The Local Bachelor Party These broken chairs are just a snapshot of the fallout from an incredible bachelor party Saturday afternoon in my backyard. Everyone from son Max (16), who served as referee of the Beer Olympics, to us older guys in our fifties and sixties who merely watched and

If we defund the police, who's going to take away the guns and plastic straws?

On Mark Fidrych On days like that, you didn't dare drink too much beer in old Tiger Stadium. The place was packed and its limited bathroom facilities meant you missed two innings every time you needed to make a run. It was 1976, and the Tigers were horrible.

Pick One! I'm not sure I've ever seen such a clear illustration of the rift between the Left and Right in Catholic matters: > Vatican Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the former Papal Nuncio to Washington, D.C., has written to President Trump, praising his leadership during

Pure Privilege This picture is Governor Whitmer marching. The following excerpt is from her executive order that was in effect when this picture was taken [https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-530620--,00.html]: "Outdoor social gatherings and events are permitted so long as people maintain six

Where "Systemic Racism" Came From "I woke up and the world was systemically racist." Athanasius, circa 2020. But unlike Athanasius' experience with Arianism, it didn't happen overnight. A brief history: Summary: Systemic/institutional racism came in through Marxist critical theory, designed for one

Moving, Suspending, and Drinking Summer is in full swing. The lockdown has lifted. And I feel like a drink, but no: It's moving weekend. We moved into our new house in March. I got the most important things back then: about 3,000 books and 100 bottles of

Chesterton and Shaw Atheist/Christian. Aquabib/wine drinker. Thin/fat. Vegetarian/meat eater. Socialist/Distributist. Shaw/Chesterton. They fought it out in print, they fought it out verbally. It would've been great to see those debates. But what made them so good? Chesterton's early biographer, Maisie

Riots, Shrine, Etc. Wow, so much to say, so hard to make it coherent. I'll just limit myself to a few random observations: I'm seeing increased evidence that the public, left and right and middle, are beginning to see that Antifa is the problem. If we

Free at Last, Free at Last Michigan has been set free. The uber-lockdown governor has finally relented and ended the lockdown. The new order [https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIEOG/2020/06/01/file_attachments/1463964/EO%202020-110%20Emerg%20order%20-%20MI%20Safe%20Start.pdf] says, "You can do