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The ad was in the Washington Times this morning. Go here – BXVI advertisement

I finished this book about three weeks ago but haven’t had the time to write it up until now. Since then I’ve read a short work by Mortimer Adler, which I’ll write up in a day or two. The name Lamont is in the news lately (As in Ned Lamont, the guy who beat Lieberman … Read more

The Journal had a nice rational editorial on the Pope’s controversial comments – including putting the purported incendiary quotation in the context of Benedict’s entire address. Here’s the link (it’s free; you may have to register with opinionjournal) and an excerpt: OpinionJournal – Featured Article In Christianity, God is inseparable from reason. "In the beginning … Read more

Ellen Mullin sent me this, so she gets the credit and the blame – A young kid from Oklahoma moves to California and goes to a big "everything under one roof" department store looking for a job. The manager says "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah, I was a salesman back … Read more

The Yanks backed into the division title last night; even though they lost, so did the Red Sox, clinching the division for the Bombers. Steinbrenner had this to say:    New York Yankees : Official Info : Press Release

My friend Karen Riner sent me this: Football & Blondes A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game.They had great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game,he asked her how she liked the experience. "Oh, I really liked it," she replied, "especially the tightpants and all the big muscles, but … Read more

Here’s the story of Sister Leonella, the Italian nun shot down in Somalia – coincidentally shortly after the controversy about the Pope’s Islam comment erupted. Michelle Malkin: This what a real martyr looks like

Many people will remember Nick Springer – who around 1999 at the age of about 14 developed a rare form of meningitis. The result was horrific. Nick developed gangrene in all four of his limbs and had to have amputations of his legs below the knee, and his arms below the elbow. However he has … Read more

I will be in Boston on business until Tuesday night. I have a real interesting posting which I will put up when I get back. Unfortunately the Yanks were swept today by Boston (second game just ended) so the "magic number" stays at four.

I went down with a total of about a dozen people from my parish to the Central Park “Rally for Darfur” that was going on simultaneously in about forty-five other cities. I think there may have been eight to ten thousand people there. Here are some pictures – first the podium and the diamond vision … Read more