Gen Y Swag

Swag Rich, Spirit Poor

On the occasion of a visit to the US, Mother Teresa was heard to marvel at the poverty of New York compared to Calcutta. She wasn't talking about material poverty. The US has some of the richest poor in the world, as the Mammon Mob loves to point out. Instead,…
November 14, 202215 Comments
Afterglow Gen Y

Afterglow: Generation Y

The latest collection from author David V. Stewart is out now! Who was Generation Y? Not even they themselves seem to remember. Perched between the cynical Generation X and the activist Millennials, Generation Y was a cohort that lived on both sides of the divide. They had an analogue childhood…
November 11, 20225 Comments
Metaverse

Betaverse

In tech news, the internet is still dead. And its much-hyped replacement looks to be stillborn. Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Wednesday it would cut more than 11,000 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, in one of the year's biggest layoffs as the Facebook parent battles soaring costs from…
November 10, 20223 Comments
Senate Horse

Caligula’s Horse

In the Before-fore Times, this post would open with "The results are in ..." But this is the now-now in Clown World. So we won't have the exact vote count from last night's midterms for weeks - if ever. People hate prognosticators who make rosy predictions that turn out wrong.…
November 9, 20229 Comments
Funko Stock

Funko Bounces Back

People with taste celebrated on Friday, when Funko stock plummeted almost 60 percent. But like the antagonist in the last minutes of an 80s slasher flick, Funko has bounced back. Left for dead by a great many investors late last week, Funko (FNKO 0.59%) stock experienced quite the revival on…
November 8, 20228 Comments
Biden MAGA

The MAGA Paradox

The first midterm elections since the establishment honeypot setup that ended Trump's presidency are upon us. Now the MAGA movement faces a crisis - in the original sense of a trial or a test. Can it survive the shift from two-party presidential politics to put up effective dissent against the…
November 7, 202217 Comments
Charity First Rule

The First Rule in a Crisis Situation

Maintain your charity. The redoubtable Fr. Chad Ripperger explains how in this reader-suggested video. Watch it here:   Happy, hopeful, and practical. Read now:
November 4, 20221 Comment
FrSheehy

The Christian Position

A reader writes: Hi Brian, I thought you might be interested in the story of one Father Sean Sheehey, who recently returned to his native Kerry from years spent in Louisiana. He made our national media for having a sermon this week where he fiercely attacked sodomy, transgenderism, and the…
November 3, 20221 Comment
burning church

The Point of Liberalism

While a majority of Americans practice Christianity at home, our rulers submit to a heretical secular religion. And they've taken pains to make sure Christians' beliefs have zero impact on public life. You can safely call for an innocent child to spend the rest of his life behind bars, but…
November 2, 20226 Comments
Green Shoots Forest Fire

The Cleansing Fire

Back when the regime started imposing medical tyranny under the aegis of hastening the return to normal, the internet sages prophesied that "normal" would never come back. Like Vietnam or 9/11, our rulers' response to Corona-chan marked a point of no return the culture could never bounce back from. Take…
November 1, 202213 Comments