Respected Russian policial analyst Igor Panarin is predicting not only that America’s economy will completely collapse but that the USA will split up into separate countries: Asked why he expected the U.S. to break up into separate parts, he said: “A whole range of reasons.
Arch-satirist Stephen Colbert turns out to be a practicing, mostly-believing Catholic, as this blog chronicles: In an interview with Time Out Magazine, he responded to a question about This Week in God: “How do you square your Catholicism with comedy?” I love my Church, and
In the dentist’s office, I came across this from BusinessWeek: Thousands of subprime mortgage lenders and brokers—many of them the very sorts of firms that helped create the current financial crisis—are going strong. Their new strategy: taking advantage of a long-standing federal program designed to
The Washington Post magazine has a telling feature about doctors who do not want to commit abortion, but feel constrained to do so anyway because of their pro-choice ideology. From A Hard Choice: A young medical student tries to decide if she has what it
Roger Simon on our economic woes: Let’s get a bit of perspective on things. Yes, yes: my 401K is a 201K now, too. As I write, the market is hovering around 8000, down from a high of more than 14,000 not so many months ago.
Citibank gets bailed out. I’ve been feeling bad about Citibank. I’ve felt guilty because my credit card balance with that company must be part of the debt that is dragging them under. Actually, I’ve been fantasizing that if Citibank goes under maybe there wouldn’t be
Michael Jackson ‘converts to Islam and changes name to Mikaeel’ : The former Jackson 5 star was counselled by David Wharnsby, a Canadian songwriter, and Phillip Bubal, a producer, who have both converted. A source said Jackson had appeared a “bit down” and added: “They
So churches in the D.C. area are falling all over themselves inviting president-elect Barack Obama and his family to become members. See Churches Vie to Attract The Newest First Family – washingtonpost.com. Since Mr. Obama surely reads this blog, I need to make a pitch
The Twilight books seem to be the biggest teen & tween reading phenomenon since Harry Potter. They are about vampires and romance, but I am told they are startlingly wholesome, glorifying abstinence and other moral values. The author, Stephenie Meyer, is a Mormon. Now the
I could hardly believe the Oklahoma Sooners (my alma mater) handled Texas Tech, the number 2 team in the nation, with such ease, beating them 65-21. The mighty Big 12 South will probably have three teams with only one loss, assuming they all win out
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