faced with the tragicomic reality of “a world where the Church is split in two – heterodox liberalists rejecting the full message of Christ so that they can indulge their flesh, and heterodox Puritans rejecting the full message of Christ so that they can indulge their pride.” Bright side: think of how much grist for both drama and comedy there is in such an absurd conflict! Read more

faced with the tragicomic reality of “a world where the Church is split in two – heterodox liberalists rejecting the full message of Christ so that they can indulge their flesh, and heterodox Puritans rejecting the full message of Christ so that they can indulge their pride.” Bright side: think of how much grist for both drama and comedy there is in such an absurd conflict! Read more

There’s an interesting little profile of Antonin Scalia over at the Register. It’s a fascinating profile of the new soteriology which has been emerging on the Catholic right for a while. The first part of the profile shows Scalia’s sensible Italian piety: “Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are regarded in the educated circles that you and I travel in as, well, simple-minded,” Scalia asserted. The Catholic justice cited a story in The... Read more

There’s an interesting little profile of Antonin Scalia over at the Register. It’s a fascinating profile of the new soteriology which has been emerging on the Catholic right for a while. The first part of the profile shows Scalia’s sensible Italian piety: “Surely those who adhere to all or most of these traditional Christian beliefs are regarded in the educated circles that you and I travel in as, well, simple-minded,” Scalia asserted. The Catholic justice cited a story in The... Read more

From the Cardinal Newman Society: Obama Administration Threatens Independence of Catholic Colleges Manassas, Va. – In its latest threat to the religious liberty and independence of Catholic colleges and universities, the Obama administration has issued new regulations that open the door to possible state intrusion into curriculum, student policies and hiring decisions. The regulations issued Friday effectively force many states to increase oversight of postsecondary education through state chartering or licensing, which is a necessary condition for colleges to participate... Read more

From the Cardinal Newman Society: Obama Administration Threatens Independence of Catholic Colleges Manassas, Va. – In its latest threat to the religious liberty and independence of Catholic colleges and universities, the Obama administration has issued new regulations that open the door to possible state intrusion into curriculum, student policies and hiring decisions. The regulations issued Friday effectively force many states to increase oversight of postsecondary education through state chartering or licensing, which is a necessary condition for colleges to participate... Read more

Today, my minions, I bid you consider our latest peril, the asteroid, and the assumption of universe controlling power by our great god, Caesar! Yes We Can–Control Everything! Our foreign policy writ large indeed! Boy! And I thought *I* was suffering from megalomania! That is all! Read more

Today, my minions, I bid you consider our latest peril, the asteroid, and the assumption of universe controlling power by our great god, Caesar! Yes We Can–Control Everything! Our foreign policy writ large indeed! Boy! And I thought *I* was suffering from megalomania! That is all! Read more

From Sheila: Alison is reading The Washington Post to Lorna. I swear no one else in history has ever had The Washington Post read to them in the ICU. Lorna is a serial texter now. She has some great lines. This morning she asked me if we could be best friends, and I said we already are. She nodded. She told me to tell Alison and Robin that they could come and hang out with her, but only if they... Read more

A story way too funny not to post, from the land where people who have stopped believing in God are busily beginning to believe in anything. Favorite part: Mr. Bonner, the ghost hunter, is fighting back with his own website asserting that “Peckman and his ‘little green people’ are not representative of the people of Denver.” “Little green people,” Mr. Peckman responds with outrage, is a “racial slur.” Read more