Reader Roger Dubin has a new novel out called Coin of the RealmCheck thou it out! Read more

Terribly, Terribly Juvenile!I really shouldn’t post this. No! Really! It would be just too awful of me!Aw, what the hell! Read more

What Bloggers Gab about in EmailSo I write Rod Dreher because (bum ba BUM!) I’m coming to Dallas and environs on January 24 ( January 24 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM. St. Anthony parish, Wylie TX. Topics: 101 Reasons Not to Be Catholic, This is My Body, Making Senses Out of Scripture. Contact: Mark Windsor.) I’ve never actually met the guy, so it seemed like a good idea to drop him a line and we could all go out for… Read more

Ya think?It turns out that kids who think they have a duty to love God and neighbor and not treat the boy or girl next door like an apparatus designed for relieving libido are less likely to climb into each other’s pants, whereas kids who are raised to see virginity as failure and themselves as rutting animals or disciples of rap singers are more likely to have sex. Who could possibly have foreseen it? It’s so great that Science continues… Read more

One Cardinal Difference Between Christ and the New Ageis that the New Age bids us to “abandon the past” while Christ bids us only to abandon our sins. That’s because Christ knows that the thing which makes us uniquely human is our ability to remember the past. Not simply our own personal past (a dog can do that), but the pasts of millions of others. That is what a culture and a civilization *is*, and that is why Israel’s entire… Read more

Yes, but can you walk on water in them?Nice, but I’m saving my money for the Collectable Plate. It just makes me feel all safe and ginchy inside! Read more

Yes, but can you walk on water in them?Nice, but I’m saving my money for the Collectable Plate. It just makes me feel all safe and ginchy inside! Read more

Chesterton is Now Downloadble onto MP3Tons of good stuff available for free! Read more

A reader writes of the troubles in Gaza:Without a dissenting voice on the left – the answer is always to turn the other cheek. And that’s fine in the West because generally once the political objective is obtained, Westerners feel that the need to continue terror is over (as in Ireland).What if the objective is not freedom and independence, but to destroy the West? As long as the West survives it existence is oppression to the jihadists – according to… Read more

A reader writes:If you are like me, you have felt somewhat concerned about the results of the election and the future of our country. We have started a grassroots effort and I hope you will join us in doing one little thing that could help to change the course of history.WHO: A few faithful Catholic lay people and priests. (Anyone can do this: stay-at-home moms, singles, retired people, students–anyone.)WHAT: Have a Mass offered on Inauguration Day for our new President… Read more