Quick update: The piece below is satire (and was tagged as such from the outset), but a few people missed the memo. The Calexit ballot initiative, however, is not. You can read the detailed Q&A on the 2019 referendum initiative here.Dear Friends,I am writing to you in these tumultuous times to ask for your help with a very important work of mercy -- a whole collection of works of mercy, in fact. Now before I make my plea, let me begin by thanking you for your hard work and de … [Read more...]
Difficulties Educating Redneck Children, Meat Edition
October 24, 2016 by
This afternoon, the 5th grader comes to me for homework help after school at St. Urban's. It's a grammar review, and she couldn't make sense of the directions for question #3.The directions: "Use context clues to determine the meaning of the bolded word below."These directions were difficult to understand because the sentence is: "The hunter killed several deer in order to have enough venison to feed his family during the long, cold winter."The idea that someone wouldn't know wha … [Read more...]
Denying the Faith – Christianity vs. Islam, Martyrdom & Taqiya
October 9, 2016 by
This is a request for assistance from any readers who are knowledgeable on the topic. Please kindly refrain from answering if your knowledge of Islam consists primarily of passing around inflammatory memes on social media, thanks.Background: Yesterday in my extensive goofing off online, a friend pointed me to Wikipedia's darkly amusing catalog of all the different ways people lie. In skimming the article, I stumbled on the reference to Taqiya, a concept that was heretofore completely unkn … [Read more...]
Why SC Shuts Down When Weather Gets Near Us
October 5, 2016 by
Related: Over at the Conspiracy I give instructions on how to watch the evacuation live, including the understatedly-impressive I-26 lane reversal.***Here's Governor Haley acting like you might hope, say, a president would act:You can like her politics or not, but at least we as a nation have hope that there are some moderately-competent politicians in the pipeline for less disastrous election years to come.Meanwhile, let's talk about South Carolina's habit of taking … [Read more...]
Immigration Policy and the Moral Law
September 27, 2016 by
“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor." Leviticus 19:15 This month over at (the extremely right-leaning) Chronicles magazine, Karina Rollins is reporting on the epidemic of sexual assaults committed by migrants in Germany. To recap the situation, a few links from across the spectrum:Here's a detailed report from the Gatestone Institute - useful because of the summary of inc … [Read more...]
Traps for Catechists and How to Avoid Them
August 16, 2016 by
It's new-catechist season, and if you know such a person, I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you about the book you want. It's Classroom Management for Catechists, by me. It's cheap, short, readable, and gives you a 101 on how to avoid all the stupid things I did as a new religious ed teacher, and instead go directly to putting together a decent class even if you aren't a genius with magical superpowers.There's a Spanish version, too. If you are buying in bulk for your parish or diocese, call … [Read more...]
Why You Should Vote 3rd Party This Year
July 22, 2016 by
If there were a morally acceptable candidate offered by either major party, of course you could vote for that person in clear conscience. There isn't, and therefore many people are settling for choosing the least-bad candidate.Don't do this.Vote third party.Why?Voting third party is the most effective way for you to bring about a change of regime.It's more effective than a write-in campaign (barring a massive, united, nationwide campaign, which I don't see happening). It's c … [Read more...]
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