Working hard to destroy what’s left of Catholic faith on their campus. Alums: Are you still giving these clowns money? Read more

Earlier this week I was arguing with somebody about Brownback’s vote to confirm Sebelius and called it a “betrayal”. My reader persuaded me that this language was too harsh. However, it occurs to me that I did not note this on my blog, merely in the combox. So, for the record, here is my reply in which I acknowledge that this language was too harsh: Okay, then “betrayal” was too strong. Brownback’s not my senator and I don’t know the... Read more

“Why did the Church persecute Galileo in its centuries-long war on science?” The question is, “How come, when historically illiterate post-moderns want to complain about the Church’s “centuries-long war on science” they can always only think of Galileo? Meanwhile, some well-meaning Christians are busy doing their best to inadvertantly drum up business for the latest dumbness from Dan Brown. Protesting at theatres will just draw more historically illiterate post-modern people in (and give them the satisfying frisson of “standing up... Read more

That’s… (let’s see….) one less that 110 followers! My plans are ripening! Today, my followers, I command you to sing the lyrics to “My Darling Clementine” to the tune of “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee!” That is all. Read more

…offers a superb reflection on the Christopher West controversy. Remember to *always* strike off 50 IQ points whenever the MSM reports on religious matters. Read more

May 14 7:00 PM. St. Mark’s, Shoreline WA. Topic: Survey of Scripture VII May 17 9:00 PM EDT. Guesting on “Amplify” with Fr. Ron Lengwin. KDKA, Pittsbugh, PA. June 5-6 After 5:00 PM, 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Masses, Holy Family parish, West Seattle. Book signing for Mary, Mother of the Son. Also, just so’s you know, I have yet another big project coming at me like a freight train, as well as Memorial Day Weekend (May 22-25), when all... Read more

I mentioned below that sometimes people pass from trying to make consent the sole criterion of the Good to making it the sole criterion of the Real. When that happens, our definition of “consent” subtly morphs until it means the same thing as “will”. That’s why people like Mary Cheney think you can simply will into existence things like gay “marriage” when there is and can be no such thing. It’s also why her Dad looks for all the world... Read more

Where to begin? Where to begin? Well, you’ve got Barack Dubya Obama making sure to cover up the war crimes he seemed to denounce, while contemplating embracing the policies he claimed to reject. You’ve got Pelosi doing the “Who? Me?” thing on the torture she signed off on. You’ve got Karl Rove, who just last week was doing the standard “It’s not torture and besides it works” schtick, suddenly full of high dudgeon over Pelosi being “an accomplice to torture“.... Read more

In which we talk about the one place left in our culture where it is safe to discuss religious ideas. Read more

I’ve written a little electronic booklet for Ascension Press on the silliness of Angels and Demons and some of the typical questions raised by it in the mind of the average consumer culture Westerner. You can check it out here. Read more