My wife’s uncle, Fr. Charles Hughes, a Glenmary Missioner serving in Georgia, has a blog, “Catholic Insights,” in which he shares some of his reflections and prayers. If you like it, perhaps you would see fit to recommend it to your readers. In person, Fr. Charlie is a joyful person who inspires hope. He is known for his magic tricks, but more importantly for his analogies and stories drawn from life that he uses to teach and reach people for... Read more

To the various kind people who spontaneously dropped money in the tip jar after my whine yesterday. Also, deeply grateful thanks for you prayers and expressions of compassion. The ear still hurts like hell, but I did persuade the doc to change the meds since it was doing nothing (except perhaps feeding the bug with delicious amoxicillin). Now I’m on something called clarithromycin, which they tell me will start to work in three day. They also gave me hydrocodone for... Read more

…and no health insurance. Prayers appreciated. I have a raging inner ear infection and am already about $200 bucks down with no appreciable results from the 6000 mgs and counting of amoxicillin I have taken since Saturday. The ear, which was initially just muffled, is now starting to feel stabbing pains. I had that ear lanced in sixth grade, one of my most traumatic childhood memories. I naturally look forward to repeating that experience with breathless anticipation. There’s a chance... Read more

There’s a ton more of this here. Read more

signaling a turn toward clamping down on freedom of religion in the public square? I wouldn’t put it past them given the Lefty love of crushing freedom of speech and religion. Read more

he’s way more rational and bright than you. He’s not helplessly compelled to make a fool of himself by some childhood grudge. He’s not a prisoner of rage acting with all the freedom of a man in chains of adamantine steel. He’s free! Or, if he’s not, it’s all somebody elses’ fault and he still your moral and intellectual superior. Read more

even for Netanyahu. Read more

A reader writes: A friend of a friend is considering having an abortion. She has one child and has found out she is expecting another, and apparently has an appointment with Planned Parenthood on Friday. I don’t know this woman, her name, her situation, but please, prayers for her and her child. Father, hear our prayer that this woman would choose life for her child, through Christ our Lord, Amen. Mother Mary, pray for her and this child! Read more

In which we discuss the MSM’s marked disinterest in the plight of sexually abused children who are not usefully Catholic. Read more

In which we take a look at yet another dumb meme circulated by people who are way more impressed with their own intellects than they have any cause to be. Read more