We need to pull together as a people and eat chocolate to feel better. Read more

Fr. Jeffrey Keyes writes: Just finished Vol. 1. OMG, thank you, thank you, thank you. “Mary, Mother of the Son” is the greatest gift for the Church as this time in History. Stunning book. I can hardly wait to open Vol. 2. I am going to order 20 copies for Christmas presents. Far be it from me to argue with a priest. Indeed, I feel it is only my duty to remind you that, as the good father points out,... Read more

Holiday Quirkiness from the people who practically invented quirky. Read more

Can you or your readers recommend any good books that deal with a Catholic understanding of feminism. I know I’ve run across some good books on this from time to time, but with a pressing need to recommend something to someone I can’t think of any. How about Mulieris Dignitatem? Or the Letter to Women? Read more

…which I now consider to be a blessing. Here is the Great Man, explaining why Roman Polanski’s 13 year old rape victim had it coming and demonstrating once again that, for so many of our cultural elites, sex with kids is fine if you are the Right Sort of Roman. Makes me appreciate this moment in TV history all the more: Vidal seems to me to be somebody who could benefit greatly from a good punch in the face. Perhaps... Read more

Here she is, holding forth on “breast cancer awareness” campaigns and such like: Shut up about breast cancer awareness. We are so frickin aware I’m gonna vomit. People are always “raising awareness” about things everybody knows about. It is the activism of cowards. Especially women, who are so desperate for safety and approval. When I got lupus there was this big pull to “get involved” with what I call the “bourgeois disease complex”: the annual “months” and ribbons and in... Read more

but still funny: Read more

The Onion takes a look at the Chicken Littles who hold us back from Scientific Progress with their petty concerns about outmoded Christian ethics about things like “right” and “wrong”, “good” and “evil”. Read more

Slate asks “Why do kids crave magic?” Because our culture tells them they are not allowed to believe in miracles. Repress a natural human desire and it just pops out somewhere else. Read more

instead, government “play rangers” will watch them…. “All your kids are belong to us” When O when will some new Wat Tyler or William Wallace rise up in the English populace and tell the State to go to hell? Have the Controllers over there really succeeded in extinguishing the British bulldog spirit? Come on, you people! Grow a pair! Read more