Dear Mr. Shea: An unconventionally and obtrusively direct and straightforward intrusion into your electronic mailbox without the customary courtesy of introducing oneself, but urgency of purpose requires I forego colouring this missive with Ciceronian polish and therefore must put the question straight to you: Have you even been aware all this while of the Brothers Chaps’ collaborating with Telltale Games to create S.B.C.G.A.P.? (The last and final instalment of the season was released back in December.) For the uninitiate, permit... Read more

Raving Theist has the scoop. The basic approach of the Left to compromise on abortion is “On the one hand, we defeat the prolife movement and crush all who support it. On the other hand, prolifers lose and die, hopefully in searing pain.” Read more

My mom, Aurea, suffered a very significant stroke late Wednesday night. It’s a matter of days now, if not just hours. Please pray for a happy death for my Mom, Aurea (her name means “golden” in Portuguese) & for my family, many of whom are not currently practicing their Catholic faith. Thank you all – I very much appreciate your prayers. Mom is my best friend & I’m going to miss her. You are all in my prayers, too! Father,... Read more

You’d think that a little more of the character would rub off on her and make her smarter than that. The attraction of Scientology for Hollywood types has always entirely eluded me. Read more

to Jerry Coyne’s atheist imperialism masquerading as science. Read more

thinks Global Warming is rubbish. One can’t help but notice the subtle shift in language from “global warming” to “climate change”, accompanied by stories which somehow link the fact that the earth has cooled over the last decade, or stories about winter weather, with the same panicky narrative. One senses the same sort of shifting kaleidoscopic circle of “everything proves we are right, even when it contradicts what we just said” that one heard in the ramp up to the... Read more

Scott Richert makes a number of good points about the teapot tempest over Benedict’s attempts to bend over backwards for the SSPX. He’s perfectly right, of course, that Andrew Sullivan and his ilk are wilfully dishonest in their reportage and commentary because of their blind hatred for Benedict. And so it’s true, as far as it goes, that no amount of PR would help to mollify enemies of the Church who are bent on reading this action in the worst... Read more

80s hair. Phone modems. Greenscreen monitors. I have to lie down for a while and pray the nightmares don’t start again. Read more

The French want more money for their 35 hour work week. So riots ensue and the US is blamed. From the Wonderland of MSM reporting we get two delightful paragraphs: After dark, as Paris crowds thinned, some protesters clashed with police, throwing bottles, overturning cars and starting a fire in the street, but no major violence was reported. and The powerful CGT union was out in force, with its red balloons filling the horizon and loudspeakers blasting the revolutionary song... Read more

Through some internet detective work I dug up some useful contact information for the folks over at NBC Televsision. I emailed John Miller, NBC’s Chief Marketing Officer and Jeff Zucker, the CEO regarding the decision to pull the CatholicVote.org pro-life ad. John was kind enough to email back and suggest that I contact Sales or Broadcast Standards as they are the divisions that make calls on commercials. Unfortunately he didn’t provide me with any names, but I have turned up... Read more