There is so much commentary about President Obama’s Notre Dame invitation on Catholic websites that little more can be said. It’s the “little more” that the Philosopher would like to contribute.
Author Archives: The Philosopher
Vast Right-Wing Catholic Conspiracy
How’s this for leading, buzz-wordy, rhetoric-charged, unencumbered-by-facts reportage? In anticipation of Obama’s address and his being awarded an honorary degree from Notre Dame, a number of right-wing groups, including Catholic anti-abortion and anti-stem cell research groups, are ratcheting up tensions … Continue reading
The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?
Dr. Joseph Mercola’s website is the world’s most visited natural health website. I would be inclined to believe him over the pharmaceutical companies or the talking heads: Critical Alert: The Swine Flu Pandemic – Fact or Fiction?.
Christianity & the Blair Witch Hunt
The Remnant published a good piece, by a patriotic Catholic Scot, on Tony Blair’s anti-Christian impact on the U.K. It ends with a reference to Obama leading the U.S. down the same path. Christianity & the Blair Witch Hunt
Vatican Attacked for Opposing Racism
Yes, it beggars belief!
Southern Poverty Law Center Condemns Catholic Media
This is over a month old, but a Philadelphia newspaper, The Bulletin, has a story on the SPLC’s anti-Catholic activities: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a civil rights law firm in Alabama, has included Catholic organizations in its listing … Continue reading
Shocking Revelations from the Boston Globe
Doctrine changes. Truth changes. Morals change. The Church needs to catch up to modernity and progress. Pope Benedict XVI is mean, like Father Feeney. These and other startling revelations from the progressive camp are the subject of a penetratingly vacuous … Continue reading
Law Center Sues DHS Over Report
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced that yesterday evening it filed a federal lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her … Continue reading
The Southern Poverty Law Center, ‘Right Wing Extremists,’ and the Ask
The American Spectator draws a connection between anti-conservative profiling and fund raising: Southern Poverty Law Center Tries to Cash in on DHS Report. Reminder: those targeted by the report as potential domestic terrorists are pro-lifers.
Holy See Conducts ‘Doctrinal Investigation’ of US Sisters’ Group
From Catholic World News: Vatican conducting ‘doctrinal investigation’ of US nuns’ leadership group. Note the salient paragraph: The National Catholic Reporter, which made public the plans for the Vatican inquiry, indicates that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith … Continue reading
Gerald Warner on Dawkins’ Gaffe: Benedict XVI is ‘stupid, ignorant or dim’
The Telegraph’s Gerald Warner gives Richard Dawkins, that dyspeptic dynamo of Darwinian dogmatism, a very well deserved smack. Dawkins is not interested in empirical, scientific evidence when he is kicking religion. If the Pope favoured condoms Dawkins would probably be … Continue reading
Cherie Blair: Sin Rather Than Death!
She didn’t quite say it that way (notice, no quotes). But the wife of the UK’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair did say, “There’s also a real concern about saving lives and I absolutely believe, and scientific evidence shows, that … Continue reading
Father Hugh Barbour on Marriage and Chastity
Catholicism.org has recently published a few things on marriage, the editors being of the conviction that the restoration of the family is necessary for the restoration of the Church and the State. It’s good to see that there is an … Continue reading
Go Joe, Go!
Joseph Sobran, ever the deep thinker, has penetrated into the enervated mind of American public opinion. The issue is President Obama’s Notre Dame speech, but that’s just a jumping-off point for Sobran’s poignant observations. Do yourself a favor and read … Continue reading
Go Pat Go!
In the fourth quarter, with a month and a half till graduation, the Fighting Irish are getting mauled… by a fighting Irishman… Pat Buchanan asks: Is Notre Dame Still Catholic?
