Apes and Humans

The St. Louis Zoo has killed one of its animals. Apparently, arthritis had caused the orangutan to stop moving around much. One zoo official says, “It’s like losing a really close friend. They share so many characteristics with us and we developed very close bonds. It’s a very difficult decision to make, but I think [...]

It’s Just Not Good Enough!

For some reason the ACLU thinks it is better for everyone involved if we all see more pictures of Abu Ghraib torture. I have all sorts of questions. Why is this needed? So Justice can be served against the soldiers who did this? Oh wait, that already happened–justice I’m sure would have been served in [...]

Abdul Rahman Freed, Disappears; Freedom of Religion Good or Bad?

No clues in this story why he was released. International pressure? My favorite quote from a nice, moderate Muslim: “‘Abdul Rahman must be killed. Islam demands it,’ said senior Cleric Faiez Mohammed, from the nearby northern city of Kunduz. ‘The Christian foreigners occupying Afghanistan are attacking our religion.’” Something ironic–can’t quite put my finger on [...]

It Sells

More on The Da Vinci Code. “How to explain the novel’s success? For openers, ‘Weird sells,’ as a colleague who teaches literature commented, wryly. Then, too, Brown and the Doubleday promotion machine, with suberb timing, capitalized on the current disenchantment with Roman Catholicism due to the pedophilia and ‘lavender clergy’ scandals, thus aiming at an [...]

Good Music 15b

I had forgotten how good this cd really is. Timotheos

The Feast of the Annunciation

We implore Thee, O Lord, to pour forth Thy grace on us that, as we have known the incarnation of Thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of the angel, so by his cross and Passion we may be brought to the glory of his resurrection; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth [...]

Children of Divorce

Have you wondered when the research would catch up with God’s attitude toward divorce? It should not be very surprising that when one person is literally made from the union of two other people, he or she feels torn in half by the putting asunder of those two people called “parents.” It doesn’t take a [...]

Have an Abortion, Win an iPod

Or something like that. Curt Jester suggests what that iPod might look like in response to a question from Dawn Eden. The only problem is that, with Planned Parenthood, satire is much too close to reality for comfort. Timotheos

More on Atheists, Catholic Schools, and Scotland

I had commented previously on the state of affairs in Scotland. Here‘s more. Timotheos

Natural (read: God’s) Law Will Not Go Quietly

What do women want? Love, nurture, and sensitivity. What do men want? Respect, admiration, and to provide for their families. Sounds suspiciously like Ephesians 5:33… Timotheos