Ever since the Ungowa tribe got introduced to unfiltered Camel cigarettes by a crate of cargo accidently dropped on their island in WWII, they have been hooked–and their lung cancer rates have skyrocketed. Across the island are the Hoodoo tribe. They have nothing to do with the Ungowa tribe because everything the Ungowans do and say is regarded as ritually unclean. However, they did have a crate of cargo with filtered cigarettes dropped on them as well. They consider filtered... Read more

Here’s a warm tribute to Popes JPII and Benedict XVI from Rabbi Abraham Cooper in the Huffpo. Read more

A reader writes: If you have a minute, no pressure, I would love your perspective on the best way to address the fairly short dialogue which I will past below. My Jewish Atheist Uncle, is responding to a question posed to him by my father. He is a very bright guy and is open, not the typical hateful far left atheist type, and I am not sure where to go with him on this issue. The conversation has been ongoing... Read more

For some reason, when people get in arguments in my comboxes, somebody usually gets the idea that I should weigh in and give my opinion. Then, when I do, I often find myself told things like “You and I are on the same page, good buddy!” or “I’m really disappointed in you. It’s not that I’m angry. I’m just… just sad.” by people I do not know from Adam. So that’s fun. In this case, I’m being asked to adjudicate... Read more

Pretty funny argument going on in my comboxes. Y’see I’m always hearing sobs of pain from readers whose hearts are open bleeding sores of pity for torture defenders. I’m just so *mean*, doncha know, when I use blunt or flippant language to describe the ideas of people who dissent from the Church’s plain teaching about war crimes as being in dissent about the Church’s plain teaching on war crimes. People come from out of the woodwork to *beg* for something... Read more

Prom edition! Read more

…the Comet Kohoutek of pandemics. That makes me happy. Read more

…who are suddenly enamored of Ad Extirpanda as the very last word in the development of Catholic social teaching. Oh, and the book of Judges is not the final word on the Church’s doctrine of Just War either. Sheesh! Talk about handing ammunition to anti-Catholics! The strange spectacle of Catholic pro-torture bottom-of-the-barrel scraping is one of the more stunning examples of sin making people stupid. Read more

…this Sunday, May 17, at 9:00 PM EDT. The show is hosted by Fr. Ron Lengwin. You can stream it live here. We’ll be talking about Mary, Mother of the Son. Read more

A reader writes: I wonder if I might trouble you to check out (and make another mention of) the Rosaries for Life website. It’s totally revamped, and we’re rolling out the new site this week of Mother’s Day and the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Our mission is to fulfill the words of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, “”A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through... Read more