Author matthew archbold

This is just a funny little joke an elderly priest told us today. A passenger in a taxicab touched the cabbie on the shoulder to get his attention. The driver jumped in fear at the touch, swerved into oncoming traffic,… Continue Reading →

My three oldest (13, 11, 10) wanted to stay up on New Year’s Eve. This is a new request so I immediately said no. They pleaded. So I compromised and told them that I’d wake them at 11:30 to come… Continue Reading →

This is the toughest holy day of obligation for many people. I remember when I was younger it always seemed like cruel and unusual punishment to make us go to Mass the morning after the biggest party night of the… Continue Reading →

This is just disgusting. Columnist Donald Kaul of the Des Moines Register came out of retirement to write this. He should go back in. Here’s his prescription for the country to stem gun violence. (No link for asshattery): Declare the… Continue Reading →

I’ll give you the story in shortest possible way. Man donates sperm to lesbian couple. Lesbian couple has baby. Break up. Single mom applies for welfare because not only does she have her biological child but a number of adopted… Continue Reading →

I read recently someone arguing against Pope Benedict’s recent comments about gay marriage. The writer took issue with it and argued that homosexuality was natural because homosexual behavior is found in animal behavior. I couldn’t help but think that there… Continue Reading →

Remember the progresive Anglican church in New Zealand that brought you those disgraceful billboards where Joseph was in bed wondering how he could ever measure up to God. Last year’s Christmas billboard showed Mary holding a pregnancy test. This year,… Continue Reading →

I really must stop going to “holiday” parties. Either man up and call it what it is or I’m not showing up. I mean, I’m pretty sure I’d dress differently if it were a Kwanzaa-centric holiday party. So let’s be… Continue Reading →

Doesn’t it tell you everything you need to know about the state of the family in Western civilization today that we even need to refer to a man, a woman, and children as a “traditional family?” Why not just “family?”… Continue Reading →