Today, my cringing lackeys, I command you to contemplate the moral implications of Pius XII, Yankees fan. Also, recruiting lots more followers via the use of knockout gas, press gangs, and blackmail so that I can defeat Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s Legions of Doom would be nice. That is all! Read more

I’m pretty busy today. And Monday. And then I’m on the road till the 8th. So blogging will be scarce for a week or so. Please don’t send me newsy stuff till I get back, cuz it will be old and moldy by the time I return. I did however, want to be sure to post this from a reader: Hello, I am a disabled man in a very negative situation, and I am in danger of being homeless or,... Read more

There’s a bunch of these. This one happened to crack me up. Read more

a beautiful story of mercy, generosity and redemption coming out of the ongoing tragedy of the Holy Land. Read more

First, the praise report. A reader writes: I wrote you a little while back asking for prayers for my friend’s health, my grandmother’s vision, and my own job search. I just wanted to give a little update. My friend is out of the hospital and has been doing very well, and my grandmother – while her vision situation is unchanged – is in good spirits and has been approaching the challenge with humor and strength. Also, I had a telephone... Read more

…will be in San Antonio August 7. A reader writes: I’m on the marketing committee promoting ticket sales for Fr. Corapi’s Aug. 7th 1-day conference here in San Antonio. We are hoping for sell-out crowd. To do that, we need to reach as many Catholics as we can in the final weeks–which is now. Do you think you could help us be talking up this event in your blog? So far, 9000 tickets sold and about 4000 avaiilable for $37.•... Read more

cuz he thought you’d be interested! Read more

…writes about homelessness and poverty for the Distributist Review. Read more

…responds to a letter to the editor from a Protestant dude who is pretty sure he has some devastating proof texts that no Catholic has ever considered before in 2000 years. These, naturally, shake the Church to its very foundations, as is the custom with such things. It’s amazing how many Protestants labor under the conviction that they are the first people to have ever read the Bible. Read more

other police state enthusiasts are all in favor of using the new communications technologies to try to micromanage your life. In a culture like ours, that is laboring to ignore the big laws, you will inevitably wind up with a security state of small laws. A civilization that no longer believes that human beings are free man and women in the image and likeness of God will instead treat them like animals to be watched, herded, and motivated by pleasure... Read more