A reader writes: My 89 year old Mom, Aurea, who broke her hip last March has been having ups & downs with health since. She’s been having some cognitive issues especially but right now is having other problems & isn’t doing very well. She had a great day yesterday but today she’s not doing well at all – difficulty breathing, very weak. Please pray for her. Thank you so much. Father, hear our prayer for Aurea and for her family,... Read more

This is the Sort of Thing that Would Warm Tom Kreitzberg’s Heart “Preach the gospel at all times; use graphs when possible.” – Tom Kreitzberg Read more

An Unreflective Man Yup. A hurricane of destruction for American conservatism and a catastrophically bad President. But he feels good about himself like every member of Generation Narcissus should. Read more

Principal American Religion Found to be Consumerism CAEI: Boiling things down so you don’t have to. Or, to size up the American religious, social and political scene more concisely: “Every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall... Read more

“Religion as a means to a political end is a fascinating study.” That’s one way of putting it. Another, more accurate way, of saying the same thing is “Idolatry is a fascinating study.” The Left is finally starting to figure out how to exploit religion in the US rather than simply despise it. That’s a bad thing. However, they are learning from the Masters in the GOP, as well as from other sources. Read more

Candy, not Broccoli, Makes Kids Happy In related news, stories titled “Spirituality, Not Religion, Makes Kids Happy” make shallow journalists happy. And our top story: Funding to research the obvious and trivial, not serious science, makes social researchers happy. “Spirituality” in news speak means “a life connected to the Transcendent in a way which is emotionally tangible to the human participant.” “Religion” means “weird fossilized rituals and dogmas–especially Catholic ones–that have no discernible connection to what journalists think matters.” The... Read more

Now Everybody Can Be Betty Boop! Another hurdle overcome in science’s never-ending war on cosmetic imperfection. Read more

One great thing about the Beloved Luke Studying Animation at Seattle Art Institute He finds stuff like Steam-Powered Robot Dinosaurs! A prayer request for the Beloved Luke, by the way. Last night, at school, he experience a mysterious weakness and pain in his legs. He wound up calling 911 and they looked him over but found nothing wrong. We took him to emergency. He’s had migraines in the past and has had a small spot in his field of vision... Read more

Red Planet, Yellow Journalism LIFE ON MARS!!!!! says the headline. By which they mean, “Methane on Mars”. In fact, they still don’t know if there is life on Mars. They merely speculate that methane is being generated by microbes, though it might be generated by something else. If it does turn out to be life, this will be a discovery of world-historical significance, right up there with the invention of the wheel. I hope it turns out to be so,... Read more

Pretty busy today With the film shoot coming up in March, I need to file a dozen columns with the Register so that I’m not trying to write stuff while we are shooting. I also need to write a dozen for Inside Catholic, as well as finishing editing a book, start writing/editing another, finish proofing the galleys for Mary, Mother of the Son, start with promotion for Mary, Mother of the Son, see my family, eat, sleep, and breathe, and... Read more