Bullets What nation is the rudest to its tourists? Nope, it's not the United States. It's France [http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2012/04/11/where-are-worlds-rudest-countries-for-travelers/] (shocker, shocker). I've never been to France, but I've talked

Ryan the Catholic Hats off to Paul Ryan. He hit the trifecta: He referenced his Catholic faith in a positive way, he knows what the principle of subsidiarity is, and he says the principle (and other Catholic teachings) inform his public decisions. Link [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/

Bullets When the bastards rise, who opposes them? Virtually always, it's people of religious faith. They're the only ones with the guts to stand up, whereas the atheists tend to be complicit in the tyranny. That, anyway, according to Robert Higgs, who points out that it&

Bullets What makes it even worse: The portions are shrinking. Prostitute barters sex for McDonald's hamburgers [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/prostitution/sex-for-cheeseburgers-749801]. * * * * * * * That hooker couldn't have enticed these guys: Asexuals [http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/life-without-sex-the-

Three Items Anybody know much about Jacques Ellul [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul]? I was embarrassed to tell a loyal TDE reader that I'd never heard of him. He wrote over 50 books and over a thousand articles. He thought of himself as a Christian

Pretty cool old wine ad I stumbled across yesterday. I took Marie to see "Jersey Boys" last night, so blogging is light. Great musical, btw. Making Atheists It's hard to believe in a benevolent creator when you hear stories like this [http://thecourier.com/Issues/2012/

Bullets "Adults use email." It seems like an odd thing to say, but I've been saying it to my teens. They use Facebook to communicate, with the result that they don't check their email, even when they're expecting emails from potential employers,