Year 2009
The Obamas might be the worst gift givers ever. When Great Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown came over here to meet the new President, he gave Obama a pen holder fashioned from the oak timber of HMS Gannet which is… Continue Reading →
If one listens carefully, one can hear the sounds of conservatives hearts breaking all over the lower 48. Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday picked a former board member of Planned Parenthood to fill the latest vacancy on the Alaska Supreme… Continue Reading →
══ 1 ══ Monkey Business. Don’t scientists ever learn? Certain things should not be monkeyed around with, perhaps like monkeys! Perhaps the “scientists” from these two stories should get together, chat, and then call it a day. WASHINGTON (Reuters) –… Continue Reading →
Our media often trumpets their fierce independence yet I’m finding it a little odd that they’re all using the same language in the same story (that isn’t even a real story) that they’re all beating to death. I mean, they’re… Continue Reading →
If you wanted one more sign we’re spiraling down the cultural toilet, here it is: Tattoo Barbie. SKY News is reporting: The new “Totally Stylin’ Tattoos Barbie” comes with a set of body art stickers to be placed anywhere on… Continue Reading →
Cardinal Roger Mahony on Tuesday banned Holocaust-denying British Bishop Richard Williamson from any Roman Catholic church, school or other facility in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. If this isn’t piling on, I don’t know what is. The blog has had… Continue Reading →
Writing about the recent Limbaugh kerfuffle, Catholic turned Orthodox and self described “Crunchy Con” Rod Dreher writes the following passage notable for its insensitivity and abject cluelessness. Victor Davis Hanson begins a post on NRO thus: All these highbrow conservative… Continue Reading →
In Fr. Barron’s video on atheism below he mentions the advertising campaigns on England’s buses which read “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Well, ever ready to make this a funny, internet-driven world, someone has… Continue Reading →
Some time ago I posted an entry on a new painting of the Little Flower by our friend Leonard Porter. Porter is at the forefront of the renewal of classical painting, and his image of Therese has garnered a lot… Continue Reading →