"HIV and Sesame Street" Tony Woodlief blogged yesterday on the announcement that Sesame Street, South Africa, is planning to introduce an HIV+ character: What isn't in Sesame Street's plan is....

Just a Guess Again Yes, "Newdow" does mean "Dipwad" in some foreign language. Mike Newdow said his daughter was being "injured" by having to listen while the other children in....

"Let's Be Careful How We Use Those Models" Emily has some words for Mike Potemra, too. (See below, Say WWWWWHHHHHAAAATTTTT?) P.S. Emily's permalink isn't working right now. Look for the....

I Can't Wait Phil Donahue is starting a new TV show, next Monday on MSNBC. I predict his ratings — and reviews — will start abysmal and go down from....

The Remarkable Transformation of Judicial Watch As reported in mainstream media. Sort of. Today's issue of MRC's CyberAlert details how, by and large, Judicial Watch used to be characterized (if....

Say WWWWWHHHHHAAAATTTTT? No. In retrospective, Martin Luther was not right. Opines Mike Potemra at The Corner today: Religions, like people, are internally complicated-and are capable of changing for the better.....

Who Drew This Cartoon? Every cartoonist has his own distinct style of drawing and lettering. Usually, this distinct style make the cartoonist's work unmistakably unique. Beyond this distinct style, however,....

More Devotional Inspiration from the Spiritual Life of Roger Cardinal Mahony As If A couple of articles in New Times LA: Above the Law: In protecting pedo-priests, Cardinal Roger Mahony's....

The Rehabilitation of Paul Shanley Well, Sort Of The pedophile priest Paul Shanley, charged with child rape in Massachusetts, is/was a really great priest. Except for that one tiny flaw.....

"Analysis: Anglicanism on the brink" From UPI today: "The Anglican Communion is on the brink," a prominent prelate said Monday as the 70-million member denomination awaited the news about the....

Why is the FBI so reluctant to call the July Fourth LAX Shooting "Terrorism"? Two opinion pieces today on the FBI's reluctance to call terrrorism, terrorism. Whatever you do, don't....

E-mail Announcement of Latest Issue of The View The View from the Core 07/08/02 is now available. Column: "America: Land of the Oppressed?" (repeated) Featured Webpages: 10 new links posted....

"Marx in Disguise" Do not miss Fred Reed's column this week: .... With perfect predictability, Marxist states are police states. The chief trait of the workers' paradise is that the....

Parallels Between Nicea I and Vatican II Mark Shea blogged this morning an excellent implicit analogy between the period after the first ecumenical council and the most recent: The Council....

"Rampage's Al Qaeda Link: Arab paper tells of L.A. killer's ties to Osama aide" From today's New York Daily Post: The gunman who killed two Israelis during his Independence Day....

Establishment of Religion? Scott Laderman writes a bi-weekly column for The Minnesota Daily, "The World's Largest Student Produced and Managed Newspaper". Wow. I guess when you're that big, you can....

The Crusades Reconsidered Howard Owens has been blogging recently about the Crusades. Like much else in Christian history, theology, and practice, the Crusades have been (deliberately) misrepresented in modern times.....

"Mychal, Judged" From Rod Dreher at The Corner: Here's an essay that's been making the conservative Catholic rounds, asserting that the hero priest of 9/11, Fire Department of New York....