So this Tarek Fatah guy is a Canuck who is what our media types call a “moderate Muslim” (meaning, basically, a secular lefty whose views on gay marriage are indistinguishable from anybody else in the secular lefty community and whose devotion to Islam is something like Jerry Seinfeld’s devotion to Judaism or Madonna’s devotion to the Catholic faith). Anywho, he’s no friend of nuts who blow up World Trade Centers and that’s about all secular lefties want to know of... Read more

on this next Sunday’s Scripture readings http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6696103&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Sunday, September 27, 2009: Liturgy Reflection from JP Catholic University on Vimeo. Read more

For some reason, this entry sparked a thought (which is a rare occurrence for me). It was a recollection of this response to Rehoboam after he foolishly decided to continue Solomon’s Pharaoh-like treatment of Israel by telling them to get back to work or they’d get worse from him (2 Kings 12). The people cried: “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own... Read more

I am delighted to hear that Tim Powers is finally getting a little recognition in Hollywood. Looks like the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie will be based, to some degree, on his On Stranger Tides. This is an occasion of great rejoicing! Read more

So John C. Wright (who is, like, a real artist (as in “finalist for a Nebula Award”) writes this quite hilarious screed in response to the Amateur Administration’s attempts to figure out a way to get artists to deify the Dear Leader on the public dime via the NEA. The screed is funny enough. But what kills me even more is this brief exchange in the combox: sorry, sir, but if you are going to use the phrase “the Democrat... Read more

One of the folks you guys prayed for yesterday writes: I just got out of what should have been the Meeting From Hell with some bosses (little progress, repeatedly-missed deadlines, slightly incomplete presentation to give)… and inexplicably it went rather well. Please relay my appreciation to your readers for putting in a word for me! Well done! Virtually high fives to all and thanks be to God for answered prayer! Meanwhile, another reader writes: I’m in a lot of trouble.... Read more

The Dear Hollywood Campaign. Check thou it out! Read more

The irrepressible Jimmy Akin sends along this latest entry in the strangely Julie Andrews-Themed Renaissance of Creativity inspired by my evilness: Make of it what you will. Read more

Funny? Pretty dang. (PG-13). The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Audacity of Hos www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests Read more

A little survey of the basic rhetorical strategies of the New Atheists–strategies which suggest that what they lack in philosophical rigor they make up for with sophistry. Read more