Monthly Archives: July 2003

“If my finger was a Baathist, I’d cut it off!” Now that’s dedication! If anyone is looking for some reasons why we invaded Iraq, try looking here: Graffiti denouncing Baathists covers many walls in the area once known as Saddam … Continue reading →

Taking Liberties Not that I am a huge fan of Ann Coulter or anything, but she makes a great point concerning detainees in the War on Terrorism: After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt rounded up more than 100,000 Japanese residents and … Continue reading →

Phantomplate! My last time at Catholic University, I was nabbed by one of those cameras claiming that I was doing 36 in a 25 – an impossibility as my transmission was going kaput in a 2500lbs truck. Nonetheless, I paid … Continue reading →

Crew of Columbia Survived a Minute After Last Signal Yikes. While some news reports after the Feb. 1 accident suggested that the astronauts died as soon as the shuttle broke apart, the space agency and the investigation board have been … Continue reading →

Shame Shame Shame on the BBC! Looks like the BBC got caught with its hand in the cookie jar. Again: The BBC, quoting what it said was a senior, credible intelligence source, said in May that Prime Minister Tony Blair’s … Continue reading →

The Catholic Truth Society This looks kinda neat: These small booklets were once a familiar sight at the back of every Catholic Church. This Australian site has collected the text of a number of classic pamphets. Like old movies showing … Continue reading →

THERE REALLY IS CRACK IN THE FRENCH FRIES! That’s right, it has now been scientifically established that fast food is addictive: Researcher Matthew Will said: “Our study suggests a high-fat diet alters brain biochemistry with effects similar to those of … Continue reading →

From the evil empire to the empire for liberty Paul Johnson is fast becoming one of my favorite historians. This article appears in the June edition of the New Criterion, and it begins with a short analysis on the development … Continue reading →

SPIN! We’ve all heard all of the ruckus from liberals and from the “I-watch-too-much-TV” crowd about the uranium claims against the Ba’athists in Iraq. What most of us haven’t done is take a look at how the information is being … Continue reading →

The Social Agenda of the Catholic Church This is a rather large document, but it is searchable on the web and even has an option to download the 200+ page PDF on Catholic Social Teaching. Some small part of me … Continue reading →