A reader writes A friend of mine, a public school teacher, has a favorite student who just attempted suicide. The student was released from the hospital, but the student’s family is interfering with her treatment and now my friend hasn’t heard from the student for a couple days. My friend isn’t handling it well at all, either. They could both use a lot of prayer. Father, hear our prayer for this student and the family involved. Grant them all the... Read more

…and described it as a rousing success–unlike the utterly barefaced lies of the MSM which did all in their power to keep you ignorant of it. Read more

that our Ruling Classes exasperate everybody on both sides of the aisle: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Mass Backwards www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Read more

will notice that, having cooled off after the Prolife Victory Celebrations over the election of Rudy Giuliani with a Pretty Face, I have altered the language at the end of this post. That’s because I think Mark Twain is right: Never attribute to malice what is sufficiently explicable by stupidity. Tom Kreitzberg sums up my exasperation with the prolife movement’s ongoing metamorphosis into an organ grinder monkey for the Thing That Used to Be Conservatism in a post so compact... Read more

in a leading Israeli newspaper. Read more

As a traditionalist who happens to be a Permanent Deacon in a Neo-Catholic realm, I loved your article. The fact I can participate in the church at the level I do, is primarily because of V2. So no complaints here. Traditionalism combined with love and gratitude for the Council and JPII: It is doable. Thanks for your witness, good sir! Read more

rumor-mongering scotched. Read more

because, as everybody knows, I hate the Latin Mass and all who worship in that tradition. So, no, I’m not going to post a link to this article and you didn’t find out about it here. Read more

aka The Hogwarts Professor, adds to his credentials by earning the title “Professor of Meyerology“. As usual, his insights into the religious background of pop fiction are astute and penetrating. Quick take on Twilight: It’s all about the Mormonism. Granger is one of those people who makes the analysis of Twilight more interesting than the novel. Read more

A reader writes: Did you see this? Have you ever blogged on this topic? The “dare we hope” stuff is increasingly common, it seems to me. Any thoughts you wish share? Do you know of any good books or essays on the subject? A brief perusal of Google (which, by the way, is available to my readers [hint, hint]) informs me that I touched on this matter here. Basically, I think von Balthasar makes a reasonable point: we can hope,... Read more