Ann Coulter: What a gal! And she’s dead right that the one irreducible principle holding the Democratic party together is a fanatical and unreasoning love of abortion. When everything else is abandoned, even by an unprincipled scum like Clinton, the love, indeed the sacredness of abortion, remains. It’s the one and only principle to which [...]

The very sensible George Weigel on dialogue with Islam Again, this is why it’s so important to distinguish between Islam and Radical Islam (aka Islamicism or Islamofascism). It’s also why the people who get their undies in a bunch over the Pope’s honoring the Koran don’t seem to get what the Pope or the council [...]

A whimsical GOPer sends me the following: Zippity Doo Dah, Zippity Ay! My, O, My, what a wonderful day! GOP Senate, comin’ our way – Zippity Doo Dah, Zippity Ay! There’s some blue states in New England! It’s deep, dark, depression – May we recommend secession?! Zippity Doo Dah, Zippity Ay! The Press is less [...]

More on the Religion of Peace The message from powerful figures in the Islamic world is still “The Jews did it. Bin Laden had nothing to do with it. And wasn’t it a glorious victory for Islam!” It reminds me of those apologists for the Holocaust who say “It never happened and besides, the Jews [...]

Why Do I Have the Feeling This Show will Make You Stupider than You Were Before You Saw it? “Here was the new vision of the Heavens that Galileo tried to present, a vision the church was desperate to suppress.” Or: “Galileo, who gave his daughter to the church, was brought before the inquisition.” For [...]

An argument against athletic scholarships Read to the last sentence.

Looks like the ossuary ain’t St. James of Jerusalem Headline calls it a “fake”, which is somewhat misleading since we do not know who added the “brother of Jesus” bit nor why nor when. As somebody has noted, this is a bit like having a box labeled “Tom, son of Dick, brother of Harry”. The [...]

Why I’m not as eager as some to assume the absolute worst about the Vatican’s caution with the Dallas Norms I live in Washington State, right over the mountains from Wenatchee. I remember when this witch hunt happened. I know people who knew some of the victims of this nasty business. Due process is there [...]

Canonist Ed Peters on the Latest Draft of the Norms Me, I’m still cogitating on it all. So no comments yet.

The Master Political Strategist Speaks “Tonight was a good night for Democrats” Terry McAuliffe, DNC Chairman on CNN Larry King 11/05/02 I nominate McAuliffe to DNC-Chair-for-Life.

Justin Katz on the Necessary Paradigm Shift Democrats have been overcome. Now the question is “Will conservatives overcome country clubbers and Lidless Eyes in their midst to do the Right Thing?”

Interesting WaPo piece Favorite “Republicans as Snidely Whiplash” moment: “The GOP on Tuesday ousted a triple-amputee Vietnam veteran in Georgia and an incumbent appointed to fill her husband’s seat in Missouri, while ending the comeback attempt of former Vice President Walter Mondale in Minnesota.” And in addition to grinding the faces of disabled veterans, widows [...]

Another technoid question A kind reader sent me a zip file of Front Page express (thanks for taking the trouble!). Two questions: Does this work with XP? Isn’t it illegal to use a copy of FPxpress? Or is it freeware?

The dawning and dreadful horror of the situation occurs to a member of the chattering classes Merciful heaven! He’s not dumb!

If you haven’t done so lately, go read Dale Price The guy is a precious natural resource.

A Lawyer from Texas writes: Regarding George W. Bush’s intelligence, here’s an e-mail I sent a friend in June: Last night Bob Jordan showed up at the post-Bar None gathering. Bob was in Bar None (the Dallas Bar’s annual “follies” type show I have been in for years) a few years back and is someone [...]

A reader writes: The best news I heard all night watching Fox News was that in Missouri, the exit polls showed that abortion was the 2nd most important issue that caused people to vote (behind the economy), and of those who said abortion was the most important issue 80%(!!) voted for Jim Talent and life! [...]

Y’know, I’d like to empathize but the article seems to me to suffer from the whining self-pity that characterizes so much of the Muslim response to a post-9/11 world. What I’m not seeing here is any acknowledgement whatsoever that radical Islamic violence is applauded by huge numbers in the Islamic world. Everything is the fault [...]

The Chesterbelloc of Catholic Blogdom? I tend to think of myself as the north end of a southbound Pushmeepullyu. Anyway, belated thanks to Rod for the link and belated welcome to all youse NRO folk. Amy: tell Dr. Doolittle it’s time for our feeding.

Somebody needs to write the good father and explain to him that there’s bit more to this story than merely “thinking Jews should be evangelized” The rest of EWTN seems to have gotten the picture, since Sungenis’ materials are nowhere to be seen there now. I presume padre is just out of the loop. I [...]

A reader writes: I guess you could call me a native Bostonian, but there are certain things about living here that cause me to hang my head in shame, (e.g., my senior senator is Ted Kennedy and my congressman is Barney Frank). One of those things is also the Boston Globe, which, while bending over [...]