Most of us Live in Bubbleville

No matter what we do to make a living, we’re operating in a bubble.  Bubbles grow, and eventually collapse.    We may describe our own bubble as one of many bubbles in Bubbleville. The Pony Express was a short-lived bubble.  It was punctured by the higher speed and lower costs of the Telegraph Bubble.  That was […]

From the People Who Brought Us Bob Dole John and McCain.

The Andrew Jackson Administration’s worst enemies were the enlightened elites of the Northeast.  After Jackson defeated them, he closed their source of funding, The National Bank.  They never forgot this assault on their most important bastion, from which they could amass fortunes by devaluing currency, providing low interest loans for themselves, and bribe Congressmen to […]

How Bad is “Bad” Food?

One of the most routinely demonized companies is McDonald’s.  The company is endlessly attacked for  providing good food at low prices. There are two sides to this story:  ” “A teenage girl who has eaten almost nothing else apart from chicken nuggets for 15 years has been warned by doctors that the junk food is […]

So Many Worries About Children

Worries About Children Every day, the Culture of Death tells us about the importance of child health.  We are besieged with information about “how vital it is to have healthy school lunches”.  We are told that vaccines are bad.  Or, good.  Similar contradictory information is broadcast about vitamins. A large industry, concerned about “the children”, […]

Welcome to Catholic Fundamentalism

Catholic Fundamentalism Several weeks of work has been spent updating catholicfundamentalism.com.  While all of us tend to dislike change, it’s important that as many souls as possible be reached with the first new approach to Catholicism since Pascal invented Probability Theory and applied it to choosing a religion. Input welcome for Catholic Fundamentalism These methods […]

Hoarding

Hoarding A popular TV show has been recording the mess that hoarders make of their lives and property. Hoarding has shown us the vast collections of junk that the hoarders believe to be so valuable. When we look at our own accumulation of possessions, we may see the same tendencies, reduced to socially acceptable levels. […]

“She was Running Her Mouth.”

Running Her Mouth Recently, a man in an American prison confessed to his cell mate that he had killed his wife. The fellow occupant of the cell told authorities what he’d heard. Prosecutors asked him to wear a wire so they’d have the evidence they needed to convict the chatty prisoner. Several conversations with the […]

Taken from John Brignell’s Number Watch:

 John Brignell’s Every Catholic Fundamentalist greatly appreciates the following manifestation of fraud: A complete list of things caused by global warming Apologies for a temporary delay in updating the dead link list Afghan poppies destroyed, African holocaust, aged deaths, poppies more potent, Africa devastated,  Africa in conflict, African aid threatened,  aggressive weeds, Air France crash, […]

One View of the Culture War’s Opposing Forces:

Culture War’s There is a group of people who follow a principle similar to that of Bastiat: “Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race.” In other words, if a person has a less expensive way of doing, making, or […]

Today’s Reading From Mark:

Reading From Mark Gospel Mk 3:20-21 “Jesus came with His disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When His relatives heard of this they set out to seize Him, for they said, ‘He is out of His mind.’” The spiritual heirs of His relatives say the […]