(Disclosure: I am a traditional Catholic.)
Did you know that for every person who enters the Catholic Church in America six leave? It looks like this:
Incoming Catholics Outgoing Catholics 1 6 Why?
Simple answers are often problematic, but on…
A prophet is someone who has the gift of recognizing how current behaviors, beliefs, and trends will bring calamity in the future. Prophets tell us what not to do, and predict the dire consequences that will befall us if we don’t listen.
And we d…
Friends,
Let me begin by saying “I am sorry” to Robert Mueller and his family.
I have been critical of Mr. Mueller and his sham “investigation.” I have been uncharitable to him. And I am sorry.
It became clear today that Mr. Mue…
Q: What was the epitaph on the hypochondriac’s tombstone?
A: “I told you I was sick!”
I happened to see a Facebook post from the George Gilder today. The post announced why Gilder is coming out of retirement at age 79.
(I rarely look…
For a few weeks in June and July, Nancy Pelosi was doing a good job of isolating the Hate Squad. Pelosi realizes that the Hate Squad is bad for Democrats. She saw the Hate Squad growing in media attention, and she worked hard to stop that trend.
Then, …
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Twitter and Facebook and Google are trying to remove all conservatives from their social media platforms….
Should Christians love this world?
A Catholic parish has, as part of its mission statement, “we love this world.”
Does this bother anyone? Besides me, I mean.
I Googled the whole phrase, and here are the top 5 results:
Do Not Love the World…
Should Christians love this world?
A Catholic parish has, as part of its mission statement, “we love this world.”
Does this bother anyone? Besides me, I mean.
I Googled the whole phrase, and here are the top 5 results:
Do Not Love the World…
Imagine yourself in a foreign country with a fake passport, a fake name, a fake cover story, and mission to make it home with stolen, top secret documents from that country’s government.
Now, imagine it’s the first time you’ve ever do…
Ok, so… as my Monday rant on the furor over Trump’s Tweets has faded from my blood pressure, some questions have surfaced about it – sorry, but rants being what they are, it may well not have been too clear on who or what my rant was directed at in t…
The abortion company fires its CEOs as sloppily as it delivers “healthcare.”
Before that, the Trump Administration successfully cut some of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, which may have precipitated the decapitation of its mana…
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman today asked a rhetorical question: Trump’s Going to Get Re-elected, Isn’t He?
The headline reflects the question he hears from his Democrat friends. They seem resigned to defeat. And the answer is: Y…
rant: Look, you might as well go read the very sensible comments upon Trump’s Tweets, which Charles C. W. Cooke had to say (H/T Dana), or go to Lindsay Graham to hear what will please the Right half of you, or go to CNN to hear what wil…
In years of observing the behavior of staff at the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation and Institute I haven’t noticed much of the “open-mindedness [and] humility” claimed on its website.[1] More […]
It is often said that scientific writing is dull and boring to read. Writers choose words carefully; mean for them to be interpreted precisely and, so, employ vocabulary that may […]