Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 148

Another address was given for Commencement at Notre Dame

It’s well worth hearing. That is authentic Catholic preaching right there.

John Oliver Brings Us Up to NSFW Speed

Of course, left unmentioned is that absurdity of Trump sucking up to the Saudis (whom he once attacked for “pushing gays off buildings“). After giving a speech designed to make his base of believers think he was talking tough about Radical Islamic terrorism (but which has failed to do the job for many of them) [Read More...]

Good for Mayor Landrieu

Here’s part of the transcript: The historic record is clear: the Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and P.G.T. Beauregard statues were not erected just to honor these men, but as part of the movement which became known as The Cult of the Lost Cause. This ‘cult’ had one goal — through monuments and through other [Read More...]

Somebody gave a computer the job…

of coming up with new paint color names. The results killed me:

Why are Medieval Manuscripts filled…

with raging armed rabbits? Anya was troubled by this question too:

Joshua Svaty is a prolife Democrat running for Governor of Kansas

The state of Kansas has been reduced to smoking ruin by the Republican ideologues who have doggedly insisted that, though their catastrophic policies do not work in reality, still they work in theory, and that’s all that matters. So now a Democrat who is prolife, but not an insane libertarian, is running for Governor. Kansans [Read More...]

A reader from Across the Pond…

…writes an impassioned pro-life plea to his fellow Brits. Plus, he calls himself “Ronan the Contrarian” so I automatically like him.

Drug Addiction and the Impoverished Soul

My friend John Barnes on the emptiness that some try to numb with drugs.

It is the doom of the Party of Trump

To do everything they accuse their culture war enemies of:

Pence: Pope of the Church of Liars for Jesus

Richard Cohen speaks the truth: the problem has never been Trump.  It is the deeply cynical Liars for Jesus and gaggle of self-serving crooks who enabled a clown that would otherwise still be starring in a stupid reality show to endanger the US and the whole world.  It is the low-information dolts they catechized to [Read More...]