The Anchoress
A complicated issue, and an interesting study. Read more
A complicated issue, and an interesting study. Read more
UPDATE: I’m late to the party – that’s what I get for being sick, and falling behind on my reading. This particular one is NOT a miracle. It’s fungus and bacteria! Amy Welborn and Gerald had it covered. I suspected something like that when I’d heard that the Host was put into water and turned a month later. Ah, well. The real ones are still pretty interesting! :-) Parishioners at St. James Church say a piece of bread used in... Read more
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You know…after reading this…I feel a little better. I feel like things are turning a corner: Growl by Gerard Allen Van der Ginsberg For Karl Rove I SAW the second-best minds of my not-so-Great Generation destroyed by Bush Derangement Syndrome, pasty, paunchy, tenured, unelectable, and not looking too sharp naked, bullshitting themselves through the African-American streets at cocktail hour looking for a Prozac refill, aging hair-plugged hipsters burning for their ancient political connection to the White House through the machinations... Read more
I like these Carmelites in Los Angeles who work with children and the elderly. This order is brimming with new vocations of young women, but I can never get used to them making their novices wear the (shudder) really awful blue uniform of a postulant (with a white veil) until they are just four months away from making their first, or simple, vows. Here we see four novices getting invested in the habit. You have to scroll down and click... Read more
A Rabbi speaks up for the president even to his fellow-conservatives. Though his polls are at what they call “a low point,” the President has not made any attempt to refashion long-held principles in an effort to regain popularity and create a rise in his numbers. I am astounded and heart-warmed by this man’s ability to stay the course during this time of war and to choose principle over popularity. I respect him for that. To me — a Conservative... Read more
I mentioned in passing to someone, yesterday, that I missed Michael Kelly. This excellent piece by Jeff Jacoby explains why. I remember asking Ted Kennedy during the run-up to the war why he and others in the antiwar camp seemed to have so little sympathy for the countless victims of Ba’athist tyranny. Even if they thought an invasion was unwise, couldn’t they at least voice some solidarity with the innocent human beings writhing in Saddam’s Iraqi hell? Kennedy replied vehemently... Read more
A picture from my elder son. He’s such a good-natured and eccentric fellow. Read more
That OBL and the Taliban are in contact with Iraq and that a group of Taliban and bin Laden group members visited Iraq. That the U.S. has proof the Iraqi government and “bin Laden’s group” agreed to cooperate to attack targets inside America. That in case the Taliban and bin Laden’s group turn out to be involved in “these destructive operations,” the U.S. may strike Iraq and Afghanistan. That the Afghani consul heard about the issue of Iraq’s relationship with... Read more
One of Buster’s Recommendations in the bookshelf is Keith Hernandez’s classic Pure Baseball, which really is a phenomenal book, a smart and knowledgable analysis of one baseball game. Now Derek at the USS Mariner has given us the Looney Tunes version – a long, smart and knowledgable analysis of one baseball game upon which Bugs Bunny bestowed his inestimable gifts. It’s long. It’s not for everyone. But if you are a baseball fan, this you’ll like. Read more
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