Cobb is saying Rush Limbaugh has crossed a line with Operation Chaos, and he even has a cartoon up about it. My take on “Operation Chaos” is that Rush is doing several things, here – he’s demonstrating his sway, he’s enjoying making mischief (and hoping that when the press talks about “Hillary winning and demonstrating momentum” they’ll mention his “Operation,”) and he’s getting a feel for just how strong may be the desire of conservatives to — not now, but... Read more
Continuing on with Catholic stuff you don’t ordinarily read, here is a very lovely story about 10 inmates at Lebanon Correctional Institution in Ohio who were baptized into the Catholic Church at Easter. (H/T Gerald) Through our Lady of Sorrows Parish in nearby Monroe, both LeCI and Warren Correctional Institution are ministered to by a team of Catholic volunteers committed to serving the spiritual needs of their incarcerated Christian brothers, explained Christine Shimrock, who serves as a prison chaplain. The... Read more
My Li’l Bro Thom had a virus last week that kept him miserable and sick for about a week – seems I have it too – there is a whole clammy, room-spinning, can-I-just- puke-now component to the thing, too. Makes the idea of sitting up and reading for more than a few minutes unpalatable. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I did get up in the wee small hours because of a nightmare – thought I’d read a little to clear... Read more
Unfortunately, one of those recurrent ear infections has come on like gangbusters and is laying me out. Blogging will be lightish- to – none. Best to all. Read more
Regular readers know I am not one of those easily offended types who get a case of the vapors at every salvo blasted at Christianity or the Christ or his Blessed Mother. I figure Christianity – if it is true, and it is – can stand up to the slings and arrows of the world, Mary has her own way of dealing with anyone stupid enough to disrespect her (hint – she hounds you with love until you give in)... Read more
Prof. Bainbridge wants to know, Seriously, how do you flip from Romney to Obama?: Conservative legal scholar Doug Kmiec has gotten a lot of notoriety for his endorsement of Barach Obama. In a Beliefnet interview, Kmiec explains… […] The trouble with this explanation is that just a few months ago Kmiec was part of Mitt Romney’s campaign. I don’t recall Mitt talking about Dorothy Day very much. Why was Romney acceptable on these issues but John McCain is not? […]... Read more
I’m sure Hillary Clinton had no expectation that her statement yesterday, that she “misspoke” on her adventures in Bosnia (and that’s she’s only human would have put an end to this embarrassing story. By yesterday Hillary sounded like she was getting brittle on the subject: I was also told that the greeting ceremony had been moved away from the tarmac but that there was this 8-year-old girl and I said well, I, I can’t, I can’t rush by her, I’ve... Read more
and now so have you The 80’s fashions were absurd, and the boy always looked supremely uncomfortable before the camera, but damn, that’s a fine voice. He seems to have fun with that discomfort here Read more
Arghghgh! Here in New York, people get married, you give them money – it’s a simple thing. If you can be very generous, you are generous; if you can’t afford much, you give what you can and stuff the card with lottery tickets. If you don’t know the people well, you try to at least “cover the cost” of your reception plate and add a bit extra – maybe the cost of one extra plate. This can get pricey, but... Read more
I didn’t know Andrew Sullivan shared my passion for Miss Ella Fitzgerald. Simply splendid. What an artist! Lyrics Read more
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