Month April 2009
A lot of ink has been spilled over the past few months over “scandals(?)” with the Pope including (cue evil music) “The Holocaust Denying Bishop” and the “Great Condom Caper of 2009.” Much of the ink has been unsolicited advice… Continue Reading →
From the shameless plug department comes this little update. Perhaps you have noticed the book at left offered for sale through CMR’s links to Amazon over the years. It was a great project that allowed me as author to team… Continue Reading →
This week’s bellwether election in NY-20 ended in a stalemate. You’ll remember NY-20is the seat that Kristen Gillibrand (D) was in before being selected to fill Hillary’s old Senate seat. So if it flipped to the Republican candidate, many believed… Continue Reading →
Cornell Law Professor Sherry Colb writing for FindLaw Magazine writes a ghastly piece on abortion. She’s writing about the case where a woman attempted to procure a late term abortion but the abortionist wasn’t on time and the baby was… Continue Reading →
In an email blast to subscribers Code Pink plays an April Fool’s joke and doesn’t mind using the fact that Sarah Palin’s son is currently serving his country overseas as their punchline: Dear Matt, We never thought it would happen,… Continue Reading →
Michael Gerson, former Bush speechwriter turned op-ed columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, writes on the growing and potentially fatal rift between Catholics and the Obama led Democrat Party. After discussing… Continue Reading →
Just got this from ND Response, the student led group against Obama being honored by Notre Dame. If you have any ability to get there, here’s the information: Dear Supporters, We told you it would be coming. Here it is!… Continue Reading →
Call it the Fr. Jenkins curse. Call it the Curse of the Irish. Whatever. All I’m saying is that since Fr. Jenkins extended his invitation to President Barack Obama: Notre Dame basketball fell to Penn State which dominated most of… Continue Reading →
The Atlantic has a disturbing story with monstrous ramifications: In an interview conducted shortly before he was sworn in today as prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu laid down a challenge for Barack Obama. The American president, he said, must… Continue Reading →
I didn’t want today to pass without mentioning Terri Schiavo. Today is the fourth anniversary of her passing. I remember it clearly because it was right around the time Pope John Paul II passed away as well. I was really… Continue Reading →