…is the tendency to substitute tones of voice for actual thought. It’s what goes with substituting worship of the intellect for use of the intellect. So, for instance, not a few atheists imagine they’ve scored a crushing victory when they switch from saying, in a warm, boastful tone of worldly wise superiority “Atheist moral are arbitrary and subjective” to saying, in a cold, contemptuous tone “Religious morals are arbitrary and subjective.” The notion seems to be “Well, at least we... Read more

A reader writes: The world of Islamic apologetics seems somewhat odd. “SWINE FLU IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY ALLAH HAS MADE EATING PORK UNLAWFUL“ “DEVOUT CHRISTIANS SHOULD POSE THESE QUESTIONS TO THE POPE“ “THE VATICAN IS BEING ROCKED BY EARTHQUAKES!” “THE CHRISTIAN ERROR OF THE TRINITY“ “Jesus (Pbuh) Was Not Killed And Is Not Dead“ It seems like few in the Church devote any considerable attention to defending the Catholic faith against Islam. What do you think are some... Read more

Obama is “sort of God”. The MSM Obamagasm reaches new heights of blasphemous idiocy. What cracks me up is that when I lampoon this deadly serious Obama worship among our elites by referring to him as “The Son of God”, the ire gets directed, not at the deadly serious Obama worship or the fools who engage in it, but at me for “blasphemy”. I’m always reminded of this passage from The Everlasting Man: One of my first journalistic adventures, or... Read more

A reader writes: I wanted to thank you and your readers for their prayers. Unfortunately, Chase — the boy who had drowned in the swimming pool — was removed from life support and died before the weekend. Please continue to pray for his family. Father, receive Chase into the light of your glory, and grant him eternal life through Christ our Lord. Grant his family peace, strength, and consolation through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Mother Mary, pray for... Read more

…it’s those holier-than-thou prigs who are so concerned about the so-called “rights” of witches that they care more about these sworn enemies of society than they do about decent, tax-paying peasants. As you can plainly see from the instructional video below, our enhanced interrogation methods are based on sound science and infallible logic: Read more

…and I’ll show you a culture that despises childhood. Read more

But very significant for me. It’s the last picture ever taken of the house I was born in (673-B Bomarc Road, Paine Field AFB, WA) before it was destroyed so that they could build some electronics plant and run a road through my earliest memories. You can see a little page on it here, if you care. A little death, but a real enough one for me. Read more

There will be a GKC conference in the UK on July 4. This is specially designed so that citizens of the UK will not be bored and unhappy while we Yanks are blowing things up and eating barbecued ribs. Read more

I recently went to an awful, anti-Catholic play in my city. It was titled “Hail Mary”. The flier I received from the theatre announcing this season’s shows said that the play was written by Tom Dudzick, and then had in quotes after his name, the “Catholic Neil Simon”. The blurb describing the play reads as follows: “Tom Dudzick created this new comedy about a clash of wills between a young parochial school novice and her Mother Superior. The unexpected appearance... Read more

as Brian Vissagio. It’s amazing to me how many people describing themselves as Christian have completely adopted Hitler’s philosophy of totalerkrieg and sincerely belief they can bracket their belief that, in war, you can suspend Christian morality and do “whatever it takes” to win. I’m also struck by Brian’s remarks about how, the more purposeful a society becomes in organizing on a vast scale to commit world-historical evil, the more everybody in that society speaks in the passive voice and... Read more