Thursday

Seen at Facebook Imperialists on the Left I haven't read much by the revisionist left-wing historian Eric Foner, but I'm led to believe he's an honest academic, so I was interested to see this interview with him: the Evolution of Liberalism [http://m.

Wednesday

Bullets As of yesterday, Romney had pulled even with Obama in the polls. Even? If I recall correctly, candidates get a pretty big bump in the polls immediately following their convention. If Romney is only even with Obama, I'm guessing his chances of success are remote. * * * * * * * Then again,

Monday

This is a picture of the altar at my parish. It's quite stunning. Our priest did a great job of taking a flat-out ugly altar and transforming it into something great. * * * * * * * The first angel to the right of the cross (blonde angel, blowing a trumpet) is supposedly

Something for Sunday Morning

"Because God's goodness and love, every moment of our life can be the beginning of great things." Mother Teresa

Saturday

Holiday Weekend Miscellany Summer ends like it begins, in stages: kids leave for college (return for summer), Labor Day weekend (Memorial Day weekend), little kids go back to school (get out for summer), September 21st (June 21st)). As I get older, the changing seasons remind me more and more of

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MTV has announced this will be the last season of "Jersey Shore." So I guess we'll never know if they learn to walk upright. Conan

Groeschel

I didn't get to bed until almost midnight, my kid's football game was tough to watch, I'm busy at the office, and I'm battling a headache. But I need to respond to the Groeschel situation. Readers know that I've long

Friday

BYCU My apologies for the pre-fab bloggging this week. Between a blitz at the office and two out-of-town trips and a mild flu-like ailment of some sort, it hasn't been a great week. The light blogging continues this morning, due to an out-of-

Funny Conan

Yesterday a medical marijuana group officially endorsed President Obama for president. Doesn't really help Obama though, because they were just getting around to endorsing him for 2008. The oldest person on Facebook is a 101-year-old woman. She said, "I want to waste what little time

Thursday

From the Notebooks As part of my dive into Nock, I've dove into the 1920s. I would watch Boardwalk Empire as part of my studies (I read a review last year that said the show has taken great efforts to reproduce the period in all its gilded extravagance,