Author matthew archbold
An thoughtless and short-sighted columnist from my hometown newspaper, The Daily News, wrote recently that: If McCain wins, look for a full-fledged race and class war, fueled by a deflated and depressed country, soaring crime, homelessness – and hopelessness! I… Continue Reading →
Rev. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, professor of theology at Chicago Theological Seminary, has found a new avenue for attacking Sarah Palin; the Bible. She writes in the often ridiculous “On Faith” blog that Palin can not be trusted to run the… Continue Reading →
This is Just Cute, Not Political—Saying babies are a blessing is not political. They’re just really cute. Zogby: Catholics Swing To McCain by Double Digits—Somewhere Doug Kmiec just spit out his coffee. Hitchcock: Crazed Monster or Catholic Moralist?—Famed Catholic director… Continue Reading →
I’m putting this up not for political reasons. I’m putting it up because it’s adorable. I mean, it does show how cute kids are and that babies are a blessing and that I wish we would all accept them as… Continue Reading →
According to Zogby, The McCain/Palin ticket wins 49.7% support, compared to 45.9% backing for the Obama/Biden ticket. That’s big news. But I found something even more interesting in the swing of the Catholic vote in this survey towards McCain and… Continue Reading →
I never knew the great director Alfred Hitchcock was Catholic. I read an article today discussing how his Catholicism may have effected his movies. Was Hitchcock a sexual monster? Or was he, as the French film makers Rohmer and Chabrol… Continue Reading →
Catholic convert and political columnist Robert Novak today published a piece about the discovery of his recent brain tumor. It’s quite moving and he mentions how his faith aids him. You can read it here. When Zelda said to call… Continue Reading →
For me, the most surprising and wonderful moment of last night’s John McCain speech was when he said, “and they broke me.” What Presidential candidate has ever made such an admission? And it almost came out of nowhere. The speech… Continue Reading →
I was desperate to let my children understand that fun didn’t have to stop when they went back to school, so I took them all over to the local zoo. And there were a few parents who had the same… Continue Reading →
Hear Scott Hahn and Jeff Cavins in One Place—Everything you wanted to know about how Catholic worship grows from the revelations of scripture itself but were afraid to ask. The Media Handled Chelsea and Bristol Very Differently—One family was off… Continue Reading →