*really* hate asking for directions. Read more

You guys make a pretty good photo op. Mr. President, hip postmodern ironic statements are funny only when the people you are speaking to don’t harbor deep suspicions that you don’t much care about them. Also, deliberately handing you political opponents knives with which to stab you does not seem to be the embodiment of political sagacity. Read more

You can read about it here. Read more

…the fact that Catholics are actually allowed free speech and involvement in American political life. Read more

Today, my shuffling hordes of undead, I command you to watch this interview with one of the greatest wordsmiths of our age: We live in a civilization that has made Eminem a millionaire and regards him as a cultural leading light. Dark Lords like that. It means lots of brain-dead zombie material. Someday a real Dark Lord will find that very useful. That is all. Read more

A preliminary report commissioned by the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday. 80% of the victims were boys. In other news, Hasan’s radical Islamic beliefs had absolutely nothing to do with his choice to scream Allahu Akbar and gun down soldiers at Fort Hood. Not one damn thing. Read more

in which we discover that It Didn’t Go Out With Vatican II. Read more

on 2012 and its aggressive hostility to You Know Who Read more

So I go run an errand a bit ago and the radio is blaring Limbaugh. He’s having his customary paroxysms and today it’s all about trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civil court. I’ve not given it a lot of thought, but my inclination is to agree that this is a stupid move by the Amateur President. Buchanan gives some of the reasons why. But what cracked me up was listening to Limbaugh freaking out as the chickens of his... Read more

So now Sullivan is shutting down his blog to devote single-minded focus to the greatest threat mankind has ever faced: Sarah Palin. He does this out of solemn devotion to the truth, he says, and not because he has been crazily obsessed with her from the very first second her face appeared on the national scene and in advance of his ever knowing any actual facts about her. It really is fascinating to watch a hatred in search of a... Read more