Given the social media jeers of his adolescent son, and Assad’s assertion that President Obama “is weak”, it sure does look like Syria is trying to taunt Obama into blowing things up, over there. That alone should make everyone pull back from declaring “bombs-away.” A few days ago I wondered whether Obama — who last year recklessly pronounced the use of deadly chemichals ae “red line” to which America would respond with great vengeance and furious anger — was in... Read more
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One from Karen Beattie, discussing her unexpected, out-of-nowhere conversion to Catholicism: One Good Friday, I watched worshippers line up in the aisle to walk up and kiss a wooden cross as a sign of reverence and love for Christ. I had never seen this before. I saw young and old, rich and poor, black and white, people from all walks of life who were carrying who knows what kind of sorrows and burdens, make their way down the marble aisle... Read more
“Each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom you have never met and never will. All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined – those dead, those living, those generations yet to come – that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and... Read more
So, in response to many “professional Catholics” taking exception to one of his recent videos (I wrote about it, here), Michael Voris has released a new video that clarifies his meaning, which is an acknowledgement, I guess, that his first video had gotten so caught up with salary and retirement details that it obscured his point, which was apparently — at bottom line — that Catholic mediafolk who are earning livable wages might (because they need to support their families)... Read more
“Oh, God, no….” When I saw the title of this piece by Father Dwight, those were my groaning sentiments. I’ve been trying to focus on a book project all week, and as soon as I saw it, I knew…there goes another day where I won’t get it done. This is one of those crappy issues I hate to comment on, because it’s ridiculous and small, and also because in eight years of blogging I have made a point of not... Read more
A great deal has been written this week about 20 year-old Miley Cyrus and her maniacally over-the-top performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. As Mark Shea points out, as the world stands on the brink of something dire and deadly the public seeks only bread and circuses, which the bottom-line-obsessed press serves up with such alacrity that satire cannot surmount it. The headlines are grim, but they’re bare blips within our awareness. Who wants to read about constitutional ethics,... Read more
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet and talk with members of the Catholic Marketing Network at their annual conference and trade show. The show is always delightful — walking amidst a convention hall of Catholic wares, tsotskies and books is my idea of a very good time, indeed, and of course, I also got to photobomb the pope! And of course, there was the wine-and-cheese book-signing sponsored by Ave Maria Press, which was great fun and... Read more
Well, we’ve reached a new nadir; Click to enlarge. That’s a letter left for the family of boy with autism. By someone who is raising “normal” children. The “pissed off mother!!!!!” who wrote this awful, sick, miserable diatribe has broken one of Elmore Leonards rules or writing: 5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. More importantly, in demonstrating her terrifyingly utilitarian outlook that imperfect, mentally handicapped... Read more
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