“furthering the advancement of knowledge” is what used to be called “public lewdness. The more I look at what a college education can get you for the vast outlay of cash, the more I suspect a lot of people would be happier and better adjusted with a Voc Tech degree that gives them marketable skills. Then they can educate themselves via reading groups without the ministrations of tenured pervs and activists for evil. Read more

Tell me, in one and the same breath (regarding the Lila Rose contretemps):“this whole debate isn’t worth the candle and has been the most fruitless, counterproductive effort in the Catholic community since Dawn Eden started attacking Christopher West’s work” and “I still haven’t seen any responses to Janet Smith’s recent, very thoughtful paper on the issue. Mark, I’m curious what your thoughts are on that paper.” This is fairly typical of the sort of mixed messages I get from readers:... Read more

A reader writes: Please, could anyone with a prayer to spare, put a word in Upstairs for my ‘little’ (6’ tall) brother Alasdair. He’s got a possibility of a job as a psychologist at a Boys’ Town in South Africa, and he and his small family really need him earning proper money. He’s been working for starvation wages installing security gates for a few years now, and he needs all the help he can get. Father, hear our prayer for... Read more

…apparently, Somewhere in the UK: About this: • First, isn’t it interesting how things that appear to be “elementary” moral teaching (“Don’t lie”) suddenly get complex when it’s Us and not Them who are pondering the problem. Case in point, not long ago we were all being told how peculiarly immoral Muslims were for their concept of Taqiyya or lying in defense of some sacred truth and how almost inhumanly different these barbarians are from us good Christian folk. ….Remember... Read more

Today, my toadies, lickspittles, and cringing dupes, I give you… I want to see all of you doing that tomorrow morning during exercise period in the prison yard of the Dark Tower. I will be on the Tower balcony far above, sipping my pina colada and picking off random people with my phaser rifle should your performance displease me in some way. That is all! Read more

A reader writes: I am asking if you could put out a prayer request to your readers. My oldest son is 10 years old and severely autistic. He has become increasingly violent and has started targeting my pregnant wife’s belly. We now have to have him admitted to a residential facility until such time as he can be reintegrated into our home. It breaks my heart to think of him under any roof but ours but it is simply too... Read more

Prolifers: get ready to be played for suckers again. After that big showy “defunding of Planned Parenthood” last week, done to impress the troops and keep them on the reservation, we get this: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) today would not rule out that the Republican House leadership would permit taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood in the final continuing resolution that Congress must enact to keep the government funded through the rest of fiscal year 2011, which runs through... Read more

Reader Diane writes: I just want to point you to something very interesting. Louis Bélanger has offer a thought provoking-post on the very public life of the visionaries of Medjugorje. Louis is not only sitting on a lot of solid information and data on the subject, but has a gift for weaving it all together along with statements made by the Popes and other references. In this latest post, he shares with us something I had not seen before. It... Read more

Mary Kochan writes: Friends, this is to let you know Catholic Lane has published this morning the only three sections of Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week that have been authorized for pre-release. The official worldwide release event for the entire book will be March 10 at the Vatican. Meanwhile, please let your friends and blog readers know that they can read right now, the following excerpts on Catholic Lane. Chapter 3, Section 4: “The Mystery of the Betrayer” Chapter 5,... Read more

In which we continue to look at the implications of the Creed for our lives. Read more