Ever go to the movies and have to sit through two hours of a jerk in the row behind you giving hushed commentary on the background of the movie you’re trying to enjoy? That’s what AMC’s new vaunted More Movie feature is like. Last night I tried to watch Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.… Continue reading

If you like Gin & Tonics (with lime) check out this nice little article from the London Telegraph: By way of a book review, you get a little history about where one of summer’s best drinks came from.

More excellent reporting from NRO’s Rod Dreher in Dallas today: The liberal Appleby made an excellent point in his address to the bishops, saying that the crisis began, in a sense, with the 1968 papal encyclical Humanae Vitae, which forbade artificial birth control for Catholics. A large majority of American Catholics rejected the ruling, and… Continue reading

Read National Review’s Rod Dreher, who is in Dallas today and tomorrow to “cover” the bishops. Here’s Dreher on two active abuse victims who want the church leaders to do more than shuffle papers: The two men characterized the meeting as one in which the bishops wanted to talk about abusive priests, but the victims… Continue reading

John Ellis today on the depressing news that the insufferable Pat Buchanan will be back on the air: “We’ll soon find out. According to today’s New York Times, MSNBC has signed up both Buchanan and (Bill) Press to reprise a two-hour version of the old Crossfire show, beginning sometime this summer. The show will air… Continue reading