Peter Kreeft on the Weight of Glory I love this guy to pieces. If you’ve never read him, you should. What a joy!

I hope they had insurance

Speaking of evidence of biblical characters Here’s a picture of the ossuary of Caiaphas, the High Priest who condemned Christ. Just FYI.

You guys always surprise me Of all the stuff I blogged on yesterday, I was amazed that the big topic was the James ossuary and (what was really the big point of interest) the Perpetual Virginity of Mary. I’ve never had much trouble with this doctrine, and it always puzzles me that so many of [...]

“I reject categorization. I fit no categories so don’t even try to label me.” When somebody says that as the introduction to their religious beliefs, you can bet the farm on the fact that whatever they are going to say next is going to be warmed-over derivative twaddle from a couple of half-remembered high school [...]

No, no, no, Bill! Pointing out that the illegal Israeli settlers on the West Bank are “nuts” and a pain in the neck is no way for an Evil Tool of Zionist propaganda to act! Haven’t you been reading your press releases? According to your critics, you are an ardent defender of all Israeli actions, [...]

Don’t just sit there kvetching about Granholm and the Priests Who Love Her Do something

Interesting If it’s the James of Scripture, this would lend weight to the Eastern Church’s tradition that Joseph had children by a previous marriage.

My deepest condolences to Kathy Shaidle May your mother’s soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Several people wrote me about this NY Times piece (requires registration) Money quote: “Vincent Joseph Maniscalco and Edward Gerard DeBonis celebrated their partnership yesterday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. The Rev. Raymond R. Lefebvre, a Roman Catholic priest, led a commitment ceremony.” Wellllll, not exactly, O Infallible NY Times. If you do a [...]

Fr. Joseph Wilson gave this homily yesterday at St. Luke’s Parish in Queens: Sermon: xxix Sunday in Ordinary Time “A” +IN NOMINE Today, I need to put aside the Scripture readings appointed for today. We have something else we need to talk about. It is an urgent concern, an unpleasant topic, but if we are [...]

Steven Pinker looks down from his Ivory Tower on a suffering humanity and sez… “Hey! Suffering Humanity! You’re just a bag of chemicals! Get me! I’ve got tenure! HA!” What I like about this is how silly it makes “religious” prochoice arguments. You know, the “Science can detect no ensoulment of the fetus, so it’s [...]

How great artists influence each other

K-Lo! Rod! The great thing about my blog is that it kept working all weekend! David – 1 Goliath – 0

A site that makes me think of Reactionary True Catholics[TM] (and of members of the Academic Compassion Gestapo) Are you moving your mouse correctly?

This is absolutely factual

This is why the Internet is so cool The Igor Mystery solved! Son of Frankenstein (1939) Wolf Frankenstein, son of Henry Frankenstein, returns with his wife, to his fathers estate to claim his inheritance. When he arrives with his family he recieves a hostile reception from locals.While exploring his fathers laboratory he comes across crooked [...]

Victor Lams, Our Man in Michigan, Reports on the Latest AmChurch Endorsements of Pro-Babykilling candidate Granholm Let these wicked priests know that they don’t get a free pass for spitting on Christ in the “least of these.”

My latest piece is up on Catholic Exchange

Which reminds me I saw the original “Frankenstein” the other day (a complete bowdlerization of the novel) and was stunned to discover that the hunchbacked assistant (who is, of course, nowhere to be found in the novel) is named… “Fritz”! “Fritz”?! What about “Igor”? Which got me wondering. How did the name “Igor” become the [...]

That’s “Fronkenshteen”, not “Frankenstein”! Science marches on. I can’t help but wonder if this guy has a hunchbacked assistant.