A reader writes: A girl in the local Catholic high school is being taken, by her parents, to an abortion clinic on Friday morning. Teachers and clergy are doing everything they can to prevent this. Please ask your readers to fast and pray that the life of this baby will be saved. Lord, hear our prayer! Read more

Reader Kathie Lundquist writes: My dad (Elmore), mom (Elizabeth), sister (Susan), and I need to ask you for your prayers for my brother Steven Duncan, who is at this moment in the intensive care unit at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. After Steven called me this morning, I went over to his Tigard apartment to see him, and he complained of shortness of breath, chest tightness, and dizziness. He also had a bump on his head; he didn¹t know... Read more

A reader writes: As you’ve observed quite often, among the worst trends in the lobby for immorality is the argument “consent makes all things good”. It occurred to me this afternoon that the number of propositions a person will consent to is usually a measure of gullibility rather than of any sort of “hipness” quotient. Such an argument recalls Spinal Tap’s David St.Hubbins spouting “I believe everything I read, and I think that makes me *more* selective than someone who... Read more

Doing Computer Housekeeping… Glub! Will be up for air later, after updating McAfee on the two home systems. Meanwhile, here’s a little sop: my latest on Catholic Exchange. Back later! Read more

Zippy on the Curious Alliance Between Hawks and Doves in Muddling Thinking about War I think there is a perverse alliance between hawks and doves when it comes to distinguishing between accidental deaths and on-purpose deaths. Both hawks and doves would prefer to keep the distinction unclear, for different reasons. Doves want to be able to call all deaths in wartime murder; conversely, hawks want to be able to take what is really deliberate murder and categorize it as morally... Read more

Prayer, Part I My latest for the Register, in which we take a look at some of the main features of Christian prayer. Read more

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

Reader Roger Dubin has a new novel out called Coin of the Realm Check 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