My actual thinking is not “SOCIALIZED MEDICINE NOW!” but something more along the lines of “We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t create a system of health care where families can afford to pay for their own health and dental insurance just as they pay for their own car and life insurance? That’s dumb.” I would regard it as bizarre if I had to be a serf of a corporation or the state in order to... Read more

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Even as I lay on my bed of suffering, struck down by a futuristic bioweapon no doubt concocted in the laboratories of my enemies, suckups and minions continue to flock to my banner! It all reminds me of… a song I heard recently by a man who is fast becoming a sort of poet laureate or troubadour of the Dark Lord lifestyle I live here in the fastnesses of my Fortress of Solitude. My slaves and lackeys, I give you... Read more

Readers will note that I have gotten rid of the entry below about the Jesuit seminarian. Upon reflection, I think it was rash judgment and I think I should have done the biblical thing and tried to contact that Jebbies first about this matter. One of the things I have gained a growing dislike for over the years is trial by blogosphere and I am angry with myself that I’ve done it here and encouraged it in others. Mea culpa.... Read more

I’m back among the living, but with lotsa catchup to do. Here are some prayer requests: You may remember me as “Alias Clio”, once-and-future commentator and blogger. I have a problem that could use the prayers of your faithful readers: I’ve been out of work for a year. One of the reasons for this is that I was offered a job last October, and waited until April for the job to come through. When it did, I discovered that I... Read more

Dying (or wish I was). Please pray. Later. Read more

In which we contemplate the saint and his approach to proclaiming the good news. Read more

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Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers. If the House of Saud weren’t a bunch of Jew-hating dirtbags, they might benefit from learning terms like “chutzpah”. Read more

when politicized theology is on the march on both the Right and the Left. Read more