Does Kamala Harris Have a Catholic Problem in PA? This is a good piece, but the author may err by restricting Kamala Harris’s difficulties appealing to working-class Catholics in Pennsylvania alone. Other than whacko extremists like Jesuits in the academy, her revulsion to observant Catholics is far broader than those considered “working class;” in Pennsylvania andContinue reading “Worth reading.”
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The ups and downs in American history of Christopher Columbus.
When Bickerstaff was in grade school, the received opinion of Christopher Columbus was positive; a man of stupendous courage who discovered, accidentally perhaps, the Americas, one part of them many years later becoming a safe haven for oppressed people everywhere, the United States. Gradually l, and as left-wing revisionists took over our cultural institutions andContinue reading “The ups and downs in American history of Christopher Columbus.”
More masculinity on display by the Harris-Walz campaign.
The testosterone level is nearing the unbearable. First the campaign released a commercial with some of the manliest men you ever did see proclaiming their enthusiastic support for causes usually associated with liberal wimps, and ending with their endorsing Kamala for president. Okay, so what it turns out they were paid actors–what of it? ActorsContinue reading “More masculinity on display by the Harris-Walz campaign.”
Update of selling refrigerators to Eskimos joke
Only this time it’s for real. From Not the Bee: The government shipped up 3 pallets of electric chainsaws to us in a community without power.
Expediency? Heaven forfend.
A friend writes: Archbishop Anthony Fisher has been Archbishop of Sydney for 10 years. The archdiocese has 670,000 Catholics and 129 parishes. But he still has not been made a cardinal although Sydney traditionally is a cardinalatial See. Bishop Mykola Bychock who will be created a cardinal, is eparch of the Ukrainian Catholics in Australia,Continue reading “Expediency? Heaven forfend.”
Truly remarkable.
Even in London They Know Who is Best For America. It seems the workers, here and abroad, disagree with our workers’ party choice of candidates, though since that party now appeals to far more Hollywood and Internet millionaires and billionaires, it isn’t that remarkable at all. h/t GWR.
An underated composer’s 100th anniversary.
A fine tribute to a fine musician. One of many classics: Moon River. h/t Instapundit.
Anyone who regularly rides the trains in New York will not be by surprised by this story, as reported in the New York Sun.
Meet Daniel Penny, an ex-Marine who in 2023 while riding the F Train in Manhattan, had an encounter with Jordan Neely, one of the thousands of drug-addled, schizophrenic homeless, who had a record of 42 arrests, but was turned loose every time; who desperately needed help, but got none from the city. Two years agoContinue reading “Anyone who regularly rides the trains in New York will not be by surprised by this story, as reported in the New York Sun.”
Released Hostages pf Slammed With Unexpected IRS Bills and Late Fees | The New York Sun
Imagine being held hostage in a foreign land and returning home to America after release only to find the Internal Revenue Service has billed you for thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, along with late fees, interest, and penalties. That was the startling reality encountered recently by former hostages Evan Gerhskovich, Paul Whelan, and VladimirContinue reading “Released Hostages pf Slammed With Unexpected IRS Bills and Late Fees | The New York Sun”
Better late than never is still not better.
To my few but greatly appreciated readers: just a few minutes ago, I discovered, to my horror, that some of you left comments (some going back two years!) that were never read, hence never approved, and hence never posted. All of the comments should not only have been approved (I am hardly in the positionContinue reading “Better late than never is still not better.”
THE TAOS TATLER. 