is unprecedented! Read more

In which we finish looking at the Church’s teaching about what’s to come. And with that, I’m outta here till Monday! Happy Thanksgiving, all y’all! I’m thankful to God through our Lord Jesus that youse guys are my readers! Read more

are the ones abundantly illustrated in the comments here, for instance, which say in mixed tones of bafflement, rage and disappointment, “How can you simultaneously be a Catholic writer who respects the Church’s teaching… and yet also be so critical of torture and its apologists?” How do I *live* in that sort of contradiction? I am large. I contain multitudes. I also believe in democracy and yet I vote. I oppose abortion and yet love babies at the same time.... Read more

the Prince of Peace. The Amateur President continues to fulfil the hope and promise of the Bush Administration. Read more

Q: What did the Calvinist say after he fell down the stairs? A: Well! I’m glad that’s over with! Down in my comboxes, an enthusiast for Calvinism gets upset with me because I take Calvinism too lightly. He writes (in part): I just wanted to say that “yes, there most assuredly is a large group of people who truly believe in predestination.” And we rejoice in it too. Without it, I would have followed the path of destruction all of... Read more

I can benefit from. Read more

They act more like a priesthood guarding the Inner Mysteries than scientists whose duty is to share their data and research. Most of all they act like bureaucrats who have come to believe that time, space, matter and energy are not nearly as important as the devotion to the sacred text of Big Science: And now abide power, prestige and funding. But the greatest of these is funding. Read more

Very funny stuff from Jonah Goldberg: Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus’ Dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed Palinophobe took dead aim at the former Alaska governor’s writing chops, excerpting the following sentence from her book: “The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn’t work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a pay... Read more

Just when you thought you were safe! Read more

Tom Kreitzberg sez: The five ways of proving Jesus was a Dominican: 1. He wore white. 2. He never stayed in one place for long. 3. People murmured about how much He ate and drank. 4. The Pope always regretted it when he tried to correct Him. 5. He was never heard to say, “Of course, I could be wrong.” Read more