…here: [T]here is no conservative movement, only a movement in which the concerns of conservatism are subordinated to the needs of economic liberalism. This will never work, or at least, it won’t work for conservatives; they will be forever wondering why they can run but cannot rule. They will always wonder why, after getting their friends into office, bad things happen, the same bad things, more or less, that happen when their enemies get into office. Read more

A reader writes: A new friend of mine is suffering from serious depression and is having thoughts of suicide. Please pray for his healing and the lessening of this burden! Father, hear our prayer that this depression lift and that he find healing in body, soul and spirit and hope in your Son Jesus Christ. Mother Mary, pray for him! Read more

A reader writes: Asking LOTS of prayers for a young husband and father of seven with stage 4 cancer. Father, hear our prayer for his complete healing through Christ our Lord and for all who love and need him. Mother Mary, St. Luke and St. Peregrine, pray for him! Another reader writes: My wonderful daughter-in-law is in the hospital being treated for a blood abnormality which might or might not be an ominous symptom. She’s doubly distressed at being separated... Read more

…a reader writes: Here’s a question for you. An eccentric, lovable celebrity dies, with a massive reputation for doing good: He gave 90% (ninety percent!) of his money away to charity; In 1983, he raised £12M to rebuild Stoke Mandeville Hospital; He worked as a volunteer at Broadmoor, a hospital for the criminally insane; When he died, there were extensive – pages of – obituaries in all the big papers, and on the BBC. The question is: if he had... Read more

permit me to repost a favorite of mine, Mack’s hilariously pretentious Euroweeniesque vid on the process and pathos of blogging: This still makes me giggle. Read more

The Willitses and the Barrons are funny people and this will be, I think, a funny show: Read more

He writes: I don’t understand why it isn’t big news that the Bin Laden raid wasn’t a US intelligence triumph after all, but was a setup of Bin Laden by Al Qaeda’s Number Two: “Later, [the Seals] would find that bin Laden’s right-hand man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who they referred to as “Ernie,” made the courier system purposely obvious, writes Pfarrer. He wanted to wrest power from bin Laden. So he gave the Americans a signal to his whereabouts. It seemed... Read more

…causing earthquakes in Oklahoma? At least, I *think* that’s what they mean. Read more

Got this from our local chapter: Dear E40DFL Supporters, Another 40 Days for Life campaign has come to an end– and we can look back now at lives FOREVER CHANGED. During these 40 days, there have been … … 508 lives saved — that we know of — because of God’s response to your prayer! From past campaigns, we expect the number to KEEP GROWING, as our local campaign leaders get their final reports in. In the coming days, keep... Read more

I can’t help you. A reader writes: I was wondering if you knew what going on with CAtholic Exchange. Have tried to get on it for two days now and all that comes up is an almost blank screen that says: No site defined on this host. If you are the owner of this site, please check Debugging a WordPress Network for help. Sorry, but I haven’t worked for CE for nearly a year. I don’t know what’s happening there. Read more