Bloomberg: Hope for America

Kudos to Justin for giving us the heads-up about the potential Bloomberg acquisition of the bankrupt enterprise called the U.S.A. However, given the prospect that the race might come down to Clinton vs. McCain (or anyone EXCEPT Ron Paul), I see the positive side of a Bloomberg in the race: It might ...

Fire Virginia Heffernan

Check out the collapse of the latest attempt to smear the principled, honorable, and honest Ron Paul—the only conservative in the presidential race. Kudos to Justin Raimondo and Lew Rockwell and the thousands of “pesky” Ron Paul supporters who Fisked Virginia Heffernan’s ...

The Empty Manger

The God we Christians adore climbed down from the pillar of fire, emerged from the burning bush, to walk among us. He didn"€™t, like Zeus, impersonate a swan or bull, or like Apollo a golden youth. Instead, He lay down as a helpless infant among the beasts, and placed Himself entirely at our ...

Sell Your Souls to Save Your Skins

Giuliani discovered that conservative voters are less principled than liberals, more willing to trade off what they hold sacred so as to save their skins. Too many Americans who watched with horror the events of Sept. 11, 2001 on television have turned to the man who stood resolutely behind a ...

Christmas on the West Bank

If family members have been broadly hinting that it's "€œsomeone else's turn"€ to host the holiday, I suggest you leap to your feet this year and volunteer. That"€™ll get you points for being proactive. But when your guests arrive on Christmas Eve or Day, they"€™re in for a big surprise. ...

The Addams Family Chapel

If the Immaculate Conception is all about the liberation from death and decay, no one told that to the Capuchin friars of the parish in Rome named for this feast, Santa Maria della Concezione. This chapel attracts only discerning visitors because"€”hold onto your lunch"€”it is furnished ...

The Real St. Nicholas

One legend of St. Nicholas tells that three young boys had been killed by a local maniac in Myra, and their bodies preserved in a pickle barrel. The bishop opened the barrel, discovered the corpses, and promptly raised them from the dead"€”winning acclaim ever after as the patron saint of ...

A Meditation for Guy Fawkes Day

This Web site is non-sectarian, and I’m glad. However, as some of the discussion threads have exploded into a veritable 30 Years War, I have asked the editors for this opportunity to pose a few questions from my own point of view, as a faithful if thoroughly imperfect Roman Catholic who ...

Halloween: The Seven Deadly Courses

Make your front door the gateway to the spooky realm of purgative suffering by hanging the entrance, inside and out, with thick black velvet curtains. Keep the lighting dim, and improvise a fog machine with dry ice and a fan-or clouds from your favorite hookah pipe. Cover all the windows with black ...

Absinthe and the Apocalyse

As the Bush administration, with the full-throat support of an unhinged media, whips up the public for a looming war with Iran, a sober citizen's thoughts run naturally to the Apocalypse. One's next thought, inevitably, is of ...