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A reader writes: One of the things which really marked out G.K. Chesterton’s critiques of people was that whatever he thought of them, you could always feel his sympathy to them. It was less palpable in his discussions of politicians of the time, but it was still there. I don’t know if you feel any sympathy towards those you criticize; if you do, it’s not apparent in your writing. E.g. “sin makes you stupid” has the feeling of “renegade” (Matt... Read more

is evil. It does with dead human bodies what we call “Prostitution” with live ones: selling the body for the delectation of the masses. Of course, it’s billed as the “democratization of anatomy”. But the overwhelming number of people who see it come away remembering, not a thing about anatomy (ever hear of “books”) but with the titillated sense that they saw corpses being exploited for show. And soon, our culture that is always seeking to stab the nerve of... Read more

He’s basically cracked the code to some interesting subtexts in the Narnia books. Unfortunately (doh!) I was too tired to remain awake during his session. Read more

…has pretty much all you need to know about the Pope’s move toward ending the Anglican schism. I sure hope this bears a lot of fruit. I owe a giant debt to great Anglican writers and thinkers and can’t help but think C.S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayers (not to mention Chesteron and Newman) are hoisting heavenly mugs of ale today. Read more

When some fabulously rich guy declares that a member of our Ruling Classes is “running a government for the people“, you can be sure that the member(s) of the Ruling Classes being praised is engaged in a relationship with the rich guy that is designed to increase their power and wealth at the expense of you. Don’t believe me? Read more

A reader writes: Just received the following urgent prayer request (identifying details removed) for an unborn little boy. Please pray for his parents and doctors to try and save his life rather than end it: Out of touch with everybody but now must ask prayers of you. Please: Childhood friend is expecting birth of grandchild.Baby overdue. Now a late ultrasound shows baby’s head “too large.”C-section “might” happen in next few days. My abiding fear? These young parents and my old... Read more

I was thumbing through an Evangelical gift catalog and came across two unusual Christmas tree ornaments: The Christmas Nail and The King’s Crown Tree Topper I’m a little ambivalent about that kind of decoration, but I’m curious what your take on them is. Yeah, me too. It’s an aesthetic judgment, of course, not a theological one, so de gustibus. Certainly, there’s something to be said for the waggish Catholic who says, “Keep Mass in Christmas”, which is what these ornaments,... Read more

This washed up in my mailbox. Forgive me if I don’t provide live links. It’s a specimen of the sort of paranoid Evangelicalism that I was greatly relieved to leave behind in becoming Catholic (though, of course, there are specimens of paranoid Catholicism out there too, happily watered down in a *much* bigger sea and happily ignorable due to this thing called the “Magisterium”. In charismatic Evangelicalism, anybody can have a “word of the Lord” and there’s no buffer between... Read more

I am curious if your publication will help me. I started a charity which is devoted to a healthy lifestyle,promoting healthy diets and fitness, sounds run-of-the-mill? The unique thing aboout me is that I have a neuromuscular disease called Friedreichs Ataxia and use a wheelchair, whats even more eye-grabbing is I produced a DVD to spread awareness of my disease and raise funds for medical research. This DVD has a LOT of very good information, view moy media kit here... Read more