Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
It’s a little too frequently that I’m walking my very small, very cute shih tzu-poodle mix — she is very well behaved, by the way — and some neighbor, wielding a much larger, more energetic dog, nearly loses control of her animal as it lunges toward mine. Other than it startling both Molly and me, … Read more
The Chinese Community Party has tightened ideological control, surveillance and travel restrictions on China’s 12 million Catholics, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch, as authorities wage a pressure campaign to get underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church. Chinese authorities have pressured underground Catholic communities to join the government-run Chinese … Read more
In 1955, Algeria had over 1 million Catholics and 140,000 Jews. Today, as Pope Leo visits Algeria, there are some 8,000 Catholics in Algeria and there are fewer than 200 Jews. 99% of the population of what was one of the old territories of Christianity are Sunni Muslims. Was Islam so popular that all the … Read more
President Donald Trump continued his war of words with Pope Leo, requesting that the pontiff be reminded of the thousands of innocent protesters killed by the Iranian regime after nationwide protests in the country in January. The president used the murders as a basis for reasoning that Iran should not be allowed to have a … Read more
America’s birth rate has fallen again, extending a decadeslong decline that has reshaped the country’s demographic future. The latest data confirm what has been evident for years: People are having fewer children and, if they have them at all, later. Analysts have pointed to a familiar list of explanations — the rising cost of housing, … Read more
Is any subgenre of journalism more debased and alienating than the student-loan sob story? If paying for college with heavily subsidized, federally backed loans was in fact the cause of the new, universal serfdom we hear so much about, you’d think that places like The New York Times would be able to scare up highly … Read more
Raise your hand if someone close to you – friend, relative, co-worker – has been personally touched by divorce. Sadly, I’ve been able to raise my hand for all three at certain points of my life, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you can as well. Perhaps you’ve even been divorced yourself. The prevalence of … Read more
Since I haven’t posted any California humor since 2024, it’s obviously not a regular topic of satire (like socialism humor or libertarian humor, for instance). But that doesn’t mean politicians in Sacramento aren’t trying to make the Golden State a national laughingstock. Consider California’s infamous boondoggle, which is way behind schedule and way over budget. … Read more
A blond walks in to a library and says “Hello I would like to order french fries… Beauty is nothing without brains…. Related PostsCoronavirus humor from a friend in Colorado Devil Requests Stimulus Funds To Widen The Road To Hell To Meet Increased Demand A Gift! Monty Python Comedian John Cleese Cancels Himself … Read more
In an interview given to the program Le Club Le Figaro Idées , Cardinal Robert Sarah has offered an uncompromising diagnosis of the situation of the Church and the West. The African cardinal warns of a deep crisis of faith in Europe, denounces the reduction of the Church to a social organization, and emphasizes that … Read more
Last August, the Lepanto Institute published a report on Fr. Steve Rosera, a priest of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe who spent 10 years in a publicly registered homosexual relationship and who has openly advocated for same-sex “marriage” for nearly as much time. Without any action on the part of the Archdiocese regarding this grave … Read more
In our textbook, Modern Principles, Tyler and I emphasize that Congress and the President are subject to a higher law, the law of supply and demand. In an excellent column, Jason Furman gives a clear example of how difficult it is to fight the law of inelastic demand: …Today a given number of autoworkers can … Read more
Meet the ‘Mohammeds’ running the Church’s migration agenda. The Catholic News Herald, “Connecting Catholics in North Carolina”, bragged that the refugee case coordinator for the Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte, had been recently honored. His name? Ashir Haji-Mohamed. The latter part of the name meant that he had made a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy … Read more
Jews the world over will gather around the Seder table this week to recount again the great narrative of their ancestors’ redemption from slavery in Egypt. In retelling the story, they will quote the passage from Exodus in which Pharaoh justified the unspeakable repression he intended to inflict on the Hebrews. “Come, let us deal … Read more
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo boldly proclaimed today that God does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, so long as you don’t count King David, or Joshua, or Gideon, or Samson, or Elijah, or Hezekiah, or any of those other people in the Bible. Pope Leo further stated that you must … Read more
Immigration eclipsed abortion as the central political concern of America’s Catholic leadership. Last week, The Atlantic’s Francis X. Rocca penned a damning indictment of America’s Catholic bishops, although I doubt he intended it as such. “The most urgent political concern for America’s Catholic leaders is no longer abortion; it’s immigration,” Rocca wrote. Noting that immigration … Read more
When Emir Balat, accused of taking part in throwing IEDs at a rally against the Islamization of New York City near the mayoral residence, was being led out by an FBI agent, he raised his right finger upwards in what media accounts incorrectly described as an “ISIS salute”. The New York Post called it “a … Read more
On a February day, 48-year-old Courtney Seard boarded the jet and settled in for the four-hour flight from London to Istanbul. To her dismay, a little boy in the row behind her began kicking the back of her airplane seat. In a March 2 article on Today.com, A Child Wouldn’t Stop Kicking Her Airplane Seat. … Read more
“purgatory is delightful when one is suffering for love of God.” St. Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) Related PostsSpiritual Guidance From Padre Pio Genealogy Offers Opportunities to Pray for the Souls in Purgatory
When former FBI director Robert Mueller died last week at 81, President Trump marked the occasion with his customary grace. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” he posted on Truth Social. “He can no longer hurt innocent people!” You may have registered this as Example No. 79,412 in a long-running series — “Things Trump Says That … Read more
The crank right is joining the woke left in the toilet of jihad chic. Tucker Carlson is smitten with Saudi Arabia. He calls it a ‘weirdly free place’. His proof? He once bigged up Jesus Christ at a dinner party in Riyadh and nothing happened. You can say, ‘I’m really kind of pro-Jesus’, and your … Read more
As the US faces a projected shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, Axios reports that the Trump administration’s visa restrictions are sidelining foreign-born physicians who mainly serve in underserved areas. This threatens to worsen already strained access to care. In a system that depends heavily on international … Read more
As antisemitism in online Catholic discourse has accelerated under influencers Candace Owens and Carrie Prejean Boller — both recent converts to the religion — US Catholic leadership has again spoken out firmly by releasing a video condemning hate targeting the Jewish people as heretical to the faith. “Sadly, the celebration of Easter has at times … Read more
“The devil always sends errors into the world in pairs—pairs of opposites. And he always encourages us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse. You see why, of course? He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one.” C.S. Lewis The Philosophers … Read more
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York has a bad case of seller’s remorse. Back in 2022, Hochul built upon the work of her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, in making the case that Republicans were unwelcome in the Empire State. “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, okay,” Hochul said of … Read more