Get a grip. How utterly refreshing! Read more

Yes. If, by “works” you mean “forces false confessions out of people as a pretext for war“: He’d been interrogated successfully, given up huge amounts of information when being treated humanely, even kindly, in hospital and after – but not enough for Cheney. Cheney wanted Zubaydah to tell him what Cheney already knew: the Saddam-Qaeda connection. That would sure foil those pantywaist liberals in the State Department, the Congress and the press who kept asking for proof – as if... Read more

Yes. If, by “works” you mean “forces false confessions out of people as a pretext for war“: He’d been interrogated successfully, given up huge amounts of information when being treated humanely, even kindly, in hospital and after – but not enough for Cheney. Cheney wanted Zubaydah to tell him what Cheney already knew: the Saddam-Qaeda connection. That would sure foil those pantywaist liberals in the State Department, the Congress and the press who kept asking for proof – as if... Read more

Some folks have apparently taken it upon themselves to use my comboxes as a courtroom for the trial and summary condemnation of Christopher West and Greg Popcak (among others). I don’t know West and have not read his work. However, I’m inclined to think that the imprimaturs on his work and the vetting he’s gotten from his bishop suggest that the current witch-hunt is more heat than light. Especially, when I see something like this: Sorry, but I don’t see... Read more

Some folks have apparently taken it upon themselves to use my comboxes as a courtroom for the trial and summary condemnation of Christopher West and Greg Popcak (among others). I don’t know West and have not read his work. However, I’m inclined to think that the imprimaturs on his work and the vetting he’s gotten from his bishop suggest that the current witch-hunt is more heat than light. Especially, when I see something like this: Sorry, but I don’t see... Read more

…with Abp. Raymond Burke. K-Lo tries to back him into telling Wuerl what to do, but he declines. Still, he’s pretty clear on what he thinks about voting for pols you know are abortion-supporters. Which reminds me. A week or so ago, I sharply criticized Brownback for voting to confirm Kathleen Sebelius and got chewed out in my combox because Brownback is a great pro-life hero, etc. Now, in this interview, Burke makes the rather obvious point that if J.... Read more

…with Abp. Raymond Burke. K-Lo tries to back him into telling Wuerl what to do, but he declines. Still, he’s pretty clear on what he thinks about voting for pols you know are abortion-supporters. Which reminds me. A week or so ago, I sharply criticized Brownback for voting to confirm Kathleen Sebelius and got chewed out in my combox because Brownback is a great pro-life hero, etc. Now, in this interview, Burke makes the rather obvious point that if J.... Read more

or else a ham-fisted, heavy-handed Message film. Read more

or else a ham-fisted, heavy-handed Message film. Read more

Gender-based abortion? Hey! What could possibly be wrong with that? Read more