> Catholic Vote has done a pretty good job of capturing my opinion of the current situation [http://catholicvote.org/what-now/]. I bold the parts I particularly agree with: > Catholics of good will disagree about Trump. On the one hand he has pledged to nominate a qualified replacement

Taki Theodoracopulos has led perhaps the most charmed secular life of the modern era. I just ordered his memoirs, which should make great outdoor reading this coming season. His most recent column at his online magazine is worth checking out [http://takimag.com/article/dinner_is_served_taki/print#axzz47Pf5r7LN]

Miscellaneous Rambling Amazon runs some pretty good daily deals. I'm going to start including a link at the end of my Miscellaneous Ramblings posts, both as a reminder to TDE readers and myself to check them out. Hope you don't mind. Remember: Every dollar generated for

Miscellaneous Rambling So I'm at Abbie's Baccaleurate Mass Friday evening. Some doofus was in the front row, wearing a long-sleeve Michigan State t-shirt. It was one of those things that would make a good Seinfeld diner conversation: Jerry: "He was wearing a MSU

Some good late night from last week: "Today is Take Your Kid to Work Day. It's really the most uncomfortable day of the year for the adult film industry." Kimmel "During Donald Trump's foreign policy speech yesterday, he said when it comes to

Graduation and the Jesuit Abbie graduates from the University of Michigan today; Alex turns 23 today. Both are in Ann Arbor. The idea of sitting through a two-hour graduation in "The Big House" terrifies me, so I attended the Baccalaureate Mass last night with my Mom and

Brews You Can Use One of the more interesting articles about gin I've seen lately: 8 Surprising Facts You Never Knew About Gin [http://www.liquor.com/articles/8-surprising-gin-facts/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FA%20-%2004.27.16%20-

I wasn't going to vote for Trump, but according to Catholic radio this morning, he said last night that we need to do much, much more for the Middle East Christians and we need to stop the in-flow of non-citizen Muslims. The man may have just

What the hell has Europe done to itself? "On the heels of State Department spokesman John Kirby's renewed proclamation that "US is committed to admitting more refugees," we thought this brief clip from France's picturesque Mantes La Jolie (in the western suburbs of

Miscellaneous Rambling Sign the Target boycott petition [https://www.afa.net/action-alerts/sign-the-boycott-target-pledge/]. [https://www.afa.net/action-alerts/sign-the-boycott-target-pledge/] Lol: The AFA has been listed as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors hate