…is that she is so very fun at offering color commentary while Amanda Marcotte’s head, full of evil ideas, explodes. Everybody should read a heapin’ helpin’ of her every few days. Nobody should read Marcotte, who will just kill brain cells. She was, if you will recall, the Catholic-hating bigot who helped to destroy her employer, John Edwards, campaign. So we can be grateful for that, I guess. Marcotte remains as bigoted as ever, but Simcha takes her exceedingly sour... Read more

Apparently, yes. They actually have a pretty decent piece on 25 Spiritual Classics Every Christian Should Read. Of course, the comboxes are overrun with the usual brainless bigotry (the only person more brainlessly bigoted than a Christian fundamentalist is an anti-Christian fundamentalist), but the book recommendations are still pretty good. Read more

When, according to world’s worst prophet and Bible scholar Harold Camping, the world realio-trulio re-ends yet again and for sure. Read more

A reader wrote yesterday: I wonder if I could ask you and your readers to pray for me, I have just been offered an interview for tommorow (18th) and after 17 months of unemployment (following collage) I’m very excited about the prospect of working. Father, hear our prayer that this person get the job he seeks. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for him! Amen! Read more

…has some more tasty goodness for your brain as he again talk about the relationship between evolutionary theory and Catholic philosophy and theology. Read more

…provide inspiration and guidance for the Gay Brownshirts who long to figure out a way to crush free speech on this side of the border: Make no mistake. The militant homosex movement aims to destroy freedom of speech and religion in the US, just as it does in Canada. Happily, we have a Bill of Rights. But it’s only a parchment barrier if we don’t push back. HT: Kathy Shaidle Read more

women could be CDC officials! If only CDC officials were not compelled to be celibate! Oh. Wait. Read more

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…that even their worst fights only involve cutting somebody’s hair. Read more

Thanks to the tech awesomeness of the Patheos webelves, the beloved Bugs Bunny in an Army Helmet gif is back (just beneath Paypal button on the right rail). Let joy be unconfined! Also, the comments should be back soon. Sorry for the inconvenience. Read more