Month: March 2009
Hell freezes over: The devil’s in the details, but it looks like Obama’s willing to let the automakers go bankrupt. I never thought he’d let that happen to his …
Good revolutionaries get slaughtered. That might be one way of characterizing the lesson of Barabbas. On that scary day 2,000 years ago, when Hell unleashed its fury on the …
“Our friends, relatives, colleagues and acquaintances have to find us loyal, sincere, cheerful, optimistic, good at our job, resilient, pleasant, courageous . . . At the same time, in …
An old drinking friend comes to town tonight: Uncle Joe (who’s movin’ kinda slow–joke). He re-located from Detroit to Florida about six years ago. Born in 1946, he’s the …
I hesitatingly renewed my subscription to New York Magazine last month. I really like the magazine, but it leans left and at times is too risque to have around …
Whew, things have exploded around the office. After the October 2008 Stock Crash, things really slowed down at the office. I was always busy (thankfully), but it was a …
Anarchy or Subsidiarity? The anarchist welcomes the Church teaching of subsidiarity, which says the smallest units of society ought to handle whatever they can, with the larger units getting …
Orthodoxy and the Modern Creed I’ve been in circles when young, growing families are discussed. The conversation goes something like this: Person One: “E is having another child.” Person …
Joy in the Cross Today, “the Church wishes to remind us that joy is perfectly compatible with mortification and pain. It is sadness and not penance which is opposed …
Is this Brews You Can Use or Family Hour? It’s BYCU, but these are the reasons I drink. Actually, they’re the reasons this isn’t a 24/7 drinking blog. I …