Category: Daily Column

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

A great weakness in democracy.

When we see people speaking on TV, there’s an almost automatic, if unrecognized reaction. We think to ourselves,...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Fill up with thanks.

Thanksgiving is two days away. Most of us are too busy thinking much about all the things for...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Koch brothers are bad and the Castro brothers…

It’s amazing how often we’ve been hearing about how bad the Koch brothers are. They have been reviled...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Some Catholics have wrong priorities.

The first priority of any thinking Catholic is getting his or her soul into Heaven. There’s nothing for...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Archeology, still the same old story.

The internet makes articles about archeological discoveries and theories available to all of us. Archeology Today has a...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

A favorite, and lucrative, imaginary problem.

We have the great joy of swimming in a tumultuous sea of Imaginary Problems. The biggest of the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Weekly Reading, Sunday, November 18, 2012 The end…

Sunday, November 18, 2012 First Reading, 1 Daniel 12: 1-3 In those days, I, Daniel, heard this word...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

When governments prop up too many bubbles,…

Catholic Fundamentalism sometimes looks at various bubbles in the economy. They’re easy to spot. Their collapse is foretold...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Transportation lunacy has run off the rails.

This article is from greeniewatch.com: “How Much should it cost to get back to the speed standards of...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Wrongness comes from within.

Sometimes, innocence is used by the other side to justify cowardice. A political leader justifying his votes for...