Some folks are asking why the feeds don’t give the whole text of the posts I put here Basically, the answer is that the value of the virtual real estate here depends on the number of click throughs that come here.  The more pageviews, the more they pay me.  So the smart money is on my giving you a taste of a post and then you clicking through, thirsting to read more and ever more of my golden prose.  Patheos... Read more

A reader has a) a great quote from JPII and b) a question about the sinlessness of Mary.l Read more

has a nifty interview with Fr. Robert Barron, as well as a tasty chapter up from his cool new Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith.  Check thou it out! Read more

At Seattle’s Town Hall, November 7: In 2005, The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, gathered fascinating trivia and “facts” completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. But during an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, an incredible transformation occurred: He became a famous minor television personality and returned with More Information Than You Require, a New York Times bestseller. And now Hodgman—famous all over again as an Apple pitchman—completes his... Read more

…making all sort of things you never thought about illegal and severely punished, just in case you start thinking you are equal to our Ruling Classes. Ignorance of a 20,000,000 page legal code full of absurd laws is NO EXCUSE! These things are done to keep us all safe from, um, terrorists, and, er, climate change, and, let’s see, bullies! Yeah! That’s it! That’s the ticket! Bullies! Comply or the state will make you even safer, and nobody wants that! Read more

I live to inform. Read more

…when even Notre Dame is complaining about the HHS campaign to crush freedom of conscience. The bishops were, of course, right. Alas, this blog launches too late to urge people to tell our God King to back off on his over-reach. If you want more info on this draconian domination of Catholic conscience by an over-reaching Caesar, the Catholic Social Scientists are discussing it here. Read more

The excellent Ted Naff writes: Catholic Professionals of Seattle is very privileged to welcome His Excellency, Archbishop Sartain, at our next event on October 7th. The title of his talk is, “Following Christ in the Everyday”. We hope you will consider coming for this unique opportunity to spend a couple of precious hours with the new shepherd of our Archdiocese. Our schedule is: 6:30 a.m. – Check-in; confession available 7:00 a.m. – Mass, followed by breakfast 8:30 a.m. – Presentation... Read more

A friend of mine is drifting away from the Church due to going the Bible Only route and listening to self-proclaimed preacher Protestant Bible study podcasts. These aren’t even Protestant theologians, these are people who just read it and are podcasting their interpretations. Lots of Rapture/endoftheworld/ReignofSatan stuff coming out of my friend from listening to these. Not to mention skipping Confession and going straight to God. Sigh. While I would love to loan tons of books (and my friend did... Read more

A reader writes: Please pray for my husband’s coworker, Paul. His is in his mid thirties and was recently diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer. He is married with a little 2 or 3 year old girl. Please pray for a miracle through St. Peregrine–thank you. Father, hear our prayer for Paul, that he be completely healed through Christ our Lord by the intercession of Mother Mary and St. Peregrine.  Grant compassion and skill to his caregivers and grace, peace,... Read more