"America Upside Down" "Imagine a world in which we were more like them." By Victor Davis Hanson at NRO today. Wow. This is just brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I fear, unfortunately,....

"Gangsta Rapture" By Jeff Miller at Atheist to a Theist. This I just have to scarf entirely: Gangsta Rapture We preach the theology of John Darby A lawyer from the....

The Truth Hurts Ouch.

Back to Ratzinger Re: Some People Just Can't Read What's In Front of Them. A reader writes: I appreciate your defense of Cardinal Ratzinger's comments on the role of the....

Yes, What Good Are Journalists, Anyway? Reflecting on a column at NRO, Wednesday, blogger Jeff Brokaw asked some pointed questions that same day at OpinionsGalore: .... What GOOD are journalists....

Al-Qaeda - Iraqi Connections Documented for a Decade? Including September Eleventh? In the latest Vanity Fair, as indicated on MSNBC's Hardball, Tuesday. Chris Matthews interviewed David Rose, contributing editor for....

"Whitewashed Tombs" A readworthy blog at cut on the bias. From Susanna Cornett yesterday, in wake of the most recent revelations about abuse and coverup in the Boston Archdiocese: ........

"Discipleship and Dissent" At Bettnet.com. Domenico Bettinelli blogged yesterday some reflections by Richard Blanchard on "Discipleship and dissent", which I am going to scarf entirely here: What does it mean....

Some People Just Can't Read What's In Front of Them More reasons why there ain't no "comments" feature on The Blog. Cardinal Ratzinger's indisputably correct observation has stirred up a....

Where is Mainstream Media When It Comes to Investigating Child Sexual Abuse? When it doesn't involve Catholic clergy, that is. Today, Mark Shea drew attention to this interview with Cardinal....

"Religion of Peace?" "Prove it." A hard-hitting article by Jonah Goldberg at NRO today: .... Look: I take law-abiding, tolerant, and peaceful Muslims at their word when they say to....

The Pope Pius XII Controversy A Review-Article by Kenneth D. Whitehead. From The Political Science Reviewer at the Catholic League website. Thanks to the Catholic League for making this article,....

The Corner Way Behind St. Blog's Rod Dreher took note yesterday of Harry's Stein's article in the Autumn 2002 issue of City Journal. Lex Communis and The Blog from the....

AP/CNN Just Dumb It was a stupid typo, more or less, not an act of deception. So points out Best of the Web Today: .... An item yesterday quoted an....

"Stirring Up a Hornets Nest (Perhaps)" Dept. Who? Moi? Rerum Novarum takes notice of The Blog. Shawn blogged yesterday with reference to my latest blog on the Leonine Prayers, specifically....

A Catholic Critique of Certain Protestant Notions Concerning the Biblical Canon By Gary Hoge at his Catholic Outlook Discussion Board a while back. Gary Hoge responds to certain ideas about....

An Overview of Predestination By Edwin Tait at CCMB yesterday. A very well written exposition of some of the main theologies concerning predestination: .... A word about my background. I'm....

AP and CNN Deceive Their Readers I don't know what else you could call this except an act of deception. Here is how a "news" article from AP on the....

Business Request At least this shameless spam scam is written well. I just got this unbeatable, irresistible offer via e-mail. 2nd December 2002 Business Request May I through this medium....

All the News That's Fit for Ginning Up More and more folks are taking notice of the political agenda of The New York Times. Some of them are a few....

Announcement of Latest Issue of The View from the Core The View from the Core Volume 2.13, 12/02/02, is now available. Front Page: Featured Webpages: 36 links posted, 11 new.....

"Stand Up and Take It Like an American" By Peggy Noonan. A sensible essay (natch) by Dr. Ms. Noonan at OpinionJournal on Friday: .... My political philosophy is conservative. I....