I’m helping out with the Fall Sharathon for  KBLE 1050 AM (Seattle)/970 AM (Spokane) this morning from 9:00 till 11:00 AM, then I have scribbling to get done before I hit the road very very early tomorrow, so I will be scarce till next Monday. As a sop, here are my contributions to Inside Catholic, Catholic Exchange, and the Register for the day. Sorry I don’t have more. Read more

…for a dear young friend of our family named Deirdre, who fell through a skylight, broke her back and is in a coma.  She is in college and has her whole life ahead of her.  Please pray! Father, hear our prayer for Dierdre, that she be completely healed through our Lord Jesus!  Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for her and for all those who are giving her care.  Grant peace and consolation to all of us who love her! Read more

Iott is now in full damage control mode, so he naturally goes out to find some Jewish guy who will do the normal Mollification Kabuki of saying, “This guy believes in the Immaculate Conception of the State of Israel and its preservation from all sin both original and actual, so he’s a true blue conservative and you should just overlook his phenomenally bad judgment.” In short, we are back to “If the candidate makes the right-sounding noises, then he should... Read more

Iott: “I dressed up like a Nazi so we never forget” that Nazi Germany had no problem in recruiting the multitudes of volunteers willing to lay down their lives to ensure a “New and Free Europe”, free of the threat of Communism. National Socialism was seen by many in Holland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and other eastern European and Balkan countries as the protector of personal freedom and their very way of life, despite the true underlying totalitarian (and quite twisted,... Read more

Just because. Read more

She’s another bellicose End to Evil Type who was hatched inside the Beltway and formed in the intellectual tradition that gave us Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Victor Davis Hanson to build the Great Society abroad at gunpoint with trillions of your dough. The Bourbons, remembering everything and learning nothing, are about to resume where they left off after a brief spell of Dem arrogance and incompetence hands them a mandate to continue.   How arrogant and incompetent?   Let’s just recap:... Read more

At the XIX Marian Conference in Boyne Mountain, along with a bunch of speakers whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. I’m particularly looking forward to some good solid Fr. Pacwa brilliance. Me: I’ll be talking about 101 Reasons Not to Be Catholic and discussing our Lady and the four Marian dogmas. Don’t miss it if you can! Read more

Dear Friends of the Seattle G. K. Chesterton Society, The Seattle Chesterton Society proudly announces the upcoming first event of this season, an evening of discussion concerning Liberal Education and the glories and perils of intellectual culture, led by Professor David Whalen of Hillsdale College, and under the guidance of the thought of (now Blessed) John Henry Newman. Please see below for full details concerning this first event of the season. Please see also our full Events Calendar for more... Read more

Andrew Hinkley writes: Could you pass on a prayer request to your blog readers? I am wanting to come to the United States for a month or two on a working holiday or as a volunteer. I am a mathematics graduate with excellent IT skills and at present am working as a volunteer in archiving as well as a volunteer for the Sacred Music Project. I am mainly interested in archiving, especially digitizing/preserving materials and in Sacred Music. I do... Read more

Just sent this to Fr. Shane Tharp, my inspiration in dropping weight (cuz, Jolly silliness aside, I kind like to live to see lots of grandkids). Fr. Shane has dropped a *lot* of weight over the past couple years and turns out to resemble Hugh Laurie of House. Hence, I wrote: Padre: Bless me, Father, for I have thinned! Broke the 300# barrier this AM. Down to nearly 295# from my starting high of 334#. First time I’ve been that... Read more