Don’t Trust Father Don Draper
This was one of my favorite episodes of Mad Men.
The post-Vatican II Church epitomizes Don Draper’s very accurate definition of advertising. “Whatever you’re doing … it’s okay. You’re okay.”
I’m Not Ok…
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At Least They Go
“Well,” said the priest, “at least they go.”
By “go,” he was referring to Mass.
By “they,” he meant the people who dress like tramps, talk and laugh through Mass, and know nothing about the Church’s… -
Mass Killings Are the Fruit of Modernism
Simple minds seek simple answers.
A man kills innocents with a gun, and the simple mind blames the gun. When a dog sees an approaching shadow, he attacks his tail.
Mass Killings Are Modernism In Action Modernism leads us to simple, but wrong, answers. … -
Lousy Bishops
(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… -
What About False Prophets (and Kooks)?
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.
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The Mueller Prophecy
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.
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Why We Don’t Believe Prophets
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.
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Trump’s Tweets Trigger Word-Thinkers
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.
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Do We 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:
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Do We 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… -
A Spy’s Guide to Taking Risks: A Book You Need to Read
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.
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A Very Bad Week for Planned Parenthood
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… -
Yes, President Trump Will Win Re-election
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… -
Easter and the Mueller Report
I write this on Easter Sunday, 2019, and the secular world, particularly the anti-Christian secular world, is losing its mind again.
This time, the left’s insanity arises from the final report of the special investigator, Robert Mueller, into all…