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The Grey Lady II We went to the First Things archives and pulled up these words from Richard John Neuhaus (2002) about Cahill's view of JPII: Thomas Cahill does his duty by Catholic liberalism with Pope John XXIII, which is part of the Penguin Lives series. It is

Leave it to the Grey Lady The New York Times has ran a harsh op-ed about JPII's accomplishments. It's exactly what we expected to issue eventually from a leftist press that's largely been respectful for an entire 48 hours following the Pope's

Gay Con Man? Like the doctors suing over paternity after the woman “stole” the man's sperm, these types of stories always humor us. Here, it looks like a homosexual tricked men into stripping for him by promising prize money from a local radio station. (The story doesn'

That's Good Catholic Mocking In light of John Paul's worsening condition on Saturday, the producers of “Desperate Housewives” edited out a reference to Catholics in Sunday night's episode in which two of the characters are attending a Catholic funeral. One of the characters says,

The Secular Press, Too, Shall Pass . . . But the Church will still be standing. Mark Steyn at the Telegraph has a great piece [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/04/05/do0501.xml] on John Paul II and Truth v. the Secular Press and Relativism. Here&

Even a Guy on the Left Understands With all the attention on the Pope's illness and death, the level of ignorance about things Romish has really come to the surface. Every hack thinker has all sorts of ideas for the Church, from women in the pulpit and married

Burial in Poland? Smokin' Joe Trembley [http://onnothing.blogspot.com/] sends this along in response to rumors that John Paul wanted to be buried in Poland: "Chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said John Paul would 'almost surely' be buried in the tomb where Pope John XXIII

Conservatives on the Gay Left As Kansas prepares to vote tomorrow on a constitutional ban on gay marriages, one lesbian comments about the proposal, "The consequences of this are totally unknown," said Sandra Kobets, a 55-year-old Prairie Village nurse with a female partner of nearly 11 years. "

Suffering Fools Gladly 101 James Taranto knows not to deal seriously with folks who lack the most basic levels of discernment [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/]: Jack Nargundkar of Germantown, Md., is confused, as he made clear in a letter to the editor of the New York Times the other

Blues and the South Engaging article by Clyde Wilson that pithily recounts the South's conservatism and the whines from the Blues that they'd like to secede from the Union in light of the 2004 elections. LINK [http://www.lewrockwell.com/wilson/wilson17.html]. Closing excerpt: There