Arrogant, Self-Absorbed Capitalists
Over at Instapundit: Glenn Reynolds notes the sentiments of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: “Americans are self-absorbed.” Reynolds puckishly concurs, and suggests that Americans stop sitting at home...
View ArticlePryor, Bruce, VH-1, & Coarsened Culture
I’ve said more often than I care to remember that our culture and our media are being controlled by perpetual adolescents who act and think like eternal 14 year olds, but after reading David Mills’...
View ArticleNorbertine Christmas Wreaths!
Just got the order form for the Norbertine Nuns Christmas Wreaths in my email. I do love these nuns, but I wish they’d embrace technology just a little and set up a website for their wreaths, which are...
View ArticleCatholic Blogs & Charity – UPDATED
My Tuesday Column is up; today I pick up on the discussions begun yesterday, at Deacon’s Bench, America Magazine, Inside Catholic and elsewhere over Rachel Zoll’s AP piece on the “purge” mentality...
View Article"Goodnight, Chesty"
I had never heard of “Chesty Puller” until reading this piece just now, but it sounds like a film needs to be made, here: Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1918 he would serve until 1955, rising in rank...
View ArticleMatt Damon gives Props to George W. Bush?
Well that is a surprising headline. Here’s an even more surprising one: Matt Damon wants to kiss George Bush on the mouth: Matt Damon, known for his liberal politics, gave credit where credit was due...
View ArticleBuilding on what you’ve built: A GREAT Story
My Patheos colleague Tim Dalrymple has a story and video that really should make everyone stop in their tracks and think about what we all mean when we say (or sneer) at each other: “success”,...
View ArticleAll Saints Day: A Day of Great Hope and Hope we Need!
“There is no saint without a past. There is no sinner without a future.” St Augustine I love All Saints Day. I love exiting from Mass and watching the traffic pass by. I always think, “it’s so cool...
View ArticleBaptism: The Portal of Grace; the First Ephphetha! – UPDATED
A couple days ago, I wrote about a Catholic squabble taking place on social media and opined: I’m not going to tell the pope (or any priest or deacon) that they shouldn’t baptize a baby whose parents...
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