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It’s been said the Catholic Church in Ireland is in a particularly dreadful state. Here is vital evidence of that. Laura Perrins in the Catholic Herald (UK). What is more important, appeasing the atheist Catholic-haters on twitter or saving souls? It seems that for the Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, it is the appeasing ofContinue reading “We can’t have this, the priest was preaching against sin!”

Michael Fitzgerald of Liverpool has just received the red hat. Judging by a brief email interview in Catholic.com, we shouldn’t expect much original thinking from him, not by 21st Century standards, anyway. His bailiwick is, essentially, the rubric of “a need for Islamic ecumenism.” Bickerstaff prays he may be forgiven for asking a simple questionContinue reading “England’s third cardinal.”

Not going there. Steven Crowder reports a fellow whom he generally holds in low regard, Bill Maher, nevertheless made an astonishing statement on his podcast to a guest, Republican bad boy and rock ‘n’ roller, Kid Rock, that was hardly apposite of his hard left beliefs. I would be a very bad parent right now, becauseContinue reading “Fissures appearing in the Democrat House of Usher.”

Bickerstaff wonders how many have bought these thinking it was one item, only to be surprised it was another.

The Democrats ruined millions of lives with their Covid policies. Now @TheAtlantic wants us to forget and move on. They want us to forget about their school closures. They what us to forget what they did to children. Do not forget this. Do not forgive this. Vote wisely pic.twitter.com/hEwfI4xf5C — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) OctoberContinue reading “No further commentary needed.”

The story changes daily. No one except the Pelosis seem to have any idea what happened that infamous early Friday morning in San Francisco, when Nancy’s husband’s Paul had his head cracked open with a hammer by a drug-addled nut job. And the Pelosis’s account of it keeps permutating, with law enforcement obligingly doing same.Continue reading “What exactly is the story with Paul Pelosi?”

Better to bury it in landfills, just as we did 50 years ago. Of all people, after decades of claiming otherwise, Greenpeace has finally fessed up not only is there no benefit from recycling plastics, it is actually harmful to the environment. This, as reported by the excellent John Tierney at City Journal. Unfortunately, asContinue reading “Well, what do you know: Greenpeace now says recycling plastics is useless and a total waste of time and money.”

He doesn’t pull his punches. That establishment is right to regard him as a threat. For its guardians require strict conformity in dispensing their twisted gospel of “diversity” if they are to maintain their power and perquisites. Open the door just a little, let just a little sunlight in, and pow! The magic spell thatContinue reading “The estimable Roger Kimball on Elon Musk and Twitter.”

Bickerstaff inherited some antiques a while ago, among them a New England tall clock (above) made by an anonymous maker in the 1850s or possibly much earlier. After some pricey repairs and cleaning of the works by a superb clockmaker in Los Alamos, it now keeps extraordinarily good time, requiring at most a miniscule adjustmentContinue reading “On the lighter side (with a little bit of history).”

Law enforcement authorities are investigating an anonymous letter containing a chemical substance and anti-Semitic symbols sent to the office of the environmental advocacy group Conservation Voters New Mexico https://t.co/cBoDecAI1C #nmleg — Dan McKay (@mckaydan) October 28, 2022 The left has far greater facility with anti-Semitism, as well sending phony-baloney hate mail to their own. TheContinue reading “Odds 100 to 1 this was sent by a leftist.”