Over at Inside Catholic, Brian Saint-Paul talks the Federal Reserve, Inflation and Duck Tales. No, really. Start with this video: Then go read his “Money Meltdown” interview with Tom Woods. We’re in big trouble – on all sides, politically, socially, spiritually – pick a battle and start working. Support it all on a foundation of prayer and something good may come of your efforts. This week Buster and I talked about coming threats, implosions and take-overs, and I told him... Read more
“Loving God is the work of a lifetime: spending time in prayer and meditation; listening for the still small voice; learning to live as God wills, by justice and charity; contemplating the gifts we receive, the gifts that we take easily for granted. Only then do we grow near to the kingdom of God.” — Fr. Joseph T. Lienhard, S.J. The Podcast of Morning Prayer is here. Penitential, for Friday, of course. The Canticle from Jeremiah always breaks my heart:... Read more
According to Jake Tapper, Obama and Leno talked bowling. Towards the end of his approximately 40-minute appearance, the president talked about how he’s gotten better at bowling and has been practicing in the White House bowling alley. He bowled a 129, the president said. “That’s very good, Mr. President,” Leno said sarcastically. It’s “like the Special Olympics or something,” the president said. When asked about the remark, the White House had no comment. I wonder if NBC will edit that... Read more
What happens when you put Welsh Shepherds, Samsung and LED’s together? It’s…unimaginable. But someone imagined it. Watch it to the end. H/T Pianogirl. Read more
The podcast (a little rushed, sorry) for the second Vespers of the Feast of St. Joseph is here. Prior post today on St. Joseph is here. Read more
My son Buster has dabbled in poetry here and there, mostly in writing lyrics for his pop-tunes. When he writes seriously, though, he sometimes reminds me a little of Stephen Crane – not in terms of technical proficiency, of course, but in terms of imagery that can make you wince. He and I chatted briefly this morning about some school issues and then about the political/economic stories in the press, and the growing sense so many of us have that... Read more
Podcast of Second Vespers of the Feastday here. The other day I sang the praises of the Irish as we feasted St. Patrick. Today is actually a much bigger feast day – the solemn feast day of St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary. Just as St. Patrick is huge to the Irish community even though he was not, himself Irish, St. Joseph is very big in the Italian community, even though he was not Italian. It’s a bit of an... Read more
Do you remember a while back, CNN and other outlets were remarking on the clever ad campaign put out by the Diocese of Brooklyn at the launch of their new offering, New Evangelization Television? The little devil in red was urging us to Stop Good TV; the ad got a lot of attention and communicated a sense of dynamic energy and good humor. But you know, with the exception of EWTN (which is very good but…in the wee small hours... Read more
Okay, so…60 days into this new presidency, it looks to me like we’re going to spend the next four years watching a non-stop play of infinite acts. With none of the wit or wisdom of Pride & Prejudice, Obama and Company are going to treat us to Chaos & Cajolery. Basically, the theater production is 137 acts (presented without intermission) of Barack Obama and/or any one of his supporting players (from the veep, the speaker, the secstate, the sectreas and... Read more
Well, Bookworm may have found <something huge. Researching for another post she came across this prophetic bit of writing by economist Utpal Bhattacharya, of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana U: As no rational agent would be willing to take part in the last round in a finite economy, it is difficult to design Ponzi schemes that are certain to explode. This paper argues that if agents correctly believe in the possibility of a partial bailout when a gigantic... Read more
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