We are swimming in a sea of evil. The pillars of civilized society are shaken by corruption of faith and false idols of power. Here in America, our clergy sell the Cross for access to political power and money. Savage warfare in the mis-used name of God bears down on people in the Middle East, while equally savage warfare seeks to enslave Ukraine in the name of the avaricious dreams of empire of one sin-sick and evil man. We are... Read more
Israel has been attacked and hundreds Israeli citizens are dead. Many others have been taken hostage. The whole world has seen the videos of bleeding, terrified Israelis with hoods over their heads being shoved and slung around by Hamas “soldiers” triumphantly yelling “Allah Akbar.” We’ve seen the photos of the gutted buildings and bodies lying in the streets. I watched the speech given by the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations in which he said that this was going to... Read more
Following Jesus Christ, the real Jesus Christ, and living by the light of the Holy Spirit always leads to sanity. The Peace that Passes all Understanding is real. I have felt it. The forgiveness of sins is also real, but it is not free. It costs repentance, and that costs seeing yourself for what you are. It requires giving up the self-righteous nonsense of being your own god and following the real God. And that means, for most adults, a... Read more
Trump has been the projected winner of the Republican presidential nomination since before he announced his candidacy. Talking heads in print news, network news, cable news, podcasts and the blogosphere, are sharply divided on most things. But on this they are unanimous: Polling shows that Trump will be the Republican Party’s nominee in 2024. They are so sure Trump will win that they are saying that Trump’s opponents are not running for the nomination, that they are actually auditioning to... Read more
Today, the House held a bi-partisan hearing on UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), or, as we little folk like to call them UFOs. Several reputable military personnel testified under oath to events they said they personally had witnessed. Meanwhile, over in the Senate, Chuck Schumer has come up with legislation to declassify documents on the subject. The cherry on top is that a couple of years ago former President Obama allowed as how “there is something ‘very interesting’ about UFOs,” that... Read more
Woe to you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either. Jesus Christ I know many people who have either left the Church or are hanging on to it while suffering the extremes of alienation and isolation inside it, all because they are not deluded into following the false and idolatrous political gospel that... Read more
Are the United States Catholic bishops declaring war on Pope Francis? I don’t know anything about the internal politics of the American bishops. I am confused about the meaning of this week’s winner in the bishop big guy election. Based on the headlines, the pointy-hat crowd chose an anti-Pope Francis right winger to be their new leader. I read the headline, and then I read it again. I’ve been thinking of it off and on since. Is that true? Is... Read more
I haven’t heard any discussion of one of the more obvious points concerning this year’s election results. So, I’ll take it up. That point is simple. A large number of voters were missing at the polls this year because they died during the COVID pandemic. Around 3/4 of a million of those who died were in the precise age groups that vote most heavily for the Republican Party. Not only that, but studies have shown that registered Republicans died from... Read more
I’ve been watching talking heads “explain” the election results for days now. I get the impression that Michael Moore and I were the only living Americans who knew that the election was going to be close. I know that’s not true, but in the alternative universe of made-up “news,” it’s the pretend reality. So, as one the two unofficial only living Americans who knew the election was going to be close, I suppose I should share how I came to... Read more
I chose St Thomas More for my name saint. Since I spent much of my adult life as an elected official, and Thomas More is the patron of saint of elected officials, that might seem obvious. Of course, Thomas More’s political career far exceeded anything I ever accomplished. He was an internationally recognized thinker, who became, for a short while, the Chancellor of England. He was also a martyr who gave his life rather than take an oath saying that... Read more
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