“Find me one place in the universe that is silent about Him. The stars sing about Him. The oceans provide the bass line. The mountain ranges skip like a calf, and the tree reach yearningly toward the Heaven that they so wonderfully represent to us. And the azure sky tells men to stop bonking their …
Dead Heat
I am not tired of talking about politics. Are you tired of talking about politics? Let me begin with a brief note about dear old Bernie Sanders. In any other universe, the fact that he had won six of the last seven primaries would count as something called “momentum.” But since the Democratic Party is …
The Bitchstate and the Transcendental No
Long ago Aristotle taught us that there is a sharp difference between the kind of behavior that democracies tend to like and the kind of behavior that will keep democracies from turning into smoking craters. He didn’t put it exactly like that, but you get the gist. In The Suicide of the West, James Burnham …
Both Books
“But the God who passes judgment on that day is the same God who inspired the Scriptures to be written, and He is also the same God who governs the fall of sparrows, the motion of atoms in all of Neptune’s moons, the number of hairs on every head that will come up before him …
Abortion in the First Degree
So the following was occasioned by Donald Trump beclowning himself on the abortion issue, but it is not about that particularly. He said, remember, that women who get abortions should, were the practice to become illegal, receive some sort of punishment. He held to that position for about ten minutes, but it was long enough …
Constant Problem
Something Is Always Mandatory
“But somebody outside is still running the show. Somebody is outside the walls of all our faith communities applying the tenets of his religion to absolutely everybody. But he is shrewd enough to call it secularism, leaving out the tell-tale prayers, candles, and altars, and poof! nobody notices that it is an imposed faith system …
Trump as Corduroy Pillow
Trump is a regular corduroy pillow — always making headlines. Yesterday he did it by manufacturing part of his pro-life position on the spot under questioning from Chris Matthews. Under pressure, he said that there would have to be “some form” of punishment for a woman who procured an abortion. Confident of his ability to …
We Could Say No
“The zeitgeist is currently insisting that we mince our words the way Liberace used to walk” (Rules, p. 222).
Snakes in the Arms
If you are among those who follow my son Nate’s writing, or if you are among those who ought to be following it, I have some news to roll out. Our presidential campaigns have lost their old allure, and so it is time for some diversion. Nate’s newest book, Outlaws of Time (HarperCollins), is set …