Bill Gates wants to cull the herd of people poorer than himself. Last seen contaminating New York’s water supply in a bid for global domination, this time he wants to perform creepy experiments on men’s testicles to see if he can render them “temporarily” depleted of sperm. Attention, suckers: You are now entering the “What could it hurt?” phase of human history. Meanwhile, Raquel Welch writes: Seriously, folks, if an aging sex symbol like me starts waving the red flag... Read more

So the other day, I noted a whimsical little entry on Mike Flynn’s site. I have no idea what Flynn’s politics are, but I know funny when I see it. The heart-tugging image of the Last Polar Bear so beloved by climate change enthusiasts begged for lampooning and some authors of some denunciation of of Climate Change Infidels inadvertantly provided the grist for this by accompanying their letter with a photo that was, not to put too fine a point... Read more

The layers of post-modern irony and metanarrative are thick as leaves in a Vermont forest in October, but dayum is this funny and spot on. Cradle Catholics and Emergents have an almost impenetrably different understanding of what “worship” means. For Emergents (following their Evangelical parents) worship is profoundly bound up with music (the most disincarnational of the arts, unless you happen to be the one playing it). Evangelicalism, being leery of the Incarnation whenever you encounter it today tends to... Read more

writes a fine follow up to my piece on Blessed are the Merciful over on Catholic Exchange. Read more

from a combox he read somewhere: Right now in a large conference room the crack team of BP spin people are working feverishly on a plan. Lets listen in — shall we? All right. We can make this work for us. Come on people! Think! silence… People! okay, okay. how about this. BP…The first black president…the first black gulf? What? Are you freaking nuts! okay…i got one…picture this….pastels…we got bridge over troubled water playing in the background…we get heston to... Read more

Proving once again that he is, in many ways, Bush 44 Obama nominates a careerist cipher who has “only written three law review articles, two short essays, and two book reviews”, all of them “lifeless, dull, and eminently forgettable“. Her great virtue in the eyes of our Ruling Class and of the Son of Man who so recently claimed the godlike power to kill anyone he chooses without arrest, evidence, trial or scrutiny of any kind?: “Nothing is a better... Read more

Proving once again that he is, in many ways, Bush 44 Obama nominates a careerist cipher who has “only written three law review articles, two short essays, and two book reviews”, all of them “lifeless, dull, and eminently forgettable“. Her great virtue in the eyes of our Ruling Class and of the Son of Man who so recently claimed the godlike power to kill anyone he chooses without arrest, evidence, trial or scrutiny of any kind?: “Nothing is a better... Read more

The headline says “Church offers worship service for dogs“. Some people might reflexively reject all such thinking as New Age twaddle (and it well could be). After all, it’s an ontological impossibility that Fido would need or be able to engage in rational liturgical worship that is designed and built to mediate grace to fallen homo sapiens, not unfallen dogs or goldfish. But it is not an ontological impossibility for Fido to give praise and glory to God. That’s why... Read more

… on Pope Benedict. You can find out about ’em here. Also, please check out and download Michael Dubruiel’s “The Fourth Rule: St. Benedict’s Guide to Life“ It’s also available through Amazon Kindle. Amy is a tremendous gift to the Church, a terrific writer, full of sound and solid common sense. Check out her site and her blog. Read more

(whom it was my pleasure to meet last year) writes: I have some exciting news regarding my book Who is Jesus Christ? Unlocking the Mystery in the Gospel of Matthew! I received the Foreword from Fr. Benedict Groeschel and he had very kind words to say about it. You can see some excerpts of Fr. Groeschel’s Foreword here. Also, I am now taking pre-orders (shipping September 2010, when it will be published by Our Sunday Visitor Press) for the book... Read more