Elizabeth Scalia
The elections in Iraq are an act of global sedition, the imposition of liberty as a model, a revolutionary act of the imperial sort, a ring in the chain of political necessity, not a new version of rainbow idealism, of the religion of good, humanitarian religion.. Their nobility, which is real, is tempered by steel [...]
Condi Rice takes on Chirac, Schroeder and Abbas with her fists, some drywall and a sock full of nickles, while President Bush listens to his pencil sharpener and Alberto Gonzales asks, When do I get to be Attorney General?. It’s Frank J’s world. Thank God we don’t live in it, but he sure does get [...]
It just kills you when you see a kid who is dealing with serious illness, doesn’t it? Captain Ed and Lorie Byrd, taking a cue from Hugh Hewitt on his broadcast, are bringing this adorable little moppett to our attention and asking for your prayers. I’m asking, too. Megan is suffering from an auto immune [...]
Aren’t we edgy little artists just too precious for words?Ummmmm….no…. These filmmakers are clearly trying to make names for themselves by “shocking” audiences. What I find shocking are the parents of these child actors who apparently have no problem with participating in this if it means their kids get to be in movies. Sick.When my [...]
Don’t forget about the Evangelical Blog Awards over at Evanglical Underground. Head over and nominate your favotire Evangelical blogs – I think the nominating ends on Valentine’s Day – and then remember to vote (or DIE, as they say in some quarters) the day after. I’m very pleased to be a Catholic nominated in the [...]
There is an interesting – very interesting – story in this month’s issue of America Magazine (only available by subscription, sorry). ‘Grant Her Your Spirit’By Phyllis ZaganoThe Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece voted in Athens on Oct. 8, 2004, to restore the female diaconate. All the members of the Holy Synod-125 metropolitans [...]
For Catholics, we celebrate 2005 as the Year of the Eucharist and if you’re lucky enough to live within driving distance of a weekly, or monthly, or daily opportunity to take part in Eucharistic Adoration, I hope you’ll really try to take advantage of it. It is a custom which is, it seems, making a [...]
I don’t much like her, but I don’t wish her ill, either. Hillary Clinton’s collapse is a reminder that when you have a stomach virus, you’re apt to get weakened and dehydrated…I’ve always found that ice chips are helpful.But good for Hillary – you have to give her credit; she’s no wimp. She’s up and [...]
The girl’s got a quick, fresh mind I admire – plus an economy of language I envy! Just A QuestionDemocrats have criticized Bush for not admitting mistakes in Iraq. How much credibility do they have to ask that question when they can’t admit any successes in Iraq? Excellent. Excellent question. I knew that the Iraqi [...]
Mike Hendrix has written a nearly note-perfect rebuttal to Ted Kennedy’s almost-seditious speech of the other day, and to three years of disingenuous posturing and spin from the left. Read it. Send it to your whole address book. Stick it in your hard-drive and back it up. Write it on your heart. Teach it to [...]
Our friend over at Mystery Achievement has a picture that you really must see. It speaks volumes about the joy the Iraqi people are taking as they exercise their right to vote – a right taken for granted by too many in this country, a right too frequently perverted, as we have seen in Wisconsin [...]
Spotted this article which examines how desperately some seem to be trying to make an excuse for Rathergate. The excuse? It was just undue haste, that’s all! The panel probes little in the realm of the memos’ provenance. It cites haste and “deficient reporting,” but stops short of probing the reasons for the deficiency.It doesn’t [...]
Poor Hindrocket went in good faith to be interviewed by Al Franken on Air America. He was specifically supposed to come on after Franken interviewed Nick Coleman, as a sort of rebuttal. Coleman got to say his piece about Powerline, sneering away, but Hindrocket never got to rebut. Unsurprisingly, Franken only wanted to talk about [...]
It’s not really surprising. I recall Al Gore talking about his “lock box” and I’ve heard plenty of Democrats suggest that the situation with Social Security was so delicate that touching it in any way, shape or form would result in “crisis,” and I’ve thought, anything that delicate needs shoring up. Increasingly, the American public [...]
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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