do not issue fatwas. More courageous punching of unresisting targets from our cultured despisers. Read more

do not issue fatwas. More courageous punching of unresisting targets from our cultured despisers. Read more

More moments of bedwetting craziness from the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism. So they catch Faisal whathisface and take him into custody. The guy’s a naturalized citizen. They treat him, as they treated Timothy McVeigh, as a criminal. Not good enough says Lieberman. We need to strip him (and “suspected terrorists”) of citizenship. McCain concurs. Why? Well, because… you know. Citizenship… protects you from… you know… what Lieberman wants to… you know *do* to the guy. Not torture, of... Read more

More moments of bedwetting craziness from the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism. So they catch Faisal whathisface and take him into custody. The guy’s a naturalized citizen. They treat him, as they treated Timothy McVeigh, as a criminal. Not good enough says Lieberman. We need to strip him (and “suspected terrorists”) of citizenship. McCain concurs. Why? Well, because… you know. Citizenship… protects you from… you know… what Lieberman wants to… you know *do* to the guy. Not torture, of... Read more

we have “no good reason to go to Mars“. My point in writing this was not to say “Going to Mars is a waste of time” but to say, “Trusting the alliance between Big News, Big Science, and Big Government to actually give you factual scientific reportage is a waste of time.” The article was an unpaid advertisement for NASA, full of hype, inconsequence, and disinformation designed to gin up excitement for a Mars expedition by people who are highly... Read more

A moving story of a very brave woman. There are two basic ways Catholics can approach a story like this. One can treat this new convert, full of love and hope in Jesus Christ, as a half-breed Protestant rebel against Holy Church who has nothing in common with Real Catholics (as some representatives of Truly True Catholicism insist). If you take this approach, then you must deny her obvious faith in Christ, her desire to serve him to the best... Read more

The internet is so cool. Earlier this week over at Inside Catholic and the Register blog, I mentioned Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution and the Man Who Saved a Billion Lives. Within a few hours I got two emails. One was from a guy who works with Borlaug’s daughter. The other was from this guy: During 25 years of working with Norm Borlaug I wrote down some 300 of the personal dramas that are behind his success.... Read more

The internet is so cool. Earlier this week over at Inside Catholic and the Register blog, I mentioned Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution and the Man Who Saved a Billion Lives. Within a few hours I got two emails. One was from a guy who works with Borlaug’s daughter. The other was from this guy: During 25 years of working with Norm Borlaug I wrote down some 300 of the personal dramas that are behind his success.... Read more

I found out last night that the son of some old friends of ours from church died from a drug overdose one day after his 24th birthday last month. Although we see them occasionally around town (unfortunately not in church anymore) and don’t know them as well as we used to, this shock hit me in between the eyes and find myself thinking about this young man (a little boy the last time I saw him) and his family. Please,... Read more

I found out last night that the son of some old friends of ours from church died from a drug overdose one day after his 24th birthday last month. Although we see them occasionally around town (unfortunately not in church anymore) and don’t know them as well as we used to, this shock hit me in between the eyes and find myself thinking about this young man (a little boy the last time I saw him) and his family. Please,... Read more