A.N. Wilson on seeing the over-hyped movie: There are no good Catholics in this film. The monk-murderer is the militant representative of an Catholic organisation that is portrayed as fraudulent and malignant. In a free society, we are entitled to portray Catholics as we please, and to debate their faith. As I have already hinted,… Continue reading
In Rome, the Rev. John Wauck muses on what excellent opportunities a better writer than Dan Brown would’ve exploited: In the nave of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen there are six statues – all women, each representing a different feminine attribute: lacrimabilis, simplex, verecunda, humilis, fidelis and … secreta. I thought to myself: how… Continue reading
With characteristic good humor, Ed Brayton asks: “When did Pat [Buchanan] turn into the Church Lady from Saturday Night Live?” About 15 years ago, in my opinion….
Still more conservatives are waking up to the fraudulence of ‘Intelligent Design’. If the collapse of ID represents a defeat for the Religious Right, it has been something of a relief for many nonreligious conservatives, who have wanted nothing more than for the issue to go away. Charles Krauthammer, for instance, complained that the Dover… Continue reading
Ed Brayton illustrates why “honest” is not exactly the first word one thinks of to describe the antics of Discovery Institute founder Bruce Chapman. Update: especially given the obvious phoniness of stunts like this.