We’re having an important and long-delayed celebration for Buster, tonight, and that means lots of last minute to-do’s around here. Lots of goings on in the rest of the world, and I’d love to opine about them (particularly about Padre Alberto), but for today, it’s all about family and not the distressing world “out there.” The world “out there” will still be wild, mad, wearisome and wonderful, tomorrow, but “sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” For today, my... Read more
Couple things going on here; seems we’re going to have some minor programming changes at the site which will will hopefully make the comments section more to everyone’s liking and make my life easier on the writing end, but that may necessitate me shutting up for a little while. Also, we have yet another “big family event” going on this weekend. As I twittered the other day, I am the most inherently inhospitable person in the world, and yet it... Read more
Okay, I just spent the better part of 40 minutes putting together a very interesting collection of links and stories, and when I went to post it, I lost the whole thing. Sadly, I have no time to re-do, as I have an appointment and a day that will preclude any further blogging until MAYBE later tonight. Mama ain’t happy just now. I’m sorry for the lack of content; hopefully these bugs will be exorcised very, very soon. Really soon.... Read more
“’cause I’m a scholar with a dollar, you can plainly see…” — from Quincy Jones’ album, “The Dude” And if you want to know what hyperinflation looks like, head over here: By July 1946, the monthly inflation rate had reached 41,900,000,000,000,000 percent, and, unbelievably, the combined value of all Hungarian banknotes equaled one-thousandth of a U.S. dollar. In desperation the government gave up and introduced a new currency, the forint. In the end you could get 1 new forint by... Read more
Over at Inside Catholic, Brian Saint-Paul discusses what appears to be a sensational, unthinkable and questionable statement by disgraced Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, who will claim in his upcoming biography that he did not know that the priestly abuse of children was “criminal.” Writes Saint-Paul: For all his flaws, Rembert Weakland is an intelligent man. The claim that he didn’t realize that having sex with a child violated the law is absolute nonsense. He’s lying. Most of us would... Read more
Bench Memos is the place to go for constant updates on Sonya Sotomayor, who President Obama just nominated to the Supreme Court. Ed Morrissy has a quickly pasted video with Karl Rove suggesting that Sotomayor could be perhaps more liberal than David Souter, whom she would replace. Rove also feels the nomination will probably go through. I tend to agree with that. For the most part, Republicans believe a president is entitled to his nominees (except, of course, when their... Read more
Pffff….pffff… Is this thing on? I’ve been writing that for about three days now and have not been able to post a thing. Let me begin by saying, I am sorry. I’ve had all of your emails telling me how unhappy you have been with the transition to First Things, that you find the page unworkable and less intuitive, that my postings were weirdly out-of-place, that I have been utterly silent for several days. I understand how frustrated you are,... Read more
Got several emails (and comment requests) from people asking me to post a novena to the Holy Spirit, in anticipation of Pentecost. I’ve never done one of these before, but it makes a lot of sense. Pentecost Sunday is 9 days from Ascension Thursday (10 counting Thursday, 9 from today) – a perfect opportunity to take a few minutes, each day, to be mindful of the Holy Spirit, the power, gifts and meaning of the Third Person of the Triune... Read more
A reader, responding to The Ancient of Days, wrote “This week my [prayer group is praying for someone having surgery]. We have each committed to a day of prayer for her. Mine was yesterday. It is not my habit, but I have prayed the Rosary at times of mourning and times of dire need. Yesterday, as I prayed the last decade I experienced very much the same thing your writer revealed. I wept feeling so loved and so grateful for... Read more
Do not be afraid of this piece, and don’t email me with a wagging finger, admonishing me for posting something written by someone who has the phrase “new age” in her general vicinity. Just read this and marvel at the truth of it, a truth you will feel acknowledged in the surge of your own marrow. Marvel at the way the Most Ancient of Days has gotten all up inside this writer’s head, and completely overwhelmed all of the “new”... Read more
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