RIP Pope Benedict
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 →
Category Archives: Religion
Happy Chanukah!
[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 →
The new and not-so-new Fascism: have you noticed, re the Meloni election…
…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 on warning Rushdie
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 →
The suspect in the Rushdie attack is ID’ed [scroll down for UPDATE]
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 →
That two-tiered system of justice again: DA Mike Schmidt of Portland
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 →
SCOTUS is on a roll
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 →
The Ukraine war and the Russian Orthodox church
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 →
Peter Hitchens on changing one’s mind
You may recall Christopher Hitchens, who died in 2011. His slightly younger brother Peter Hitchens – equally sardonic and intelligent – appears in this video. Both brothers were leftists in their youth and both became more conservative later on, but … Continue reading →
Jordan Peterson on the use of crises to curtail liberty, and as a religion substitute
I put this portion of the following Jordan Peterson interview (about 17 minutes) up on the post I just published, but I also want to highlight it by giving the excerpt its own post here. If you find listening to … Continue reading →
“Dr. Sanity” has written a book
I bet a lot of you remember blogger Pat Santy, otherwise known as Dr. Sanity. She was a member of the Sanity Squad, back when we did podcasts for PJ Media long, long ago. Even though Pat hasn’t been blogging … Continue reading →
Sharia law returns to Afghanistan
Entirely predictable, including the new secrecy part: As for their laws and punishments which Turabi insists are not to be criticized, he said that “cutting off of hands is very necessary for security,” but that the new Taliban government hadn’t … Continue reading →