E I E I O! And on that blog they have some thoughts. E I E I O! With an “it would seem that” hereand an “I answer that” thereHere a thought, there a thoughtEverywhere they think thoughts OP Student have a blog E I E I O! Read more

Creative Minority Report. Not surprisingly, the normal contingent of Catholics for the Applause of Brutality make the usual excuses for the inexcusable in the comboxes. Read more

…who champion notions like “let’s say that I lose my soul to save innocent lives. Then so be it.” From the Illustrated London News, Sept. 16, 1916, in which Chesterton points out the dangers of abandoning Christian principles in warfare. Here are some highlights … “… the real reason for refusing … to copy the Prussian malpractices is the same as the reason for refusing all peace or parley with the Prussian monarchy. The more we insist that the terms... Read more

says he’s smarter than the rabble. Read more

just keeps bringin’ the KKKLass to its discussion of the Catholic Faith. The indefatigable Dave Armstrong casts his pearls before these swine in the hope that some non-bigots might note the difference between these Maria Monk wannabes and actual biblical thinking. Read more

has a lovely post about some more recent “Magi”. Read more

Over at the Coalition for Clarity, an ardent pro-torture combox warrior declares that if you oppose torture you are no kind of real man. The odd claim of manliness by people who are continually ready to piddle all over themselves in fear of non-existent ticking time bomb scenarios and to urge the most panic-driven and draconian public policies on the basis of their hysterical fear is one of the more piquant charms of the pro-torture movement. Like the hilarious claim... Read more

draws on deep wells of shallowness in trendy spirituality to offer us an alternative Ash Wednesday liturgy. The man is funny. Read more

Michael O’Brien continues his strange vendetta, replete with appeals to intution, private revelations and waves of nausea as a guide to grasping the alleged grave spiritual menace of Harry Potter books. Very odd. Read more

Today, my cringing suckups, I thought I would start Lent by saying, “Mea Culpa”. What for? For posting my gripe about Janice Krause yesterday. Astute readers will note that it is no longer here. Why? Cuz while I was at Mass, it was made clear to me that it was no way to start Lent. So, my apologies for getting into a foolish cat fight on Ash Wednesday. That is all. Read more