The title of a Salon article makes a bold accusation. “The racist history of evangelicals proves they’re a perfect match with Trump: Why the religious right’s love for The Donald makes sense”. That Salon article is one of several recent …
A Cuban Sandwich
While the country focuses on the size of Presidential candidates’ hands and other body parts, the news coming out of Yemen is simply horrific: Gunmen in southern Yemen on Friday stormed a retirement home run by a charity established by Mother …
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Monday morning.
A validating, and at the same time challenging, piece posted by Fr. Denis Lemieux: Hypocrisy is the great charge levelled by those who are not religious against religious people. It is perhaps a bit over-done sometimes; after all, hardly anyone completely lives …
From CBS News: “Two Roman Catholic bishops who led a central Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by over 50 priests or religious leaders over a 40-year period, according to a grand jury report …
I have just done my part to thwart the Trumpfoonery clutching at the throat of my beloved country. Have you? Crossposted at Brutally Honest.
From ABC News: “Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speculated Donald Trump doesn’t want to disclose his tax filings because he may have business ties to the mafia and donated to left-leaning organizations like Planned Parenthood. “There have been multiple media reports …
This week’s Weekend Caption Contest™ brought back fond memories of happy-go-lucky, unity themed Super Bowl halftime shows for me. I wasn’t the only one who had something to say-this one brought on another tsunami of captions. The assignment this week …
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Monday morning.
From the Columbia Daily Tribune: University of Missouri curators vote to fire Melissa Click Upon learning this news, this writer responded like this:
I bring you two recent pieces I find troubling. The first is from The Daily News referencing a series of polls conducted by Monmouth University: To date, Trump has actually enjoyed more support from Catholic voters than Protestants. Recent polls …
Washington Post: Brian Sandoval, the centrist Republican governor of Nevada, is being vetted by the White House for a possible nomination to the Supreme Court, according to two people familiar with the process. Sandoval is increasingly viewed by some key Democrats …
From Politico: Donald Trump trounced his rivals in the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday, notching his third consecutive victory and giving the Manhattan mogul even more momentum heading into Super Tuesday next week, when voters in a dozen states will cast their …
Every year on July 12th, the Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland are reminded of how anti-Catholic terrorism wasn’t just a thing in their distant past. Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia entry about Orangemen’s Day (a.k.a. The Twelfth): “During …
Randall Smith at The Catholic Thing writes about infallibility, impeccability and the responsibility Catholics are to uphold when it comes to Papal criticism: Is it ever licit for a faithful Catholic to disagree with an authoritative, non-infallible teaching of a pope? …
Once upon a time, religious leaders were able to act like bullies and dictators because they could use the muscle of the State to coerce others into accepting whatever claims that those religious leaders made. Using the muscle of the …
Holy Political Backlash, Batman, this week’s Weekend Caption Contest™ was a big success. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture: Here are the winning entries: 1) (fustian24) – “Let he who is without walls cast the first …
He has principles, will seek to promote them, and is effective in doing so.
… makes me proud to be Catholic so instead I’ll say simply that it does. The priest is the justice’s son Reverend Paul D. Scalia: Crossposted at Brutally Honest. Related articles “I don’t see how you could possibly allow that minister to …
Trump for the Win with honors uncertain as to Place and Show.
For once, I find myself in agreement with Donald Trump: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he respects Pope Francis after bashing the pontiff earlier in the day for criticizing his plan to build a border wall. “He has …
(Yeah, yeah. It’s another post about Pope Francis, but nobody is being forced to read it.) The trip that Pope Francis made to the US-Mexican border resulted in both a hit and a miss for the pontiff. The hit came …
A man went to Rome and became a Pharisee. The Pharisee went out to the people from time to time, so they would be able to see him. And he pointed out the sins and faults of people he didn’t …
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Enter your best caption for the following picture: Winners will be announced Monday morning.
