More archeological evidence that those strange people who wrote the New Testament…actually knew what they were talking about. In the first place, the archaeological evidence removes the necessity for the argument that Acts reflects second century Jewish religious life, not first century conditions. My own observation is that time and again when people have questioned… Continue reading

Thomas Aquinas Smackdown of Bonaventure.Okay, not really. But Siris points to this nice video of Professor Ralph McInerny on why Aquinas was such an exceptionally broadminded philosopher.

Friday dose of Krauthammer: Which is not to say that Obama did not run a brilliant general election campaign. He did. In its tactically perfect minimalism, it was as well conceived and well executed as the electrifying, highflying, magic carpet ride of his primary victory. By the time of his Denver convention, Obama understood that… Continue reading

Have I mentioned that I live in a rough town?(All that Garden City stuff you hear about Newton is a bunch of crap.)

George Will’s post-mortem: As this is being written, Republicans seem to have lost a total of 55 House and 11 Senate seats in the last two elections. These are the worst Republican results in consecutive elections since the Depression-era elections of 1930 and 1932 (153 and 22), which presaged exile from the presidency until 1953.… Continue reading