
Apparently Mrs. Pelosi tripped over some clunky, in the way talking points. I know I’m dating myself, but all I can think of is: It’s a floor wax, and a dessert topping! Ed Morrissey has more thoughts on the Obamacare ta–, pena—, floorwax
Elizabeth Scalia

Apparently Mrs. Pelosi tripped over some clunky, in the way talking points. I know I’m dating myself, but all I can think of is: It’s a floor wax, and a dessert topping! Ed Morrissey has more thoughts on the Obamacare ta–, pena—, floorwax
Well! That was an invigorating and enjoyable 24-hour news cycle, wasn’t it? The hysterics; the swearing and f’bombing; the renewed exposure of “real media” as ranting and incompetent drama queens; Nancy Pelosi’s predictable incoherence; the wholesale giving over of Americans to their emotions! “We won!”, “We lost”; “America is over!” “America is getting a second [...]

Do you know anyone who has been seeking work in the last several months, and has suddenly found openings? Since hardly any jobs were added to the economy in April, your answer is probably “no.” I know mine is. And yet, the headlines are blaring that unemployment is down to 8.1%! So, no jobs to [...]

I have doctors appointments all afternoon, so let’s just do a quick lookaround: Springsteen’s Phoniness finally clear: I’ve never bought his “working man” schtick, and his mot recent “big” songs have been lazy three-note drone-fests (Philadelphia, Secret Garden). Now the botoxed, hair-weaved, fake “everyman” who summers in the Hamptons (where his children showcase their equestrianism) [...]

Charlotte Hays writes at the Register that the Komen decision was about a Planned Parenthood shakedown: “What happened this week was nothing short of a mafia shakedown by Planned Parenthood of the Komen Foundation,” said Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, a New York and Washington, D.C.-based research association that [...]
Is Mrs. Pelosi smelling the smoke of a distant fire that may be heading her way? Alexandra Pelosi is suggesting that maybe her mother has served her country enough. She would retire right now, if the donors she has didn’t want her to stay so badly. They know she wants to leave, though. They think [...]

I read this and couldn’t stop laughing. And I don’t know why I was laughing — I guess because it all seems so perfectly on schedule or something: This lawyer apparently has a strong hate on against Catholics. And a touch of paranoia, I think. In the sedate and sober world of bankruptcy law, one [...]
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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