Pope John Paul II died today. Of course, it's not possible to not know this by now, it's been all over the Internet, radio and television. (I cannot concur with Michelle Malkin's outrage at the fact that CBS went ahead with airing the NCAA Men's Basketball national semifinals. The Pope died about 3 1/2 hours […]
You can't turn on the TV without seeing wall-to-wall coverage of Pope John Paul II's imminent demise. It was even on talk radio. Implementing a religious test for calling-in yesterday was Hugh Hewitt, who was only taking calls from Catholics who wanted to share what the pontiff meant to them. This sort of thing brings […]
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is back from his week off. Did he use this time to formulate his much-anticipated plan to save Social Security? Well, the changed numbers in the banner atop this page should answer that question. No, instead Krugman returns with vitriol and decides to compare his caricature of the "religious […]
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean revisits one of his biggest foot-in-mouth moments and the irony passes him by. The party allowed its opponents too often to define debates and control issues, such as faith and family values, Dean said. ''We need to talk about values and not be afraid of them,'' he said, going on […]
Over the past few weeks, there's been example after example of liberal pundits/commentators offering their insights on the psyche of conservatives -- specifically Christian conservatives. Actually, there's been little insight and a lot of foolishness. It began in earnest when a speech given by former PBS "newsman" Bill Moyers was reproduced as an op-ed in […]
Teresa Heinz Kerry was in the Pacific Northwest at a fund-raiser for Democrat Rep. Adam Smith. She opened her mouth, and her brain fell out. A practicing Catholic, as is her husband, Heinz Kerry remains outraged at attacks by bishops on her husband's pro-choice views. "You cannot have bishops in the pulpit -- long before […]
The Supreme Court today heard arguments in a pair of cases challenging the display of the Ten Commandments on public land in Kentucky and Texas. I will be very surprised if the monuments are allowed to stay. The Court for years has been moving toward removing religion from public life. The interesting thing that struck […]
A Philadelphia judge last week dismissed criminal charges against four antigay activists who were arrested at a gay and lesbian street festival. In dismissing the case, which attracted national attention, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Pamela Dembe said that the demonstrators simply had been exercising their First Amendment rights. Calling the United States "one of […]
The inspiration for today's Bible verse comes from former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who said: "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for ..." Matthew 5:43-48: 43 "You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' 44 "But I say to you, love your enemies and pray […]
SpongeBob SquarePants is not a homosexual, despite what some people say. You'd have thought they would've learned their lesson after the whole Tinky Winky episode. However, in their "defense," they're only using similar standards for determining sexual preference as others have used to determine that Abraham Lincoln was gay.