Things like this would never happen! Read more

Some readers pointed out this fine piece by Ed Feser on the morality of lying. Turns out it’s a sin. The best analogy I’ve heard so far to try to get at the badness of lying vs. the goodness of people doing it in a good cause is this: Suppose you are in some situation like the Great Escape where you need to create a diversion so that innocents can escape. For some reason, it occurs to you to shoot... Read more

…and so no blogging today. I hope to get back in the saddle tomorrow, but might pop in now and then if something big like an entire Islamosphere decides to hold a revolution against their oppressive masters. But hey! What are the chance of that? Read more

My mother passed away in her sleep this morning. We are devastated, since she lived upstairs, was always around and was such a help with our disabled children. If you could ask your readers to pray for the repose of her soul and for us, since there are going to be hard times ahead for us, for me in particular now that I won’t have her to help. Father, may her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed,... Read more

Here he is, holding forth with his customary hilarity and profundity, on men, women, and all that. Read more

And you have a perfect formula for creating R2D2 and the T1000 Terminator series. I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords. Read more

Thanks be to God! Of course, he still needs lots of prayers, especially for his family. But this is very good news! Read more

A reader writes: Mark, at the moment I’m in Jinan, the capitol of Shandong province, and I am pleased to report that today I visited the main Catholic church in Jinan, and in it, ON PUBLIC DISPLAY was a framed picture of Pope Benedict. This is not an underground church, it is around 100 years old and it is the main public Catholic Church in the capitol city of Shandong. Pope Benedict’s countenance is on its wall, unmolested. And a... Read more

She plays the mute but very funny Miss Gould in Manalive. Some of the footage was shot by our Fearless Director, Joey Odendahl. Read more

Saving America from Nine Year Olds! Read more