Elizabeth Scalia
I’m feeling extremely pessimistic about the press, these days, especially as they seem to be in a collective meltdown that precludes any chance of common sense and reality tearing them away from their carefully constructed memes. Ed Morrissey is wondering if this disturbing report will shake the press out of their collective, mindless – almost [...]
Dr. Sanity is wondering if George W. Bush and Sandy Berger have become best buddies? In June, two months after Berger pled guilty to what some say is the most serious crime ever committed by a senior White House official – Bush invited him to the White House, where, according to the Associated Press, the [...]
I’ve been quiet most of the weekend due to matters of family health – it seems many members of my family have “health related” issues that are either diagnosed (my FIL’s stroke) or as-yet-unknown (my elder son and me). I’m not getting into details – my elder son is very private and would not appreciate [...]
On May 10th, I wrote Bush dances with free people; Albright danced with Kim Jong Il. (If you think I do not support President Bush, please READ that link). Does anyone remember April and May of 2005? And the months preceeding them? The Orange Revolution? The Arab Springtime? The Cedar Revolution of Lebanon – all [...]
Hee-hee…I don’t know why but so many stories are striking my funny bone today. This one cracked me up. According to the White House, one of three books Bush chose to read on his five-week vacation is “Salt: A World History” by Mark Kurlansky, who chronicled the rise and fall of what once was considered [...]
Polipundit blog has several good, thoughtful pieces on the economy and why America seems confused about whether it is doing well, or not. Lorie Byrd is writing: I remember going through this same thing in 1992 when the Bush recovery was described as the worst economy in 50 years until the day after the election, [...]
A few days ago, Stephen Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn wrote about them, – the connections between Saddam and bin Laden Now the tireless Claudia Rosett takes a turn on the issue. Mr. Bush, in calling attention to the Iraq-al Qaeda connection in the first place, did the right thing. For the U.S. president to confirm [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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