building a national security state in the Empire of Fear, because we aren’t afraid or anything. Here’s how the ridiculous ballooning police state apparatus is playing out here in Washington, America’s First Line of Defense Against the Canadian Menace. Read more

A while back I read about a Catholic apostolate which allows people to write back and forth with criminals in jail – a sort of pen pal thing, I guess. The author said it was a great way to “visit Me in prison.” Do you have any idea what this guy may have been referring to? I went back and tried to find the article (I think it was on Inside Catholic / Crisis), but I can’t find it. If... Read more

Santa Cruz Media muckety muck who acted as sock puppet in trashing Fr. Corapi’s accuser now writes the woman and her husband: I want you both to know that I resigned from Santa Cruz Media around the beginning of last month, as I could not support the direction John Corapi was taking. He is leading good Catholics away from the Church and is causing them to fight and bicker amongst themselves….not to mention his personal lifestyle choices. I spoke with... Read more

Rejoicing in heaven is reaching blowout party levels with each person like her. Thanks be to God! Read more

Looks like a turf war about money. Meh. I think Fr. Pavone is a good man who does good work and I hope they work things out and he’s back in action soon. Update: The Anchoress has a statement from his bishop and Fr. Pavone’s response. Still looks like a turf war to me, not a scandal. As is my custom, I assume the bishop knows what he’s doing unless I have good reason to think otherwise. I am happy... Read more

…deprived us of good intelligence and got innocent people killed. This goes out to all the armchair interrogators out there who dutifully defended this criminal folly for most of the past decade because it was the GOP party line. Read more

where the police are becoming militarized because treating citizens like citizens and not foreign enemies is a luxury our Ruling Classes cannot be bothered to afford us: The problem with this mingling of domestic policing with military operations is that the two institutions have starkly different missions. The military’s job is to annihilate a foreign enemy. Cops are charged with keeping the peace, and with protecting the constitutional rights of American citizens and residents. It’s dangerous to conflate the two.... Read more

The other day it was a crowd of people cheering the big shot Evangelical without a conscience for all the vengeance killing (give or take a couple of innocents). (And yes, it’s vengeance killing when people cheer.) Last evening, the bloodthirsty mob  was cheering for young adults dying because they couldn’t afford health care.  “Yeah!” The thing that used to be conservatism is officially insane.  The Wall Street Journal has its work cut out for it doing more damage control by explaining... Read more

Hi Seattle 40 Days for Life Participants! We are gearing up for our next fall campaign which begins on September 28th and runs until November 6th. Our vigil site this year is at the Planned Parenthood location downtown at 23rd and Madison. Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, past president of Gonzaga University, will be joining us at our Kickoff Rally on Saturday, September 17th at 2pm at the Newman Center (4502 20th Ave NE) as our keynote speaker! At the rally... Read more

Troy Davis Has Been Scheduled for Execution Sept. 21, 2011Mobilize Religious Leaders to Take Action HereDeadline: 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2011Despite grave doubts about the guilt of death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis, Georgia has scheduled him for execution on September 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. People of Faith Against the Death Penalty and Amnesty International USA are partnering in offering this letter for religious leaders to endorse for clemency for Mr. Davis. This execution is not inevitable. Mr.... Read more