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A trailer for his next film, Apocalypto, is out. I’m seeing a metaphor, in the Mayan heavy-breathing,  for the decline of the West. I guess. Maybe a messiah a’borning? Or – something? Hmmm.

Here’s a link to today’s WSJ piece on the St. Stan’s controversy. I think it should work for all of us.

A few responses to critiques of the Sunday, December 25 Shutdown. What is most intriguing is that while some of us brought up the the traditional Calvinist-rooted suspicion of Christmas, others snorted, saying that was in the past and not a factor. Well, looky at what the pastor of the Lexington church at the heart…

I’m just going to tell you what the headline says: Moses, Pope now targets of draft agents No, not really. Well, sort of.

Because of illness and such, we’ve neglected our pursuit of All That is Papal. There’s been a lot going on of late. Turning first to our Rome-based bloggers, Zadok does a little round-up, including a shot of the Christmas card the Pope gave to the over 4,000 Vatican employees. Did he really personally sign them…

Go read.

Judge rules "No Can Do." The entire text of the decision Related: Cardinal Schonborn’s "The Designs of Science" from the new First Things

An interesting move from a Lawrence, KS Birthright center has angered some. A Christmas tree that a pregnancy counseling organization provided to a women’s fitness center prompted three people to cancel their memberships because the tree is decorated with plastic figures meant to represent fetuses. "This is insidious," said Kelly Jones, one of the women…

Various miracles approved, servants of God and martyrs recognized Mostly Italian religious order founders and martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. Update: This interesting CNS piece points out how this represented more returns to a streamlined process by Benedict XVI Once again returning to a streamlined practice in place before the pontificate of Pope John…

Well, almost everyone has put their two cents in, so here goes. I haven’t seen it, don’t plan to, but I did see the SNL parody Brokeback Goldmine, which was purty durn funny. Do you remember the snickering at the trailer I mentioned? This is evidently a national phenomenon, worthy of a notice in the…
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