Catholic Writers Guild, Catholic Marketing Network Hold Writers’ Conference Somerset, NJ–The Catholic Writers’ Guild, in conjunction with the Catholic Marketing Network, will host its first-ever Catholic Writers’ Conference LIVE! at the Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, Somerset, NJ, from Aug 5-7, 2009. The conference will host publishers, editors and authors from all aspects of the Catholic writing world, including magazines and devotionals, novels and educational materials. The panel discussions, presentations and workshops will cover all aspects of writing including... Read more

A reader writes: I appreciate your blog. I’m currently participating on a Catholic forum in which the topic of the Notre Dame scandal, protests, etc has been the flavor of the day. This thread has evolved into various comments from posters saying how they are not pleased about protesters, particularly because of the gruesome images of abortions on the posters usually held up at these protests. These people (Catholics) are saying they won’t even look at the protesters (the people,... Read more

David Schaengold makes a rather common sense point about an oft-repeated trope. Read more

Welcome new recruits, to the ranks of my willing slaves! I cast upon you my glance of warm but remote and unapproachable approval as you cringe with gratitude and lickspittle devotion. Today, you must learn and sing this song on a public transportation vehicle in a major American city: To the tune of “Supercalafragalisticexpialadocius” … Um diddle diddle um diddle ayUm diddle diddle um diddle ay Superchristological and HomoousiosisEven though the sound of them is something quite atrociousYou can always... Read more

Welcome new recruits, to the ranks of my willing slaves! I cast upon you my glance of warm but remote and unapproachable approval as you cringe with gratitude and lickspittle devotion. Today, you must learn and sing this song on a public transportation vehicle in a major American city: To the tune of “Supercalafragalisticexpialadocius” … Um diddle diddle um diddle ayUm diddle diddle um diddle ay Superchristological and HomoousiosisEven though the sound of them is something quite atrociousYou can always... Read more

starring the brilliantly funny readers of CAEI! Take a bow! This piece still cracks me up! Read more

who did not bend the knee to Moloch. May their tribe increase! Read more

Jerry Taylor points out a documentable fact and gets hammered by the Preservers of Bubble Integrity. I think Catholics are going to have to face up to the fact that “here we have no continuing city” and begin to rethink our engagement with American culture accordingly. In case you are confused, that doesn’t mean “Jump ship for the Democratic party”. Rather it means, “Figure out new ways to engage our culture and politics that are not enslaved to any party... Read more

…this stuff would be legend. As it is, you will never hear about it from the MSM. Biden does do one thing well: he demonstrates that anybody–absolutely anybody–can be Vice President, regardless of their gifts, talents, or abilities. The guy makes Dubya sound like Demosthenes. Read more

New Gallup Poll: Only Frequent Church Goers Maintain Support For Excessive Earmarks, Data Mining, Torture And Wiretapping If you are wondering why prolifers were getting booed at Notre Dame, wonder no longer. There is not one reason in the world the prolife movement has to hitch its fortunes to all these GOP talking points. But for some weird reason, it has, with entirely predictable results. Prescription: repent. Get back to the main message. Don’t allow ourselves to be co-opted by... Read more