A little repost from my blog . . . continuing the atheism theme . . . A Paycheck from Peoria Them evolutionists got me upset. It's not because they're all atheists and materialists and other things that disagree with me. I don't mind disagreements in the form of rational arguments. In fact, my addiction to rational [...]
I saw one again today—an atheist billboard on the metro. The first time I saw one (back in the spring, I think) it made my blood boil, but by the time I had gotten off the metro and walked to the office the relative sanity of the city streets had blotted out the words from my [...]
Per Dena's thoughtful comments on my earlier post, and my follow-up, I am posting these excerpts from Thomas Aquinas' Summa. They come from the First Part of the Second Part (yeah, St. Thomas could have used an editor), where he talks about human passions. In this particular question he discusses love, determing that (1) it belongs [...]
Yesterday I attended an excellent talk on the cultural effects of social media. The speaker (John Mark Reynolds) unsurprisingly identified himself as a conservative, but went on to give a rather surprising definition of the breed to which he claimed to belong. Conservatives, said Dr. Reynolds, are people who “muddle through.” Between the easily defensible licentiousness [...]
I feel a little ashamed to be offering laughs at a time when Joseph and Kevin are being serious, but I couldn't resist reposting this parody from The Divine Life. (Though come to think of it, the theme of "truth" recurs here . . . so perhaps it's not so unserious after all!) Since I recently [...]
Recently I happened upon a long ongoing discussion on the NCR blog. The original post was titled, rather provocatively, "Which is Better: Latin Mass or Novus Ordo?" The poster, Matthew Warner, admitted to never having been to a Tridentine Mass himself, and went on to invite people to offer arguments on both sides. That was in [...]
A great debate is currently raging on the pages of the Wall Street Journal. Forget rogue politicians and the stock market: the controversy of the week was spawned by a harmless article by one of the Journal's regular writers, lamenting the darkening trend in YA literature. (A note for the faint of stomach: none of the [...]
Over the last few months I have been trudging slowly through the Autobiography of St. Theresa of Avila. I use the verb "trudge" advisedly: I found it heavy going. It was only with great effort and perseverance (well, OK, also under orders from my confessor) that I finished it yesterday.One of the problems over which I [...]
"The great thing," according to St. Philip Neri, "is to become saints." Not an original thought—it's one that's been echoed by saint after saint, and it has a good Biblical pedigree as well. ("What doth it profit a man . . . ?") But today's the feast of St. Philip Neri, and it seemed worth repeating! [...]
I love Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd is awesome (and yes, I would vote for him if the Republicans nominated him to run against you-know-who in the next election). Chip and Dale were my heroes as I grew up. Road Runner is all that I have ever aspired to be—thin, charming, successful, the underdog who always ends [...]
