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Just Ain't Gettin' It, Episode 3,412,908

> About 400 people will be in Ottawa this weekend for an international conference on getting women ordained as Catholic priests. Link [http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=22f79b7d-6bed-4697-8eaf-d06b9a6c5cdf] .

Canada Plods On

Getting shocked by something in Canadian politics is like getting shocked when Chris Rock uses the "F" word. Still, this story struck us as a little premature at this stage of the Canadian game. We would've thought the Canadians were at least six months away from

New Meaning to Charles and John

We don't keep abreast of Methodist developments, but have gay revisionist assertions that the Wesley brothers were gay been made yet? > The official conference center for the United Methodist Church's conservative Southeast Jurisdiction is hosting a four-day pro-homosexuality rally September 2-5. Lake Junaluska is located

High Praise

High praise from Pat Buchanan for Cinderella Man: > Men and women like the James and Mae Braddock of this film were the products of homes, schools, churches and parishes, and Howard's depiction of the community that produced them marks this as one of the most pro-Catholic films

Wonka's Creator

From an on-line biography of Roald Dahl: > By the time Roald was thirteen the family had moved to Kent in England, and he was soon sent off to the famous Repton Public School. His sisters all attended Roedean in Sussex. To Roald, Repton was even worse than St. Peter&

Mobilizing in the Name of . . .

The LA Times reports on the atheist mobilization in the New Red Scare era. We think the atheists are paranoid, just like the ACLU-types who panic everytime they see the "G word" in public. Nonetheless, it's interesting stuff: > Other [atheists] see the future as a

Prosperity Theology Redux

America is great, America is warped. Often in the same phenomenon. Witness the Hollywoodization of worship: > The nondenominational Lakewood Church, the nation's largest congregation, moved into the Compaq Center, once the home of the Houston Rockets, over the weekend. After $95 million in renovations, including two waterfalls

The Devil's Work

> Kevin Davy set out from his family's neatly kept home for the nearby church about 1:30 a.m., carrying a portable radio blaring rap music in one hand and a sword in the other. > First, he took the sword and started hacking at the arms

Words of Dylan Wisdom

> You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk, You may be the head of some big TV network, You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame, You may be living in another country under another name > You may be a

Inviolable Media

Interesting post at the National Review Corner this morning, which we reproduce in full (we'll take the copyright heat): > D.C. police have arrested a man who they believe is a prolific vandal (I mean, a "grafitti artist") who has defaced buildings, bridges, and street