A Handbook for the Loyal Opposition This sounds about right. I caught Rush the other day when I was out driving around, telling the world about how he hoped Obama failed. It reminded me of the crazies who obsessed for years over the “stolen” election of 2000 and who valued defeating any initiative by Bush more than they valued the good of the country. Of course, what Limbaugh means is that he doesn’t want Obama’s loony lefty ideas to be... Read more

Mark Your Calendars for Divine Mercy Sunday Read more

A republic, madam–if you can keep it. – Benjamin Franklin I’m all for civic spiritedness and I think there’s been a rather killjoy sourness from Right in the face of the spontaneous outbursts of public-mindedness by the supporters of Obama. A lot of it strikes me as, well, just the sort of thing you should expect and cultivate from young people who are awakening to the fact that it’s not all about them. Pledges to serve your fellow human beings... Read more

I am reminded of C.S. Lewis’ remark that there is wishful thinking in hell, as well as on earth A reader writes: For a laugh, read this old (1936) essay by Joseph McCabe, one of G.K. Chesterton’s atheist interlocutors (look in Heretics, for example). In it, we learn about “The Myth of [Soviet] Persecution” and how atheism is “SWEEPING THE WORLD” in lovely places like China. The real gems are his predictions for the future: “That Atheism has grown in... Read more

Baby Jack Still Needs Our Prayers Read more

Obama Does not Fail to Disappoint: Kicks off Administration by Making His Offering to Moloch My flickering hope is that, like all politicians, he is a liar and doesn’t plan to do much to push FOCA. My fear is that he is a man of his word. Read more

More Vast Quantities of Work to Do Plus, I’m gonna watch the Inauguration via streaming video. What? You think a history buff like me is gonna miss this seminal moment in American history? Oh! Speaking of streaming over the web, I will be on Sound Insight tomorrow at 8 AM PST. You can listen in Seattle on 1050 AM or in Spokane on 970 AM. Or you can stream it here (the link is in the pink box in the... Read more

Yes! HT: 4Marks.com Read more

MSM: In between our paroxysm of ecstasy, we promise we will do our due diligence Mmhmm. Well. We’ll see, won’t we? I remember the conservative media types swearing back in 94 that they would “hold the GOP’s feet to the fire” and make sure all that stuff about smaller gov’t and term limits and sanctity of life actually happened. Instead, they wound up cheerleading for explosive federal gigantism, laughing off war crimes as frat hazing, and laboring to figure out... Read more

Of Rabbits and Rabbinates The Italian rabbinate is in a snit because the Church prays for the conversion of Jews along with everybody else. That pretty much goes with the whole “go into all the world” thing that Christ commanded. However, the Italian rabbinate somehow considers this an attack on Jews and refused to participate in Italian Catholic Church’s annual Day of Judaism. To me, the most absurd part of this is this statement: This has been the more or... Read more