And sad. I’ve said if you look at the top movies of the last decade, and compare it to the top movies of other decades, it’s telling. The 70s contained probably one of the most eclectic expressions of cinematic invention in history. The top movie of 1970 was Love Story, the top movie of 79 was Kramer vs. Kramer. In between was Fiddler on the Roof, The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Star wars, and Grease, Even the... Read more
I’m sure nothing bad could come of this. Just people saying there are too many people in the world. And suggesting we should have fewer kids. And perhaps we should encourage people to keep with the call for smaller families. Encourage, being broadly applied of course. After all, it’s simple math. To save the planet we might just have to get serious about how many people we let be on the planet. Nope, I can’t imagine anything bad coming from that.... Read more
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Bishop Robert Barron explains: The same goes for that other media darling, Neil deGrasse Tyson. HT: Mark Shea Read more
A The American Catholic Double-hitter. Donald McClarey looks at it from the Church’s perspective. It’s become fashionable in some Catholic corners to flirt with Marxism, embrace Socialism, or even mitigate the track record of Communism. Fun thing I’ve learned from my wife’e Orthodox church: For many who hail from the former Soviet Bloc, trying in any way to downplay the negatives of Communism is received as well as Jews receive people saying ‘Sure, the Nazis weren’t necessarily good, but…’ Given the uptick... Read more
I know almost nothing about this kerfuffle. A well known conservative evangelical apologist has joined the Orthodox Christian tradition. That sent off a series of responses from his evangelical brethren. The strangest I’ve seen was one penned by a Jeff Maples. Essentially, a man says he is going to a movie by a director he hates, starring an actor he hates, only pays half attention to the film while he is there, then leaves before it is over. That’s about the... Read more
First, thanks to everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and emails. My Mom is doing better. They found a laundry list of issues, not the least of which was internal bleeding – probably resulting from a fall. They had checked her when she fell, but missed that. Also she had dangerously low Thyroid levels. Also missed. She has been moved from the CCU and is now in a sort of ‘in between’ room. Not ICU, but not just run of... Read more
Because I’ve been at the hospital for the last day, and will likely be there for the next few days. They’re running tests on my Mom after we found her unresponsive yesterday morning. It looks to be internal bleeding resulting from a fall last week. They missed it when it happened, and now hoping to avoid surgery to fix it. Nonetheless, I’ll be away for a few days at least until things get settled one way or another. I’ll... Read more
An observation about Climate Change from the wonderful Two Catholic Men and a Blog. For a march dedicated to the importance of “Science”, it seemed a lot like a political rally to me. Nonetheless, good faith call. For those who really were about the science, which means being open and not resting on silly notions like ‘The scientific case is closed when the majority says so’, this is a good observation about a key issue of the day. And what is... Read more
Killing, like slavery, is ever in the bloodstream of fallen man. In a flawed, sin inclined world, you can bet your bottom dollar that people will find ways to kill, and if that doesn’t work, enslave. There’s also that other strange trend, noticed by the Founding Fathers and admitted to since the ancient biblical narratives, that people will, in lieu of killing and being enslaved, ultimately allow themselves to be killed or enslaved in turn. It shouldn’t surprise us... Read more
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