Year 2013

My hat is off to Elizabeth Scalia for some of the excellent points she makes in this post. It seems to me that more than a few Catholics (media types in particular) have been relishing in their enlightened understanding of… Continue Reading →

This joke isn’t mine but it’s just funny and it made me laugh this afternoon. An atheist was walking through the woods. “What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!” he said to himself. Suddenly he heard a rustling… Continue Reading →

In all the hubbub of the past day, I didn’t get around to posting on this story. On September 22 85 people were killed in Pakistan for no other reason than they are Christian. But the National Catholic Reporter wants… Continue Reading →

What could possibly go wrong when you team up the geniuses behind “Waterworld” and “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li” to make a mystery/thriller about the “alleged” resurrection of Jesus? What, you’re worried? The Guardian reports: A mystery thriller about… Continue Reading →

I’ve long accepted that any opposition to President Obama’s agenda is immediately labeled “racism.” Now, when it comes to the shutdown, you had MSNBC calling those who pushed to defund Obamacare as “serious racism” as opposed to the “unserious” kind,… Continue Reading →

I refer to this as the good ol’ days. Dateline, July 22, 2013. (Seems like forever ago, no?) On a trip TO Brazil for World Youth Day, the Pope said this. “It’s true I don’t give interviews. I don’t know… Continue Reading →

Man does not live on bread alone, but from every word issued to another atheist reporter. In other words, another week, another papal interview with several “What the flock?” quotes? Before I start, let me stipulate that just like before,… Continue Reading →

Remember when the Church was irrelevant? Remember when the papacy had no bearing on the lives of anyone? In March, CNN ran a piece by a Boston University Professor entitled, “My Take: The pope is irrelevant.” The New York Book… Continue Reading →

Seriously, funniest Pope ever!! From interview 37 or 38, I can’t keep track. “Jesuits were and still are the leavening – not the only one but perhaps the most effective – of Catholicism: culture, teaching, missionary work, loyalty to the… Continue Reading →

It’s against the law for taxpayer money to go to funding abortion but hey, it’s not illegal for the lawmakers. The Washington Times reports: The Office of Personnel Management ruled Monday that members of Congress and their staffs will be… Continue Reading →