Got a pleasant email from a reader who had some questions for me about what Catholics do and do not believe. Growing up, this person heard some odd stories about Catholics, including the interesting tidbit that we had orgies at Holy Mass which, to this reader’s credit, was not believed. I was really happy to answer the questions put forth, and the reader suggested I blog the answers, because others might have the same questions.So, in the interest of furthering... Read more
The contrast could not be more stark. Some will argue that prior to the formation of the Catholic church, Roman women had been liberated from enslaving fetters of the old legal forms, and they enjoyed the freedom of intercourse in society, dining in the company of men, studying literature and philosophy, defending their own legal cases. If they wished, they were able to help their husbands in the governance of provinces and the writing of books. To that I respond…so…you’re... Read more
I haven’t written much about Maureen Dowd lately, because I frankly haven’t been reading her – she is so much eye-rolling drivel these days, having, as she does, only two themes left. The first theme, of course is the Yosemite Sam Rootin Tootin, “that varmit Bush, aaaaahhhhhhh hates him! I hates him!” The second theme is “boo-hoo, lookit me, I’m so good at my job but it’s cost me the love of men, and men mostly suck, anyway!”Her most recent... Read more
Randall Hoven at The American Thinker has a thought or two on that question. “Everyone knows” there were no Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq when Bush decided to invade in 2003. If there were any doubts about that, surely they were laid to rest by the Duelfer Report, the official findings of the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) headed by Charles Duelfer, Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence. Take your pick of excerpts from Duelfer’s report. •... Read more
I cannot imagine having so little going on in my life – or being so incredibly self-absorbed – that an actress’ speech could move me to feel “hurt,” “offended,” or “left out” because she, in describing HER life, didn’t take MY life into consideration. Sob, sob sob! Oomp, Oomp, Oomp! Mean old Jada Oompitt Smit’ onwy tawked about hew own oomp and she’s not gay!!! Oomp! Oomp! Ohh, boohoooo! I feew so weft out becawse she wasn’t oomping more sensitiwe... Read more
Egad, what a disappointment! It’s not unusual for the layfolk to have to speak up and say, EXCUSE ME? Is this the best you shepherds can do? The Florida Catholic Bishops’ conference has stated plainly that Terri’s means of receiving food and water does not constitute ‘extraordinary’ means of preserving her life, and is a simple requirement of ordinary care. Bishop Lynch, a signatory to that statement, has in a statement of his own, implied that Terri is at death’s... Read more
I love this post from Captain Ed wherein he reprints the comments from Daniel Schorr over at the Christian Science Monitor – who quotes the president as describing his plan to free Iraq and thus shake up the ME a month before the Iraq operation began. President Bush said then, of Operation Iraqi Freedom: “The world has a clear interest in the spread of democratic values, because stable and free nations do not breed the ideologies of murder. They encourage... Read more
So – Matt Taibbi thinks he’s found fifty ways the pope’s impending death/death is funny.I won’t link to it – it’s such a waste of time.For my delicate readers, please skip this post, because not only am I going to quote this tawdry, pathetic asshole, but I’m going to use the word asshole, too.I guess I’m just not sophisticated enough to enjoy this dweeb’s “humor.” A few samples of what passes for sophisticated “wit” from this member of the “tolerant... Read more
I love this article by Gerard Baker, from the UK Times Online: What have the Americans ever done for us? Liberated 50 million people… ONE OF MY favourite cinematic moments is the scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian when Reg, aka John Cleese, the leader of the People’s Front of Judea, is trying to whip up anti-Roman sentiment among his team of slightly hesitant commandos.“What have the Romans ever done for us?” he asks. “Well, there’s the aqueduct,” somebody... Read more
This is a pretty decent article on the thinking re the election of the next pope. John Allen is a terrific writer and a true expert on the internal/political machinations of the Vatican. Although Pope John Paul II has appointed all but three of the cardinals who will elect his successor, Allen said it is a misconception that the next pope will be similar to the current one. “It doesn’t work like that,” declared Allen before a rapt audience of... Read more
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