A reader writes: I was wondering if you might engage your legion of pray-ers on my behalf. I’ve been diagnosed with an auto-immune condition that is rather painful and has a depressing progression. Aside from that, I hope you and your family have a very merry Christmas! Father, hear our prayer for your son’s complete healing through our Lord Jesus Christ. Mother Mary, pray for him, his caregivers and all who love him. Another reader writes: Thanks again for posting... Read more

He writes: I’ve had another article published, which may or may not float thy boat. Check thou it out! Read more

offers some riffs on a recent post by Mark Shea, Co-Founder of the Extremely Exclusive Shea/Wright Mutual Admiration Society (don’t even *try* to join, the snobbish requirements are legend). Wright offers an interesting challenge for Advent. By the way, I am gratified to report that, on FB, there is a page reserved for a group called “The Mark Sheas”. I’m not permitted to discuss the extremely stringent requirements for joining, but let’s just say that I made the cut and... Read more

…that Jews are smarter than the rest of us; goes into full panic mode about Tim Tebow: If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants. While America has become more inclusive since Jerry Falwell​’s first political forays, a Tebow triumph could set those efforts back considerably. What’s particularly delectable about this snobbish rant is that the author, apparently... Read more

Here is Part 2 of my plan: The next segment of the Star Wars Holiday Special: Why? Because I can. That is all! Read more

to my post on the moral act of voting. It will probably offend people who want a Church where that which is not forbidden is compulsory and every moral act is spelled out for us in black and white, but too bad. Read more

Futile resistance is. Assimilated you will be. Read more

…about certain films: “Since I know you’re all buying blu-ray movies for me for Christmas — and really, you shouldn’t have! — here is a handy list of movies never to buy for me, no matter what the price, because they’re on my lists of “films that aggravate me to the point of saying things I later regret,” or at least “pet peeve” films : DREAMCATCHER, THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE, BELLFLOWER, BRAVEHEART, THE PATRIOT, GLADIATOR, AMERICAN BEAUTY, PLEASANTVILLE, BEDTIME... Read more

…as the legions of Catholics who were making tortured excuses for Live Action’s lies back in February/March: “It all has to do with your state of mind.” Um, no. It all has to do with whether you are deliberately lying. The Church says lying–even in a good cause–is wrong. Don’t do it. Tell the truth. Then you don’t have to remember what you said. – Mark Twain Read more

of You Know Who: Sadly for the media blackouters who try to decide what you are allowed to see, hear, and think about, technology now makes it easy for you to know about things you are not supposed to think: One of the reasons totalitarian regimes fail is that the Dear Leader surrounds himself with people who only tell him what he wants to hear. That approach can only work so far before reality intrudes rudely and the underlings who... Read more