"Culture of Death Defined by Lack of Boundaries" A tale of one man's cultural epiphany. An insightful column by Kyle Eller (a fan of Mark Shea), yesterday, in something called....

"ACLU Files Suit Over City Parade" "Protests over exclusion of gays threaten the event, a group says" By Craig Gima / Honolulu Star-Bulletin / June 28, 2003 + + +....

Interview Today It went pretty well. Both sides were pleased enough to want to meet again next week. (Time and place undetermined as yet.) So, I thank you for your....

George Will Hits the Nail Right on the Head In one sentence, George Will zeroes in on what is wrong with yesterday's SCOTUS decision: But "unconstitutional" is not a synonym....

"A Story Worth Sharing"? A friend sent along this e-mail today, wondering if it's legit. A story worth sharing... An unreported story worth sharing... At a recent Soldiers Breakfast held....

SCOTUS and Christianity Two worthy blogs on yesterday's SCOTUS decision striking down the Texas anti-sodomy law, from a Christian perspective. First, from Mark Shea at Catholic and Enjoying It! ........

By Rev. Ronald Knox, June 17, 1956. A sermon preached at St. John's Church, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. .... When all is said and done, we find it hard, don't we, to....

The Next Few Days Tomorrow, I'll be taking pictures again at Ohiopyle. Another photographer will be going with me, so hopefully I will learn a few things, which I certainly....

Rerum Novarum Temporarily Out of Commission Blogger makes simple things way too difficult to accomplish. Dale Price has an incisive blog on some recent defamation opinions directed towards Mel Gibson....

"For the Sake of the Children" Christopher Johnson, of Midwest Conservative Journal, translates for us non-Episcopalians, Monday, a recent statement by an Episcopalian bishop: If those Episcopalians and Anglicans considering....

"Here Is The Tax Cut As 'Explained' By The Democrats" Margaret forwards this interesting analogy. Here Is The Tax Cut As 'Explained' By The Democrats If you don't understand the....

The First in a Long, Long Series of Hard-Hitting Investigative Reports in Mainstream Media Continuing a theme begun a year and a half ago, mainstream media is about to launch....

A Layman's Translation of Yesterday's SCOTUS Decisions How it looks from small-town America this morning. "We aren't brave enough to call racism 'racism' and denounce it as the very thing....

"Rebuking Sin" A sermon by Ven. John Henry Newman, The Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, June 24, 1831. If you can read only one thing today, let....

Bunk? Bill Cork blogs yesterday: Sorry, but I have only pity on people who see the supernatural in distorted reflections like those in a hospital window. Today is the Feast....

"A Too-Hot Topic"? Peter Steinfels writes a remarkable article on the lack of serious public debate about homosexual "marriage", in The New York Times, June 21: .... Mr. Blankenhorn quickly....

Church's Stand on Homosexual Marriage "Where the hell is the outrage?" A reader writes again: Still no word from the Vatican. You were correct that the Church does not have....

"Court Dismisses McCorvey's Request to Reopen Roe v. Wade" As reported by the Associated Press, June 20: A federal district court has dismissed a request by the former plaintiff known....

Re: Bingo! So To Speak Francis X. Rocca writes about the impending Anglican Schism and the future of Christianity in the Third World, at Spectator, June 20: .... Following the....

"The Living Wage is Killing Us" A column by Adam Sparks in today's San Francisco Chronicle: .... The living-wage movement has been incredibly successful in large part because it is....

You Almost Had to See It to Believe It I was TV channel surfing for a little bit. On FNC, a reporter was interviewing a young Asian woman (a student,....

Whiteness Studies You have probably already read about this article in Friday's WaPo: Naomi Cairns was among the leaders in the privilege walk, and she wasn't happy about it. The....

"Those Pagan Idolatrous Catholics"? A most worthy blog from a Quaker responding to a fundamentalist anti-Catholic's ridiculous charges against the Catholic Church: .... MacSwift argues that Catholicism has mingled paganism....

Re: More Photography at Ohiopyle Saturday, it rained all day. :-( Yesterday, though, was warm and sunny. :-) I hadn't seen the sun the previous times I've been there this....