The guy who had the stones to say this to the Bush Administration: has the stones to say this to the Obama Administration: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Once again, the most powerful denunciations of Obama’s move to tyranny come from Progressives who allegedly hate America. Funny way of showing it. More of the trouble with tribals. HT: Frank Weathers. Read more

crusty conservative English Catholic, gently reminds conservative American Catholics that GOP orthodoxy and Catholic orthodoxy are not co-terminous, and that some of the comforting myths conservatives like to regurgitate are, y’know, “simply deranged”. What’s really deranged? According to a reputable study published in the American Journal of Medicine, 61% of bankruptcies in the US are caused by the costs of healthcare. I repeat: 61 per cent: it is simply insane. And these people have the infernal gall to equate our... Read more

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What’s wrong with this picture: Aside from the obvious fact that the main problem is that our Ruling Class has just passed a law empowering the President to declare you and me an Enemy of the State, strip you and me of habeas corpus and throw us in prison forever on the basis of his unilateral and omnipotent will alone, there is something else deeply troubling here. It’s this: It’s Rachel Maddow warning us of this, not supposed “small government... Read more

…partying in secret to hide the fact that they are more equal than you are. Obama talking about economic justice is like Gingrich talking about marital fidelity. Read more

…against the new Mass translation (and I argue back). Read more

from a reader who is a doctor: The ill infant and genetically ill neonate is the case for universal care. If they cannot get care, they will die. Their care is not cheap and, for example, a premature infant runs up bills over half a million. Most of America could actually not pay that. “Get sick and die” is not a universalizable axiom, is not Christian for you or for those around you, and is often the bold cry of... Read more

If you are going to demonstrate Nativist Pride then for heaven’s sake go whole hog. This magnificent piece of hubris for my Home Town is one of the funniest things I’ve read in ages. Plus, it’s all true! Read more

I’d like to ask for prayers for the Strauss family here in Seattle. A couple of years ago, they lost their little girl Gloria. Last week, they lost their son Anthony. Please pray for these children their family, who have borne it heroically. Beloved daughter-in-law Tasha, mother of the Cuteness, writes: Please pray for friends of friends who have an 8 month old baby and are struggling to pay their rent/relying on financial assistance from their church; they’ve just found... Read more

In which we discuss the Proclamation of the Nativity of Jesus Christ and its various discontents. Read more