I couldn’t stay awake through any of the LOTR films – in my impatient head, I’d keep thinking, “get to it, already – how many scenes do we need to see of Orcs making weapons! Alright, I get it, the Ents are slow! Not the Oliphants!” Sometimes I got the feeling that director Peter Jackson was simply indulging in Tolkien-Porn – lingering lovingly on some Middle-Earthian scenery or sword or doo-dad, allowing his addicted audience to simply wallow in Hobbity/Elfin... Read more
“Can I do anything?” Have you ever said those words, without thinking? Someone gives you some bad news and you gasp and say, “Oh, no! Is there anything I can do?” You mean it when you ask it…and usually you mean, “is there anything I can do RIGHT NOW, to help?” But there is also an expectation that when you ask, “is there anything I can do?” The answer will be “thanks for asking, no, there is nothing anyone can... Read more
And is why I am hoping you will all vote for Alexandra’s All Things Beautiful for Best New Blog. While I am a fan of many of her competitors, there is simply nothing else in the blogosphere that combines humor, passion, intellect and fire like this creation by the Baroness. This particular graphic, featuring President Bush, Pope Benedict XVI, Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Michelle Malkin is just a perfect and concise little thesis. Her commentary is also remarkable. You must... Read more
UPDATE: My own review is here. I’m not much for epic pictures, but some of these reviews are making me really curious to see this movie. I’m especially taken with this review out of San Francisco and the mighty Stephen Hunter (hands down the best film reviewer in the land, IMHO) gives it a a rave in the WaPo. Cathy Siepp at NRO has typically bright thoughts on both the film and some of its critics. Clive Davis has a... Read more
I dunno, I am not one to criticize the way others worship, but this seems strange to me – I don’t understand this whole idea of not having Christmas Day services simply because the day falls on a Sunday. Some of the nation’s most prominent megachurches have decided not to hold worship services on the Sunday that coincides with Christmas Day, a move that is generating controversy among evangelical Christians at a time when many conservative groups are battling to... Read more
Bill Clinton did not champion the Kyoto treaty. I can’t recall if he simply mumbled a few insincere words that sounded good, and moved it to the “for the next guy” pile on his desk, or if he actually signed it along with the pardons and the new “arsenic in water” norms – little potholes meant for the next guy, as well. Oh, and the US Senate did not “champion” Kyoto, either. They voted against it, 95-0, if I recall.... Read more
Bernadette Soubirous I like the fact that when Our Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, she responded to illiterate, ignorant Bernadette’s query as to her identity with the words, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Sometimes I like to imagine the looks on the faces of the learned and elite, who hounded Bernadette for years after her visions, when she – unschooled and speaking in her humble patois – threw those words at them. :-) Here is a nice article... Read more
Marvin Olasky has a great piece in Townhall.com, Racist News Media, wherein he takes a long look at the things which were being said – and by whom – immediately after the levees broke. Recall that immediately after Katrina departed, everyone had thought that the city had dodged a bullet. Writes Olasky, In a congressional hearing Tuesday, liberals said that racism caused delays in Hurricane Katrina relief and rescue. They’re right, but they misidentified the culprit. As I’ve reviewed records... Read more
A few days ago I thanked Lisa over at Liberal Common Sense for helping me get my sidebar button working. At that time I mentioned that her site was a nominee in the Top 35001-5000 category, and I made a point of voting for her, both because she’s a lovely person and because I liked her blog. She has written, asking me to stop voting for her site and put vote instead for this excellent blog, The Reign of Ellen.... Read more
Neo-neocon is a really splendid writer, and a most astute and sensitive sort of thinker. She has a remarkable post up – one that gave me goosebumps when I read it, because it is so wise, and true, and such a testament to the supernatural power of love. She writes of a musician and conductor named Clive Wearing, who – after suffering a bout of encephalitis – has lost all of his long-term memory. From the beginning of his illness... Read more
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