[NOTE: I decided not to be as politics-intensive as usual today.] I consider the poems of Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins to be among the greatest, and I’m going to highlight a single line from his poem entitled—well, the poem … Continue reading →
This explains a lot: The Monday poll [from the Wall Street Journal] questioned U.S. respondents about the importance of patriotism, religious faith, having children and other traditional U.S. metrics. The poll found that just 39% of Americans say their religious … Continue reading →
I thought I’d highlight this comment by “Sgt. Joe Friday,” who lists ways in which AGW climate science has become a quasi-religion: End of the world prophecy? Check. We’ve got 12 years left to save the planet. Dietary restrictions? Check. … Continue reading →
In the comments to Saturday’s post about some AI at Blogger flagging a 17-year-old piece of mine for very very little, and attaching a warning to it, one commenter wrote that Blogger is the least of his concerns and the … Continue reading →
He was the oldest pope in 275 years, the first pope to resign in about 700 years, and the first German pope in about 1000 years. More about his long and eventful life can be found here. He was known … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] This is the seventh night of Chanukah, and I wish everyone a happy one. Chanukah is about a successful revolt and a miracle of light: The miracle of the … Continue reading →
…how “God, country, and family” has become the very essence of Fascism? Here’s her “fascism”: But here is a cataloging, as best as I can pull together, of the claims used to portray Meloni as fascist: Meloni “bemoans” the chronically … Continue reading →
Daniel Pipes gets to say “I told you so” to Rushdie. I wondered about the seeming lack of security around Rushdie that enabled his attacker to get so close to him. Scott Johnson has an interview with Daniel Pipes at … Continue reading →
And surprise surprise surprise: The man arrested in Friday’s stabbing of famed novelist Salman Rushdie was identified by police as a New Jersey man, who law enforcement sources tell The Post he had sympathies toward the Iranian government that has … Continue reading →
I’m referring to this: …Joey Gibson, the leader of Patriot Prayer was hit with a charge of rioting for the May Day brawl in August of 2019 [in Portland, Oregon]… Today, Gibson’s case was finally dismissed. He threatened to sue … Continue reading →
June is usually a big time for SCOTUS decisions, and here comes another: Today the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned lower court decisions in the consolidated cases of Ruan vs. United States and Kahn vs. United States. The two physicians … Continue reading →
Both Ukraine and Russia are majority Russian Orthodox countries, and this is relevant because the church is very politically involved and politically influential to a much greater degree than in a country such as the US or in western Europe. … Continue reading →