"Generation X at War" A nice op-ed by Bryan G. Stewart in today's Orlando Sentinel: .... We have often been told that we are a slack-jawed generation -- MTV-watching, hedonistic....

"Coming Out of the Conservative Closet" An extraordinary column by Elizabeth Nickson in today's National Post: .... In any case, coming out as Christian or conservative is terrifying, as is,....

"Catholic Politicians Feel Church Heat on Abortion" A propaganda piece an article in today's Chicago Tribune contains the following hilarious line: .... Because the Catholic Church grants bishops great latitude....

Thrown Back Again That amazing disappearing, reappearing, disappearing again, reappearing again priest, Fr. Rob Johansen, has... well... see for yourself. :) If Blogspot's #@%*%@% archiving isn't working, look for "Like....

Popup Killer! Talk about irony. I just visited a website that spawns advertisements in popup windows. And I got a popup window — for popup window killer software!

Luskin vs. Krugman I have thoroughly enjoyed these columns by Donald Luskin at NRO this week, dissecting the way NYT columnist Paul Krugman deceived his readers, in a column Tuesday,....

"The Future is Now" A psychologically astute article from David Warren. It is dated Apr. 12, but I just found out about it today: .... The sight of Iraqis in....

Hit & Run Faithful Reader, do you also read Hit & Run? Is it just my erroneous perception, or are the bloggers there really a bunch of pseudo-intellectual snobs?

If It Hasn't Been Tested, It Doesn't Work Did you know that North Korea has nuclear weapons? That's the big news today. I did think, though, that we've been talking....

Why No Terrorism During the War? A good question, for which there seems to be no certain explanations. BTW, though I know I'm going out on a limb here, I....

"Confronting White Guilt" Margaret clues us in to this article in yesterday's Seattle Times: .... Steele delivered a stinging, dead-on indictment of the sophistries that get between many whites and....

"Defending Senator Santorum" A remarkably well-crafted article by Stanley Kurtz at NRO today. I have great admiration for a writer who expresses himself clearly and patiently while taking due care....

One Year Ago Today, the U.S. Cardinals Issued a Statement Have they forgotten? Have we forgotten? The cardinals' statement in its entirety is available here (second item). In response, I....

Theodore Dalrymple is a Prison Doctor Who'dathunkit? Vide. Er... there couldn't be more than one "Theodore Dalrymple" — could there? ;)

"Free Speech, Anyone?" A most worthy blog at Lex Communis today, in the wake of Sen. Santorum's indisputably correct observation. You really should read it: if it's not in the....

"A Tale of Two Presidents" Howard Owens blogged a great essay the other day, the conclusion of which I agree with wholeheartedly, as you surely know already, Faithful Reader. :)....

Islam, France, and the USA Read these, one after the other. But not near bedtime, if you want to get a good night's sleep. France’s Headscarf Problem Islamic Radicals On....

Interesting Approach to Intellectuals and Capitalism Here is an intriguing psychological approach to explaining why so many American intellectuals are viscerally anti-capitalist. I'm not sure I agree with it all....

Revoke the Oscar Michael Moore's, that is. (Thanks, John.)

Not In Our Name — With a Twist Three UCLA profs report on their having been mugged politically: We believe the liberation of Iraq was just and necessary. But last....

George Galloway Laid Waste by Daily Telegraph In a house editorial today, the London Telegraph slams the traitorous MP George Galloway onto, and into, the pavement. And it's a wonder....

McCarthyite Attempt to Infringe Republican Senator's Free Speech Rights That's how the Hollywood left — Tim Robbins and his ilk — would frame the feigned outrage of sexual-perversion activists against....

"Transforming the State Department" Thanks to Margaret, here is Newt Gingrich's famous criticism of Colin Powell's State Department, at AEI Online yesterday: The last seven months have involved six months....

"The Collapse of the Dream Palaces" A remarkable essay, insightful, imaginative, and (I think) prescient, by David Brooks at The Weekly Standard, dated Apr. 28: .... Now that the war....

"The Constitution Be Damned" Brendan Miniter points out how left-wingers on the Senate Judiciary committee seem to count against judicial nominees their sincerely held religious convictions: .... The lightning rod....

"Pseudoscience vs. Snobbery" John Derbyshire comes out swinging today at NRO: .... The essence of the modern Left, from Lenin to the Clintons, is a contempt for ordinary people —....

"Red, White, and Blue-Baiters" A phrase coined by historian John Moser in his article yesterday at History News Network: .... To characterize today's pro-administration forces as "McCarthyite" misses what truly....

Web Browsing is Ten Years Old Today Mosaic, the first web browser, was released ten years ago today: Ten years ago today, the world changed. On April 22, 1993, a....

"The Job Ahead" a.k.a. "After the War" Stanley Kurtz's fine essay at OpinionJournal yesterday is making the rounds of the Blogosphere. But you, Faithful Reader, were way ahead of the....

On Saddam's Payroll? And Who Else? Explosive accusations across the pond. The Daily Telegraph claims today to have documents showing that one of the UK's most vociferous opponents of the....

"The Latest Theory Is That Theory Doesn't Matter" A fascinating article from Saturday's New York Times: These are uncertain times for literary scholars. The era of big theory is over.....

"What it Means to Stand Alone" Margaret sends a poem.

"Cross Fire" Robert Bartley writes at OpinionJournal today about (horrors!) the president's Christianity: Easter Monday is an apt time to note that President George W. Bush has been taking darts....

"Terror and Liberalism" A good, old article by Paul Berman at The American Prospect, Oct. 22, 2001: .... Some people have argued that the terrorists chose to attack the World....

"Arrogant Media Blunders" Brent Bozell's latest syndicated column: Gulf War II will be remembered for many things, not the least of them being another American victory that left the world....

"Lessons From the Fall of Iraq" An excellent column by Bala Ambati in Friday's Duke Chronicle: Iraqis' jubilation at the end of Saddam's reign holds lessons for all. It's time....

Photo Central II The place to go today for scads of great photos, from the past week or so, is still Just Your Average Catholic Guy.

More on South Dakota's "Catholic" Snake in the Grass Re: the Weekly Standard article mentioned here. Vide. (Thanks, Patrick.) P.S. Important note to Rome: the Catholic Church in the USA....

Bill Cork and Eucharistia de Ecclesia Bill Cork has two most worthy blogs on the pope's latest encyclical and the public misrepresentation of reaction to it: The spin continues and....

Thanks to Bloggers Thanks to Dylan of more last than star for frequent notice of the poetry blogged here during Holy Week. And thanks to Donna Marie Lewis of Quenta....

Edmund Spenser: Easter Most glorious Lord of Lyfe! that, on this day, Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin; And, having harrowd hell, didst bring away Captivity thence captive,....

Easter Day Sermons by Ven. John Henry Newman. At Newman Reader: Christ, a Quickening Spirit (Easter Day) Saving Knowledge (Easter Monday) Self-Contemplation (Easter Tuesday) Keeping Fast and Festival (Easter Day)