Illuminated Obscurity

A friend and I recently discussed book banning. He’s fairly liberal so, unsurprisingly, we took opposing sides of this issue. He recently ...

In a move that could be described as foolish at best or insidious at worst, ACORN has been approved as a Partner of the U.S. Census Bureau ...

Through ignorance, mistakes, and shenanigans, Obama won. We now have as our president one of the most liberal, leftist politicians ever to ...

Pretty much everyone is aware of the recent events in Jena, Louisiana . By clicking on the title of this article, readers will see an artic...

I keep reading all the articles about how public places are being forced to take down Christmas decorations. It seem like all this is going ...

The midterm elections are tomorrow, and I sincerely hope conservatives find their way to the polls. Many people are treating this as some s...

I’ve heard enough recent news reports to get the general prediction for the upcoming election. According to Democrats, United States voters...

The recent scandal surrounding Mark Foley, itself smacking of hypocrisy , has brought to light more of the double standards that we’ve come...

By clicking on the title of this post, viewers will discover an unpleasant recent event. Read the opening paragraph for the gist of the stor...

The term “New World Order” sets conservatives on edge and fills liberals with ecstasy. Some claim that the European Union is one step along ...

Long time no blog, so I guess an update is in order. We are pretty much in the same position as before, which is juggling childcare with wo...

John Henry Newman has this to say about Mark 13:33-37: . . . We who are looking out for Christ's coming, we are bid to look out, we are ...

I'm still working out, which itself counts as progress with me. However, there seems to be a mystery at hand. 1) I'm sleeping horrib...

There is a common secular objection to God existing and/or being Good due to the large amount of suffering that exists on earth. Ladislas Bo...

First, let me start off by saying . . . OOOOWWWWW! If it is part of my body, it hurts. It's that simple. I've only had one leg wor...

Julie heard about the Body-for-Life program from my sister and is extremely enthused about it, so we have both decided to join it. We are p...

I'm reading “Meditations on the Sunday Gospels”, which is a collection of sermons by various prominent personalities in the Catholic Chu...

I can't think of anything to blog about. I don't know how all of you do it. Coming up with interesting things that keep readers ente...

Hello, happy new year, and greetings to all of you. Like Julie, I was really surprised to see how long it has been since we posted anything....

Has it really been over a month since we've last posted here? Sheesh! Let's see. . . not much new is going on. So far, Gabriel is a ...