The Rothschilds, Opus One, and Opus Dei

If there's one thing that makes people happier than finding a forgotten bottle in the cupboard or a six pack in the fridge, it's finding out that world events are dominated by an evil conspiracy. It's hard to explain why such a discovery proves so consoling, but it does: Some 35 million people ...

Just War, Jeremiah, and Jeremiah Weed

The prophets whom God sent to His people carried a two-fold message, which can be boiled down to this: "€œGo to Temple"€”and don"€™t provoke the goyim!"€ Again and again, the prophets of Israel countered the claims of ambitious kings and zealous nationalists (think of them as the first ...

Easter, Beer, and Yeast

Easter was once something more than an uptick on the sales charts of the milk-chocolate industry. Instead, it was like the last day of a very bad school"€”a feast of liberation, an end to dreary rules, celibacy, and fish-sticks. You can see why this would inspire the brewing of Easter beer. The ...

Roast the Easter Bunny

Color raw eggs instead of boiled. Awaken the little ones at sunrise for the Easter Egg Hunt. But as you collect them, instead of peeling and eating hard-boiled eggs"€”let's face it, who really wants to eat them?"€”have a raucous egg-fight, boys against girls, on the lawn in front of your home. ...

Holy Thursday: Sangria in the Streets

Mark this multifaceted feast by making a pilgrimage to seven churches in your city"€”preferably visiting congregations you wouldn"€™t normally see, in neighborhoods you might avoid, to remind yourself of the universality of the Church, and why you moved to the sterile suburbs in the first ...

St. Patrick and All Those Potatoes

The St. Patrick's Day parade is split in New York City, as in many others, between the traditional parade sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and an "inclusive" march which was created to include homosexual activist groups. The Hibernians have had to fight like the dickens to keep their ...

Arm the Unborn

Once an ostensibly pro-life Catholic, Giuliani decided to shed such high-minded baggage to win election in New York City, and he hasn"€™t looked back since. Now Giuliani is the leader of the faction in the Republican party which supports abortion on demand. (Like most philanderers, he finds it a ...

God, Science, and Telepathic Pets

Do your pets have telepathy? Mine don"€™t, and I"€™m a little disappointed. Because many pets do"€”close to half of dogs and 1/3 of cats, according to iconoclast British scientist Rupert Sheldrake, author of Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home, and several other daring works in ...

An Amnesty From Hell

Dear Wordworm, I received your recent note, which was rife with glee as you reflected on the ongoing string of statements made by American Catholic bishops and lay politicians in support of unregulated immigration into that country. You positively gloated at the temporary alliance of the Enemy's ...