Several people are having cows because Obama is not issuing bellicose rhetoric about Freedom, Democracy and the End to Evil. I think he’s doing exactly the right thing: not giving any ammo to the thugocracy that would dearly love to turn this into a struggle between Iran and the Great Satan so as to deflect attention away from their thuggishness. So I gotta give Obama points for being smarter than the bellicose End to Evil types. What also strikes me... Read more

As my friends are wont to do, one of them gave me this article. He says that since marriage as changed over the centuries, and “drastically” so in the bast two, that gay marriage is merely another progression towards a more perfect understanding of marriage being based on love. While I don’t disagree that some aspect of marriage, their arrangement, how cultures felt a man and wife should feel towards each other, etc., as the article shows what constitutes a... Read more

Mary, Mother of the Son is going like hotcakes! I prudently bought another 50 copies a week or so ago, figuring I’d bring them to VA/DC/MD next week. But they kept flying out of my suitcase to fill on-line orders. So I had 50 more shipped direct to my first venue in MD. Supplies kept dwindling, so I ordered 50 more to send here, figuring my current supply would last till next week. No dice. The last copy is about... Read more

So every year on July 4 my brother Mike and his wife Connie have this big party at their house down in Lacey, WA (near Olympia). They own a house that sits right on a lake down there (so there’s lots of swimming, canoeing, and other watersports). He’s also a fine musician, playing both sax and clarinet. In fact, he’s so good he plays with both the Johnny Lewis Band and with a group called Blues Attitude. What makes this... Read more

I think this really sums up what I’m trying to say to all you dear dear sycophantic minions, shuffling undead, and misbegotten accidents of perverted science: I love you guys! *Gush* *Sob*! Read more

In which we continue our discussion of the Faith and its complex relationship with paganism. Read more

This one from Fr. Dwight Longenecker who, having said some very kind things about Volume I: Modern Myths and Ancient Truth is now in the thick of Volume II: First Guardian of the Faith. He promises more upbeat reviews on this and Volume III will be forthcoming since he appears to love the books, which proud papas like me naturally delight to hear. If you are wondering what all the fuss is about, you can click on any of these... Read more

The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities extends the middle finger of fellowship to the American bishops. Read more

I ask you and your friends please to pray for me per my nickname “Dick”, to Saint Thomas More, the patron saint of lawyers, for the next two days, for the purpose of my resurrecting my vocation as a teacher of law. Lord, hear our prayer! Read more

I was wondering if I could get some links-o-love to my call for content: WANTED: Social Networking Summer Missionaries Here’s the deal: I’ve been asked to write a major Christian publication – so I’m looking for both success stories and failure tales from individuals on summer mission trips using social networking services such as Twitter, Facbook, Myspace, etc … to keep the folks back up-to-date. If I could get my call for content some additional linkage, I’m sure I’d have... Read more