In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway on Monday, ‘Puter posted his thoughts on his Facebook page. ‘Puter’s got some very liberal friends, and one friend who is an avowed atheist. ‘Puter’s post … Continue reading →
Today, Christians remember when God really was dead. Or at least, when Jesus was really, most sincerely dead. For an appropriately morbid memento mori, here’s David Bentley Hart in First Things arguing that we’ve reached the point that conversation between … Continue reading →
‘Puter wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing anti-Catholic editorial cartoons on the NYT’s pages again, and soon, based on the paper’s evidenced anti-Catholic bigotry. ‘Puter’s had just about enough of enlightened liberals treating religion generally, and Roman Catholicism specifically, as … Continue reading →
The prayer candle that Dr. J. lit for Lady and Loki J.’s breeder. Lady J. and Loki J.’ breeder suddenly fell ill this week with meningitis and is in the intensive care unit. He is critically ill and while it’s … Continue reading →
As with Loki, the smile only takes the Lil Medstudent so far at school and nowhere with the family. Dr. J.’s busy with being on the consultation service in the hospital this week and last, and dealing with the Lil … Continue reading →
One of Darwin’s finches…note the beak… New Atlantis’s Catholic Medical Association chapter is a close knit group of physicians who work at New Atlantic Ivory Tower Medical Center (NAITMC), New Atlantis Papist Medical Center (NAPMC) West, and NAPMC – Midtown … Continue reading →
Embarrassingly, Pope Francis forgot it was Red Dayat the Sistine Chapel. More embarrassingly, most mediaoutlets refused to accurately report Francis’ responseregarding the Roman Catholic Church’s teachings onhomosexuality. Near the end of a lengthy press conference aboard the papal jumbo jet … Continue reading →
For My sake, Liberals! Don’t makeMe go all “Me throwing the moneychangers out of the Temple”on you! ‘Puter’s been thinking about fairness and social justice lately, mostly because liberals use both concepts as a bludgeon against conservative policy positions, both … Continue reading →
Five years, my your Mandarin wonders where the time has gone, but suspects that GorT has his cold metal hand in it. When your Mandarin’s fellow Gormogons asked him to recount his favorite post, your Mandarin immediately asked, “We have … Continue reading →
‘Your love is better than ice cream…’ Sarah McLachlan President Obama spake* today regarding the SCOTUS with the MOSTUS: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, … Continue reading →
One of the reasons the same sex marriage debate is not a debate at all, but more of loggerheads is because two different liberal positions have banged into each other. No, this would not be permitted in a civil union. … Continue reading →
Lucy VanBloomberg Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords linked to this American Perspective post in his weekly Blogroll Spotlight. Nothing we haven’t heard before, but just a reminder of the progressive mindset. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Let’s not forget: it’s all of us who causedJesus to suffer and die to free us from sin.Not just those crazy Catholic lefties. And ‘Puter’s a self-righteous Pharisee. ‘Puter sat at 7:30 AM Mass Sunday morning, half asleep, quietly thanking … Continue reading →
Which one of these is not like the others? Dr. J. saw this post on NRO and suffered a case of the #headdesk. Apparently, Stanford University has found the need to appoint an atheist chaplain to the chaplancy at the … Continue reading →
Mrs. ‘Puter’s father has malignant squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. We call Mrs. ‘Puter’s dad Poppy, his chosen grandparental moniker. We have not yet named his cancer. Depending on which medical expert is consulted, Poppy’s cancer is either Stage … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was listening to the PM AM talk-radio guy last night, and of course discussion of Chick-Fil-A appreciation day was the order of the day. During his show, he played this song, written by Tim Hawkins as a tribute … Continue reading →
St. Thomas More, in happier days.You know. Those days when heactually had a head. On this day in 1535, that rat-bastard Henry VIII of England had St. Thomas More beheaded on Tower Hill for the heinous crime of refusing to … Continue reading →
Charles Worley is a tremendous jackass. Worse, he thinks he’s funny. Worley is some schmuck who wants to imprison gay people behind an electric fence in anticipation that they die out. He is an evil, hateful person and he knows … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin, unlike two or three of you out there, saw the Avengers movie this weekend. Your Mandarin was truly impressed with the quality of the film and the comedy elements were superb without being campy. That little review should … Continue reading →
If you don’t know by now, you should know that Dr. J. is about as strong a champion of religious freedom as the Gormogons get. Dr. J. as friends of every religious persuasion and also friends that are agnostic and … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, I just happened to think of an analogy that explains why Catholics object to indirectly paying for sterilization, contraception, et al. If someone orders another person to do a crime, they are equally at fault, even though they’re … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin would ask that the loyal followers of this site take a moment to actively assist in the defense of the Constitution, and specifically the First Amendment. Regardless of whether or not you are a Catholic, or are a … Continue reading →
Anna Franzonello over at NRO’s Corner pens a great piece debunking what I’ve heard many liberals spit out in defense of the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate: many states (some claims say 28, some leave it as “many”) already have this … Continue reading →
The Czar is already hearing that large (even massive) Catholic organizations across America are rallying for a major fight against the HHS letter that forces Catholic institutions hiring secular employees to cover abortion (through day-after pills), contraceptives, and a host … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is beating a dead horse here, but he is utterly offended by the efforts the President has made (and successfully he might at) at undermining religious freedom when it disagrees with his world view. Dr. J. is specifically … Continue reading →
Logically-minded people all over the UK are celebrating a rare (for the Brits) victory. The government has largely decided that schools there will teach evolutionary theory, and that creationist new-agery will not. Further, any school that does promote creationist thinking … Continue reading →
Confucius* linked to “American Murder Mystery,” an article by Hanna Rosin in the Atlantic earlier today, and frankly he’s haunted by it. Mostly because it reflects the dead-end despair of the well-meaning officials who have put their faith in instrumentalist, … Continue reading →
Dr. J. saw this over at Professor Mondo’s blog: Victor David Hanson at NRO writes: There is much talk about what some are perceiving as the fringe religiosity of Republican candidates such as Michele Bachman and Rick Perry. But the … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting little column from The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson. Mr. Gerson writes to show how willing liberal elites, particularly those in media, are to paint anyone religious as a crackpot bent on imposing Christian theocracy on America. What … Continue reading →
You may recall Dr. J. writing in a few months back, here, here, and here. By way of review, Lloyd Schofield petitioned to get a vote to ban male circumcision on the 2011 election day ballot in San Francisco. At … Continue reading →
Ingenious! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Dear Czarest of Czars, Wow. I had no idea that priest was acting up so much. I had heard he was politically active (endorsing Obama, etc), but it’s crazy what he has done. As a priest myself I hope I … Continue reading →
Oh wise and mighty Czar, Please forgive my stupidity, but since I am not Catholic I had a serious question about the missive. Is paying a prostitute to attend counseling a bad thing? I mean, if it gets them in … Continue reading →
Barack Obama, Monday night at a dinner in Maryland: It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, “We hold these truths to be … Continue reading →
What happens when a Catholic priest reaches out to the Gormogons and offers to do an interview? Well, frankly, this. What follows is a question from each of us, in the order they were asked, and following each is the … Continue reading →
The Czar resists discussions of religion for very complex reasons. However, sometimes enough becomes, well, enough. And he is forced to render a final opinion. A persistent question lingers (which is what persistent questions do) regarding the religious intent of … Continue reading →
GorT activated his secretly implanted (until now) neural net matrix in ‘Puter’s brain*, instructing ‘Puter to post the following link, with the appropriate title. Lightning struck, set ablaze and ultimately destroyed a tacky 6 story tall statue of Our Lord … Continue reading →
‘Puter received two interesting pieces of feedback related to his musings on the Maureen Dowd’s proclaimed (stridently so) “Catholicism.” First, a correction that arrived in ‘Puter’s master suite at the Castle inscribed on Dat Ho, who was unceremoniously tossed through … Continue reading →
What’s this? A Vietnames Buddhist monk complains that the country is not giving them religious freedom? Dude. You live in a communist country. This rates about a 1 on the Czar’s shock factor scale. Feel free to ask a Polish … Continue reading →
What is most interesting about the [Ted Kennedy’s letter to the Pope], however, is its concise expression of the view that personal salvation can be achieved through liberal politics. —James Bowman. Read on. Illustration: Antipope, Max Ernst, 1941. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
Spectacular interview with the Sorbonne professor of Cyclopean erudtion on the occasion of his Legend of the Middle Ages. Bears re-reading several times. Buy the book. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →GENEVA (AP) — A senior Vatican delegation visited the world’s biggest nuclear physics laboratory, proclaiming that true faith has no problems with science. … “The Church never fears the truth of science, because we are convinced that all truth comes … Continue reading →
What a difference a day makes, or in this case a year. During the 2008 presidential campaign the Obama camp went to great lengths to deny any ties to Islam, and even went so far as to label anyone who … Continue reading →
Gormogons Follower Djinifer writes in, in re “Oh Brother”, noting the Czar: …quotes one parent as saying, “Our schools are a reflection of our community and world…From a very early age, children should see what exists in the world.” Yeah … Continue reading →
(Czar here. Following is another fine post by the Mandarin, whose inscrutability increases with each post. Enjoy!) Who is the fairest of them all? POTUS Obama has decided not to attend the National Day of Prayer activities, but will instead … Continue reading →
I suppose you should buy the book under review here. On the other hand, you’ve already heard this argument made chez Gormogon recently. In a brilliant chapter on the history of science, Hart paints a very different picture, one that … Continue reading →
The Czar’s use of the spurious (though super-witty) Galilean epigram eppur si muove (which actually dates from the 1750s) reminds me to quote Friend of the Gormogons Jonah Goldberg on the Galileo Myth. Robert Nisbet in (probably my favorite book) … Continue reading →
Ah, Czar, where have you been all my life? ‘Puter thinks this post is mostly correct. One quibble, though, which may be more a matter of semantics than a meaningful difference. ‘Puter thinks adherents of hard core liberalism treat their … Continue reading →
The Czar is aware that most liberals promote themselves as more scientifically literate, and that conservatives are religious zealot Luddites. Certainly, there is a disturbing prominence in the media to promote conservative (especially GOP) lunacy, and some of it is … Continue reading →
