The Privileged Call for Limited Dictatorships

May 24, 2010 By

When I read last week that Woody Allen likes the idea of letting President Obama be a dictator for a “few years” I was repelled; but then I’ve found Allen to be a repellent individual for decades–since Manhattan, at least–so I just shrugged it off as the foghorn bleat of an over-privileged mediocrity looking for [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, Alternative Media, American Genius, Bloodless Coup, Constitutional Stuff, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Treason?, Tea Parties, The Fourth Estate, The Perpetual Adolescents

Snapshot of America, May 2010 – UPDATED

May 22, 2010 By

Strange days, my friends Earlier this month, a voting-rights attorney from the Department of Justice resigned because, well, because the Justice Department refused to prosecute a clear case of voter intimidation. Intimidation, it seems, is currently in vogue, in the Obama government. Making Politics Personal/Photo Nina Easton Just about a year after President Obama told [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, ACORN, Bill Whittle, Bloodless Coup, Communion of Saints, Constitutional Stuff, Crisis & Opportunity, Crooks and Liars, Culture of Life/Death, Culture of Treason?, Obama Bad?, Socialism doesn't work

Speaking of Nino & Other Things

May 19, 2010 By

Playing with the ongoing non-story of SCOTUS Nominee Elena Kagan’s sexual orientation, Michael Kinsley has written a rather amusing satire about the sex lives of Supreme Court Justices: Why does Justice Antonin Scalia, by common consent the leading intellectual force on the Court, have nine children? Is this normal? Or should I say “normal,” as [...]

Filed Under: 'Remaking' America, America, Barack Obama, Bloodless Coup, Bush Good, Catholicism, Obama Bad?, Oil Spill, Scandal, SCOTUS, Socialism doesn't work, The Fourth Estate, The Perpetual Adolescents, Touch of evil

"No, we're fearless and edgy. Really." – UPDATES

May 6, 2010 By

This is both funny and a bit pathetic: Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammad on “South Park,” yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ. As part of the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers (full slate here), the network is set to announce “JC,” a half-hour show [...]

Filed Under: "Remaking" Ourselves, 'Remaking' America, Bloodless Coup, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Don't try me too high, Faith Perspective, Media Excess, The Perpetual Adolescents

Defending Benedict Against Theatricals

April 12, 2010 By

There is a plot afoot to arrest the Pope when he goes to England in September. As it seems Her Majesty, the Queen had apparently expressed an interest in putting Benedict up at Buckingham Palace, I am intrigued to imagine the Defender of the Faith and the head of the Church of England, giving sanctuary [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Bloodless Coup, Catholicism, Celibacy, John Paul II, Scandal, Year of the Priest

Staring into the Empty Tomb

April 8, 2010 By

“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him [...]

Filed Under: "Remaking" Ourselves, Benedict XVI, Bloodless Coup, Catholicism, Christians in Exile, Crisis & Opportunity, Crucible of Faith, Faith Perspective, Prayer, Touch of evil

Murphy Case: NYT Never Talked to Judge – UPDATES

March 30, 2010 By

In a remarkable piece, we get a sense of confirmation, that the New York Times and the mainstream press are doing their best -during Holy Week, as usual- to (at the very least) foment disgust at the Pontiff and the Catholic Church and/or (at worst) create a climate that “demands” a papal abdication. But curiously, [...]

Filed Under: Benedict XVI, Bloodless Coup, Catholicism, Christians in Exile, Crisis & Opportunity, Critical Thinking, Crooks and Liars, Crucible of Faith, Holy Week '10, Lent 2010, The Fourth Estate, The Perpetual Adolescents, Timothy Dolan, Touch of evil, World Youth Days, Year of the Priest