. It’s been eating away at me. I knew I had heard of him before the conclave and before he was a “contender.” He did something, I just couldn’t … Continue reading