Month: February 2009
This might be a 2009 first: Drinking while writing BYCU. I used to do it regularly. Truth revealed: in the early days, BYCU was normally written after a few …
Have we really entered the Post-Christian Age . . . or do few Christians recognize Ash Wednesday that, for all practical purposes, it doesn’t exist anymore, except as a …
When you fast, do not put on gloomy faces, like the hypocrites do. “Today God asks us also for a rather special mortification which we offer up cheerfully . …
I listened to a fascinating podcast at Lew Rockwell yesterday: Russ Baker on The Looting Bush Family. Baker has written a polemic against the Bushes. The book’s basic premise: …
“A brave man is also patient.” Thomas Aquinas. Those two chairs—bravery and patience—don’t go together in most people’s intellectual living room, but if you consider them for a few …
“Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe, to know what he ought to desire, and to know what he ought …
In honor of the mother of the octuplets, Denny’s is offering a new breakfast meal called the Octo-Slam. You get fourteen eggs, no sausage, and the guy next to …
A real lady’s man, there. Men will say just about anything to get a beer. Let’s see, there’s also “I’ll give you a thousand bucks if you get me …
How Catholic is this blog? I asked myself that question yesterday morning. My wife called me to say that she thought the Sirius Radio appearance on the Catholic Channel …
So, the stimulus package is now law. Create lots of money and lots of debt and create prosperity. But one question: If that’s the way to prosperity, why aren’t …
I took my wife to see “Taken” last night (recommended, but not great), and I have the Sirius interview in just a little while, so blogging time is at …
How much more understanding do we need? A suburban Buffalo man who founded a cable TV station to promote better understanding of Muslims in the U.S. has been arrested …