From Ken Woodward’s defense of ND’s Obama invite : He will receive an honorary degree because it is the custom, not as a blessing on any of his decisions. Dear. God. In. Heaven. A custom with meaning, or a custom without meaning? If without meaning, then by all means let Fr Jenkins open the ceremony with, “What we are about to do is simply a custom without meaning. Let us proceed.” If with meaning, then what does it mean? Re:... Read more

From Ken Woodward’s defense of ND’s Obama invite : He will receive an honorary degree because it is the custom, not as a blessing on any of his decisions. Dear. God. In. Heaven. A custom with meaning, or a custom without meaning? If without meaning, then by all means let Fr Jenkins open the ceremony with, “What we are about to do is simply a custom without meaning. Let us proceed.” If with meaning, then what does it mean? Re:... Read more

Here’s a note from a guy doing good things for the Kingdom: I was reading your blog, Catholic and Enjoying it, and noticed that you write for Catholic Exchange. Our organization has maintained a relationship with Catholic Exchange since last year so I thought you might be interested in writing a post about our work. We are an international Catholic charity under the guidance of the Holy Father, whose mission is to help suffering and persecuted faithful worldwide. An example... Read more

Kevin O’Brien on the astonishing spiritual blindness of our pro-choice ruling elite. May God our Father open their eyes soon through our Lord Jesus Christ. Read more

Poor Hugh Laurie! Read more

I have two and perhaps three big writing/editing projects that I need to get done, plus the launch of the Mary book, plus a trip to San Diego next week, plus other stuff (in addition to the normal stuff I have to write). Writing being a zero sum game, something’s gotta give, so I’m gonna have to back off on the blog for while. I will be posting, but rather sparely for the time being. That also means I may... Read more

DVDtalk.com seems to do a good job. Read more

Support Pistols for Pandas! Read more

A reader wries: Hello Mr. Shea, Hi! I have seen you perform as Innocent Smith on EWTN, and I belong to my local Chesterton society (Denver). I’ve just started coming to your blog and perusing your quite extensive and informative writings, so I regret that my first comment here must be one of mild opposition. Your regret is nothing compared to mine, now that I’ve read what you have to say. While I fully agree with the statements made about... Read more

…is that sometimes they lie about their unwavering commitment to abortion. Here’s hoping Obama completely betrays his base on FOCA. Read more