Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

– – – UPDATE: Or, to put the above less succinctly, h/t Instapundit.

Or, more accurately, what was wrong with this picture until recently? The answer is found in the top left-hand corner of the image, the peacock logo and all-cap letters, “NBC.” Until lately we would never have seen them and a negative headline concerning Joe Biden juxtaposed. To NBC and other news media it would have beenContinue reading “What is Wrong with this Picture?”

This lovely album dates from 1964, at perhaps the peak of the Episcopal Church in this country. It is not likely any of the troops involved in the recording could foresee the drastic decline the institution would undergo only a few decades later, with the Cathedral’s future Bishop, the Rt Rev’d Paul Moore, Jr, tenureContinue reading “Sunken Cathedral.”

From the Christian Post: The Rev. Franklin Graham slammed Pope Francis for approving a measure that will allow Roman Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples, warning that such ‘blessings’ will not ‘save you from the judgment of God . . . “ ‘The Good News is that right now God will forgive sin,Continue reading “A Preacherman Schools the Pope.”

Due process or don’t process. News item: Former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s 2024 front-runner, was booted off the primary ballot in Colorado Tuesday night after four Democrat-appointed state Supreme Court justices ruled that he was ineligible for the White House . . . However, the majority also noted that Trump has not beenContinue reading “Looking Glass Justice.”

A friend sent this along, a polemic of the first rank by the estimable John Zmirak of the Stream. It concerns the Pope’s recent decision to approve blessings of same-sex marriages by priests. Zmirak condemns it, and in no uncertain terms, but then goes further. Francis seeks a similar transformation [the sexual radicalization] of theContinue reading “Calling it as it is: the Deterioration of the Papacy.”

They tried to ban Stations of the Cross on private property owned by a Church organization. Part of the planned Stations of the Cross prayer trail in Genoa Township, Michigan. Michigan township can’t ban Catholic group’s Stations of the Cross, court rules From the Catholic News Agency: A federal appeals court panel has unanimously ruledContinue reading “How much are Catholics hated by the left?”

A rarity. Your Tatler is moving from a condominium unit into a house nearby. There are several reasons for the move, but the overriding one is residents from a neighboring condo complaining about my sweet, gentle dog–unlike the President’s ill-bred Major (and his ill-bred progeny, too)–venturing on their hallowed ground without a leash. My reactionContinue reading “Discovered while packing for the move.”

Seen at a Fairfax County public school playground. Here is something one would expect to find in places of the kind described in Rich Men North of Richmond. You have to wonder how many of the denizens of Fairfax County deign to even set foot in a public park (“why they let anybody use them.”),Continue reading “Remember children, fun is strictly forbidden.”