I am reminded of C.S. Lewis’ remark that there is wishful thinking in hell, as well as on earthA reader writes:For a laugh, read this old (1936) essay by Joseph McCabe, one of G.K. Chesterton’s atheist interlocutors (look in Heretics, for example). In it, we learn about “The Myth of [Soviet] Persecution” and how atheism is “SWEEPING THE WORLD” in lovely places like China. The real gems are his predictions for the future:”That Atheism has grown in the last 10… Read more

Baby Jack Still Needs Our Prayers Read more

Obama Does not Fail to Disappoint: Kicks off Administration by Making His Offering to MolochMy flickering hope is that, like all politicians, he is a liar and doesn’t plan to do much to push FOCA. My fear is that he is a man of his word. Read more

More Vast Quantities of Work to DoPlus, I’m gonna watch the Inauguration via streaming video. What? You think a history buff like me is gonna miss this seminal moment in American history?Oh! Speaking of streaming over the web, I will be on Sound Insight tomorrow at 8 AM PST. You can listen in Seattle on 1050 AM or in Spokane on 970 AM. Or you can stream it here (the link is in the pink box in the upper right… Read more

Yes!HT: 4Marks.com Read more

MSM: In between our paroxysm of ecstasy, we promise we will do our due diligenceMmhmm. Well. We’ll see, won’t we? I remember the conservative media types swearing back in 94 that they would “hold the GOP’s feet to the fire” and make sure all that stuff about smaller gov’t and term limits and sanctity of life actually happened. Instead, they wound up cheerleading for explosive federal gigantism, laughing off war crimes as frat hazing, and laboring to figure out ways… Read more

Of Rabbits and RabbinatesThe Italian rabbinate is in a snit because the Church prays for the conversion of Jews along with everybody else. That pretty much goes with the whole “go into all the world” thing that Christ commanded. However, the Italian rabbinate somehow considers this an attack on Jews and refused to participate in Italian Catholic Church’s annual Day of Judaism.To me, the most absurd part of this is this statement:This has been the more or less official response… Read more

End the Rule of Celibacy for Mayors and This Will Never Happen Again Read more

More Information Than You Require about the Anthem “Hail to the Chief”It’s Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt. However, I did enjoy this:In the film My Fellow Americans, two ex-Presidents played by Jack Lemmon and James Garner discuss their annoyance at hearing the song played wherever they would go. Humorously, they both admit they made up their own lyrics in their head (“Hail to the chief, he’s the chief and he needs hailing, he is the chief… Read more

The Inimitable Kate Schori Holds Forth on the Oppressive Catholic ChurchTo pass from the Church of Lewis, Sayers and Williams to this in one short lifetime. What a letdown. Sayers would have had this sort of dimwitted nonsense for breakfast. Read more