…of one of the bellwethers of Lefty Catholic thought, Michael Sean Winters, over at the Reporter. He writes a blistering indictment of the feckless arrogance of the President. Better late than never. Between stripping us of habeas corpus and trampling religious liberty, I’ve been waiting for lefties to say something. Nice to see *some* bleats of protest. Indeed, even the loyal Morning’s Minion is finding his faith in Obama shaken. When Obama spits in the faces of those guys, and... Read more

…about the prolife movement, because it appears we are finally learning that our hope is in changing hearts, not in power politics among leaders who don’t care about the unborn. I agree with Richert. There’s a lot of hope–just not in princes. But in God? Gobs! Read more

As you know, I think it is insane to support Gingrich, so I certainly don’t disagree with Drudge’s obvious bias against him. But it is nonethless fascinating to watch Drudge pull out the stops to manufacture consent among his readers. The headlines this morning are like a barrage: NEWT FLASHBACK 1983: REAGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL ‘DECAY’… NEWT 1986: ‘The Reagan administration has failed, is failing… NEWT 1988: ‘If Bush runs as continuation of Reaganism he will lose’… INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY... Read more

Here’s a fascinating conjunction of events. In this corner, Master Panderer, Shaper of Civilization and Grand Visionary, Newt Gingrich, literally promising the moon to buy a few votes in Florida from some down on their luck Cape Canaveral workers: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is promising to colonize the moon. Speaking in Florida, hit hard by the loss of a large number of space-affiliated jobs, Mr. Gingrich said Wednesday that if elected, “By the end of my second term, we... Read more

A reader writes: I would be so happy if you could post this prayer request for my uncle Dan. He has been receiving treatment for a massive pancreatic infection, and the doctors had him sedated; they stopped the sedation, expecting him to gradually wake up; instead he seems to have fallen into a coma and is not responsive. They don’t really know what’s going on, but his whole body is swelling and it doesn’t look good. We’re quite distressed. We... Read more

…is worthy of being lived. He also, by the way, has written six books, including an essay on theology, and the article says that he is the youngest deacon in France. Read more

I recently read “The Church and New media” by Brandon Vogt, and particularly liked your chapter on blogging. I have recently taken up blogging again (I did it back in 2006 for about a year but forgot about it), but at the moment the extent of my audience is my list of facebook friends where I share the links to each post. In your article for the book you suggested contacting other bloggers and asking for a plug, so here... Read more

More brilliance from CGPGrey: Read more

….is a new website dedicated to letting converts tell their stories. Check it out! Read more

“Measured against the scale and momentum of the Soviet empire’s challenge, the Reagan administration has failed, is failing, and without a dramatic change in strategy will continue to fail. . . . President Reagan is clearly failing.” Why? This was due partly to “his administration’s weak policies, which are inadequate and will ultimately fail”; partly to CIA, State, and Defense, which “have no strategies to defeat the empire.” Turns out the GOP’s leading sociopath didn’t always wrap himself in the... Read more