So Ann Coulter appears to be dead…serious, that is. She insists that she will enthusiastically support Hilary Clinton for president if the general election ends up being Clinton vs. John McCain. To her credit, she says the issues matter. Too bad McCain’s opposition to torture is virtually a deal-breaker. Well, here’s Coulter claiming that she’ll be voting for the “conservative” in a Clinton/McCain showdow. Notice that life issues are of no consequence for her: (more…) Read more
via Heart, Mind and Strength Interesting article from the WaPo regarding the Church’s support for more exorcists. Read more
I tend to be skeptical about what you might call environmental doom and gloom – that is, claims that we are on the road to an environmental catastrophe and that unless we TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY dire consequences will result. Part of this skepticism stems from a negative reaction to certain bits of propaganda I was told as a child about how the world was about to run out of resources (which briefly had me really freaked out), and partly from... Read more
This person left a msg on my personal blog and after reading through the site, I found the following to be very eye opening. Of course, after reading The Girls Who Went Away, what this woman has to say is nothing new, but it may be for those unaffected by adoption. “Be grateful you weren’t aborted.” I wonder if a “non adopted” person has ever even been told that, in general. I can’t think of a situation where I’ve... Read more
This person left a msg on my personal blog and after reading through the site, I found the following to be very eye opening. Of course, after reading The Girls Who Went Away, what this woman has to say is nothing new, but it may be for those unaffected by adoption. “Be grateful you weren’t aborted.” I wonder if a “non adopted” person has ever even been told that, in general. I can’t think of a situation where I’ve... Read more
Our own Soutenus from Catholic Notebook has a wonderful post on where she puts fasting and abstinence in perspective. The post looks at fasting during the Lenten season keeping in mind how our brothers and sisters in Haiti, specifically, suffer from hunger. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I think that Soutenus has a good Lent tip that I will personally consider: During Lent you might want to place the money save by fasting and abstinence aside... Read more
With McCain becoming the nominee of the Republican Party, the election will be really close or a blow out. In many respects this reminds me of the governor races in Michigan and Wisconsin. Granholm/DeVos was fairly widely played in the media at the time. Doyle/Green didn’t get much regional or national attention. In both cases, independents and moderates wildly swung the election. As would be expected with losing candidates, DeVos and Green also had more base erosion than the winners. ... Read more
With McCain becoming the nominee of the Republican Party, the election will be really close or a blow out. In many respects this reminds me of the governor races in Michigan and Wisconsin. Granholm/DeVos was fairly widely played in the media at the time. Doyle/Green didn’t get much regional or national attention. In both cases, independents and moderates wildly swung the election. As would be expected with losing candidates, DeVos and Green also had more base erosion than the winners. ... Read more
James K. A. Smith, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College, contributes a refreshing post on why Archbishop of Canterbury is not a “liberal.” This may come as a shock to folks like Gerald Augustinus and his followers who have mindlessly made a habit of referring to Williams as “the hyper-liberal arch-druid.” An excerpt: One often finds the talking heads on the BBC and op-eds in various papers referring to the “sharia row” as another indication of Rowan Williams’ “liberal”... Read more
James K. A. Smith, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College, contributes a refreshing post on why Archbishop of Canterbury is not a “liberal.” This may come as a shock to folks like Gerald Augustinus and his followers who have mindlessly made a habit of referring to Williams as “the hyper-liberal arch-druid.” An excerpt: One often finds the talking heads on the BBC and op-eds in various papers referring to the “sharia row” as another indication of Rowan Williams’ “liberal”... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In