can be found in this sensible and humane piece by Steven Greenhut, on the ridiculous police state tactics deployed by campus security thugs against peaceful protestors at UC Davis (and the lies unsuccessfully deployed to try to excuse those tactics). His critique of the growing love of fascist violence by the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism is particularly pointed. Also striking is the repeated and persistent use of the word “animals” by alleged conservatives (many of them no doubt... Read more

A reader writes: Some time ago I sent you a prayer request regarding my pregnancy. Well, our second son (4th child here on earth) joined us on 11/26/11. We named him Gabriel Keith, after the archangel, my father-in-law, and Chesterton (first name, middle name, and initials, respectively). He’s healthy and beautiful, and adored by his two big sisters and his big brother. Thank you for your prayers! Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! Welcome, GK! Read more

That reader who asked for your prayer that he pass the California bar exam? He passed it. Thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. And thanks for your faithful prayers, folks. I sometimes wonder how much the world changes each day due to your prayers here. Fascinating mystery. Read more

Turns out you can’t just slander a priest with impunity in Ireland. Good to see a bit of justice for an innocent man. Thanks be to God! Read more

…does not want to live forever and notes a basic principle from the world’s myths that could really stand to be taken to heart by narcissistic Baby Boomers, transhumanists, and other tedious pursuers of endless Pepsi Generation happiness: [T]the kinds of people most interested in becoming immortal are not the kinds of people we would like to have around forever. Read more

In the latest outburst of attempted legal suppression of Christian conscience, another lesbian couple is contemplating smashing a Christian small business owner who makes wedding cakes out of her home for the crime of not choosing to do business in celebration of their “marriage”. Gay “marriage” is all about the legal justification for the crushing and suppression of Christian conscience. That’s what it exists for. It is a tool in the growing arsenal of tools by which radical and intolerantly... Read more

Artists for Aid to Women is having a benefit whooptidoo to help raise funds for a crisis pregnancy center right next to an abortuary in Toronto. You could hardly offer a better and more stark witness to God’s command to Choose Life. It’s all happening December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Click the link for details! Read more

My friends Dawn Eden and The Raving Theist have called for prayers of gratitude for Heather Miranda of Dundee, Scotland. Through Beyond Morning Sickness (www.beyondmorningsickness.com) Heather has counseled, comforted and assisted scores of women suffering from a debilitating pregnancy-related disease called hyperemesis gravidarum — a disease which triggers unrelenting vomiting, extreme weight loss and dehydration, and often leads to termination if the mother lacks sufficient support. Despite her hectic schedule as a mother and a music teacher, Heather has devoted... Read more

Here is his hilarious take on the implementation of the Mass Improvements. Things have been going pretty well at our parish. We have both a terrific liturgist and a terrific choir at Blessed Sacrament, so we’ve been breaking in the new liturgy in various ways for the past month and a half or so. I flubbed my lines several times, but I think I’ll get the hang of things eventually and assume God understands. My attitude toward the liturgy is... Read more

In which we point out that there never was any such animal as the Great Apostasy, and therefore no need for the King James fan fiction called the Book of Mormon. Read more