From March 2-30, I will be in the town that inspired this great song (and gives me an excuse to put Ella the Great on my blog: Yep, I will be in Savannah, GA filming (at long last) Manalive and attempting not to suck at acting. This means several things. First, as a freelancer, my income comes from sitting at a computer writing stuff, which I will not be doing for a solid month. So I am going to do... Read more

From Fr. Z’s blog Mershon: Mershon: Are there tendencies toward anti-Semitism in the ranks of the SSPX? Is it “anti-Semitic” in your opinion, to pray and work and dialogue for the conversion of religious Jews to the Catholic Faith? And why do you think there is such sensitivity in the media to supposed “anti-Semitism” as if it were under every rock? Do you think there is just as much anti-Catholicism from politicians, media and other decision-makers in Western society? If... Read more

Starting with I am Not Spartacus but including various others I can’t recall I will often have an idea prompted by something somebody will write in my comboxes. Sometimes I agree with what they are saying or (more often) I am prompted to write because I disagree with what they are saying. So, for instance, yesterday I was prompted on a train of thought because I was disagreeing with some of the notion IANS was expressing. Fair enough. But I... Read more

Hi Mark! I’m a long time fan of your blog, and felt compelled to forward this article to you in the hopes that it entertains you as much as it entertained me. Can’t you just feel the love towards the man who dares to disagree with the Global Warming “consensus”? It would be funny, if the writer had been a bit less forceful in portraying John Coleman (Weather Channel founder) as senile old man. What always strikes me about discussions... Read more

TIME has a piece on “The Catholic Crusade Against a Mythical Abortion Bill“. The translation of this title into English is, roughly, “What a bunch of maroons Catholic prolifers are! Just because Obama said FOCA was his number one priority, these idiots are organizing now to make sure it never comes to his desk instead of passively snoozing and waking up some fine morning to find the Dems have rammed it through Congress and Obama has signed it. These people... Read more

Could you ask your readers to pray for my sister Becky, who is undergoing a biopsy today? Father, grant your peace and healing to Becky and her family through our Lord Jesus. Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for them that God will grant them the graces that they need! We ask this in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit! Read more

Men and Women are Different! In other bulletins from the Frontiers of the Obvious, it turns out that young men look at women in bikinis as objects. Good to have these penetrating analyses to enrich our lives. Read more

After which we discover that at least one of my readers has a very curious notion of what makes you qualified to be President of the United States. Read more

over at What’s Wrong with the World. I was poking around yesterday and found out that Jimmy Akin had a similar discussion of polygenism , monogenism and related stuff a few years ago. He appears to be way ahead of me in speculating on what may and may not be reformable with respect to all this. What always strikes me (about both sides of the debate) is how little we actually *know* compared to how ready both sides are to... Read more

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