Author Patrick Archbold
When you are the President and something goes right, you get the credit. I don’t begrudge that for a second. Most people view the killing of bin Laden as a good thing and the President has experienced a slight uptick… Continue Reading →
I love football and I love football players who love football enough to respect the game. There are two kinds of star players in the game. There is the back who, after scoring a critical touchdown, simply hands the ball… Continue Reading →
We Catholics love our Churches. But most of us know very little about architecture or the other elements that a beautiful Church is made of. Most of us don’t even have the vocabulary. But now there is an answer!! CMR’s… Continue Reading →
This is the big news this week. Years of intense investigation followed by an early morning raid finally led to the feds getting their man. You know, the religious zealot with the long beard and the strange head gear. This… Continue Reading →
A few related thoughts on the story of the week, In a world in which war is conducted from office chairs, a lot of humility is required. A lot of humility. I would say that from what I know, that… Continue Reading →
Watch it. It is not what you think.
I must admit that my next-day reaction to the news that Osama Bin Laden is dead is a great and profound apathy. I imagine that my sentiment would be similar to having a girlfriend who broke your heart ten years… Continue Reading →
Back when the “kinetic military action” (formerly known as war) began in Libya a few months ago, I suggested that it was not a humanitarian action, but rather taking sides in a civil war. I have since amended my position…. Continue Reading →
It is official!! More than one million people have attended a special mass in St Peter’s Square in Rome to mark the formal beatification of Pope John Paul II. ‘From now on Pope John Paul shall be called ‘blessed”, Pope… Continue Reading →
Let’s face it, there is a dearth of men in the leadership of the Republican party and the GOP presidential field has more beta males than a Star Trek convention. After the spineless GOP congressional leadership lost the 2011 budget… Continue Reading →