The Church and ScienceMy post from late last year has been revised at the courteous request of Father Hugh MacKenzie in the UK, and is now online as part of the July issue of Faith, which he publishes six times a year. Stop by for a visit.

The more I read about this guy, the more I like his plan. Not the slightest idea whether wind-generated power could provide the percentage Pickens claims, but at the rate of money this country is blowing per year on oil from countries that don’t like us, it’s worth serious consideration.

Bigotry Dept.I think PZ Myers has gone off the deep end. What exactly is a 51-year-old biology professor doing, openly asking his readers to send him eucharistic wafers so that he can video himself desecrating them? Doesn’t this guy, like, have classes to teach? Or…you know, some research to do? I have heretofore cut him… Continue reading

Breaking news: The Virgin Mary had sizeable…well… you know. And she used them! Mark Shea is having some fun with the usual humorless types now taking offense at women who nurse their babies in church. Good grief.

Via an email: George Carlin’s Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re… Continue reading