Joe the Plumber and Authority

 
In his third installment on Joe the Plumber, Anthony Esolen examines the sub-text in Joe’s interview with Media-babe on the topic of authority. Esolen sets up his ponderings on the political left with this snippet of the interview:
When the reporter asked him about Obama’s intention to take money from the supposed rich, Joe, who is [...]

Joe, the Plumber

To judge by the mainstream media attention given to Joe the Plumber, you’d think the photo on the left represents the media’s opinion of Joe’s work.  If only Obama had been vetted even a tenth as much as Joe!
Tony Esolen has noted the way Joe pairs up with those who demand he explain himself to [...]

Temporarily Gone but not Forgotten

I thank all four (five?) of my readers for checking back from time to time.  Brother Mike, in a comment on the blog below, hopes things are well with me.  They are.
Things are so well that I’m busier than a one-eyed cat watching nine rat holes.  That means that some things simply have to wait [...]

The Last Graduate from High School

Lord willing, there will be further graduates within our family, but this month we see the last graduate from high school, as Veronica — the baby of the family — graduates.  With her departure this summer to take up residence with her oldest sister while she begins undergraduate school at the University of Texas, our [...]

Eleven Years Ago

On the anniversary of the death of our third daughter Francesca Louise (aka Cheska), my wife sends out a remembrance to friends and family.  Here is the one she sent out this year:
Francesca died 11 years ago this afternoon. As you may remember I am making it my habit to write short memories about her [...]

Death By Blogging

 
On April 6, 2008, the New York Times ran a feature story by Matt Richtel which reported the following:
Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogger on technology subjects who died at 60 of a heart attack. In December, another tech blogger, Marc Orchant, died at [...]

Prepare for the Feast

Our Lord’s Birthday deserves a special kind of cake, and He’s worth the expense and time required to prepare this one.  It is not a cheap cake.  Depending on your sources of ingredients, it will probably set you back around $50, particularly if you use a quality brandy.  This year’s pecan crop is huge, but [...]

Jesus and other Heros on the Bathroom Wall

Yikes!  I’ve found another advocate of Christianity in the men’s room! I had thought that the previous example of this was so freaky that readers would think I made it up.  Now, I’m fearful that this may become a trend.  You know — churches getting their knickers in a twist about how feminized they are, so [...]

I’ve Been Busy

For those who have wondered where I’ve wandered off to, I’m sending out a warning that I’ll soon be back, at least for a short while.  I’ve been busy, you see.

No, I haven’t been running the bulls.  Nor being run by bulls.  But the confusion in that picture captures the ethos of the past weeks [...]

Chicken With 100 Cloves of Garlic

  While still beset by projects domestic and ministerial, this blog must get by on less substantial apologetical or polemical fare.  But, as I have just gotten up from an evening repast that featured  Chicken with 100 Cloves of Garlic as the main dish, this dish – which has its peculiarly different appeals to men and [...]