My favorite baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds, are bad. And by “bad” I mean hideously, unwatchably, bad. They are currently in last-place in the NL Central, already 19 games out of first place, and they have the 3rd-worst record in the major...
If it wasn’t such a tragedy, this weekend’s events in Orlando would almost seem like a terribly inappropriate joke: an Islamic terrorist opens fire with assault weapons in a gay club, killing over 50 people. We have a trifecta of flash points in...
For years now I have considered myself “libertarian-ish.” It became clear to me a while back that the increasing size and scope of government is a significant problem in our country; in fact, I believe it’s today’s fundamental political issue. In...
“So you think I’m a sinner?” I had just finished giving a parish talk to a group of about 40 people on the topic of mercy. In my talk I noted that everyone needs mercy, because we’re all sinners. I didn’t particularly dwell on the topic, but I...
Everyone in the crypto world has been talking about the “Civil War,” and not the one involving Captain America and Iron Man. No, the civil war they are referring to is the Bitcoin civil war, a rancorous year-long battle for control centered on...
King Obama has decreed: biology is banned in our public schools. In doing so, His Highness is following the sacred words of the Holy Order of the Supreme Court, “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of...
I grew up in a National League city (Cincinnati), and I’ve always thought the designated hitter was like replacing jelly with mayo on a PB&J. Why replace a perfectly fine professional athlete with another (often not as athletic) professional...
I’ve been a Captain America fan for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid, my brother and I both collected comics, and we made sure we collected between us every single Marvel series (no DC for us). As the younger brother, I was...
Now that Trump has locked up the GOP nomination, and Hillary is the likely Democrat nominee, sane people everywhere are turning their thoughts to third party alternatives. Unfortunately, the pickings are slim. You have the Libertarian Party...
Today is Ascension Thursday, although in many places it has been moved to Sunday to allow Catholics a day to complain about the state of the Church. A lot of people, including me, don’t like the fact that the celebration of the Ascension has been...
In the pantheon of great American presidents, Abraham Lincoln stands tall. Instrumental in ending the vile institution of slavery in our country, he also kept the country united when it appeared the American experiment had failed. In Lincoln’s...
The biggest news in the world of Bitcoin just broke: Craig Wright claims he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. Back in December, a number of publications outed Wright as the mysterious founder of Bitcoin, but their revelations were met...
