Who cares about What's Her Name?

Everyone in the United States at this point probably recognizes and knows these names:

George Floyd - career criminal involved in numerous violent actions

Michael Brown, the "gentle giant" who was an upstanding citizen except when he was robbing convenience stores and attacking cops

Renee Good - just your average lesbian mom minding her own business

Alex Pretti - kind, caring nurse who loved everyone except when he was spitting on ICE and breaking the tail light on their van.

Is Your Novus Ordo Mass the One Described by Bishop Schneider? I'm Betting Not!

I don't go to daily Mass these days. One of the things that impacted my decision was a description of a wedding a priest friend attended at a very conservative Lutheran parish. The groom, a widower and a Catholic was marrying a Lutheran woman whose branch of Lutheranism is the most conservative, even more than the Missouri Synod Lutherans. She wanted to be married in her church by her minister. They got permission from the bishop so all was in order.

Another Confusing Head Scratcher: Pope Leo Tells Material Heretics "We are One! We Already are!"

If anyone wondered whether Pope Leo XIV is Francis II, he only had to listen to the pope's address to the band of material heretics joining him for the week of Christian unity. Don't get me wrong. I love my Protestant friends, but I would never (and neither would they) agree that we are "already one". But that's what the pope said:

Septuagesima Sunday Means the Final Goodbye to Christmas and Turns Our Faces To Lent

Yesterday was Septuagesima Sunday when we fully turn our faces from the celebration of Christmas to the Suffering of Lent. Over the weekend I finally took down the creche and the Christmas tree -- reluctantly. With all the frigid weather, the lights spread a cheery glow in our dining room at every meal spreading warmth, if not to the body to the soul. 

When I use the term liberalism and liberal, this is what I mean.

Since I often discuss liberalism which undergirds the nature of liberals, I think it might be helpful to define terms and explain exactly what liberalism is. Socrates often began his dialogues by defining terms. How can people have an intelligent discussion if they aren't using words in the same way? They can end up arguing with Humpty Dumpty who says, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean- neither more nor less." Unfortunately, many liberals follow Humpty Dumpty's rules of engagement which is a ticket to the Tower of Babel. To use a silly example, suppose an alien landed in Washington, D.C. and someone told him that the first Catholic president, JFK, was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Imagine the confusion going forward. But that's often true when people use language in contrary ways. 

Are Liberals Ever Held Accountable? Judge Lets Don Go with No Bond, No Restrictions, No Problem!

Don Lemon Walks Free

The fix is in. Don will get the same treatment that all liberals get: the freedom to lie, cheat, steal, and commit crimes without ever paying a price or being held accountable. His own videos show that he was a co-conspirator with those who invaded the church in St. Paul. He wasn't acting as a journalist; he was aiding and abetting. 

Murder is a Human Right, Dontcha Know?

I don't understand why liberals are going ballistic over the shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. They weren't a bit upset about the murder of Ashli Babbitt by Capitol police officer Michael Byrd. He was awarded for killing an unarmed woman who was no threat to him. Killing a Trump supporter was a patriotic act I guess.

Rand Paul Calls for an Investigation into the Shooting of Alex Pretti

Sen. Rand Paul on Alex Pretti shooting in Minneapolis: "I don't think it's honest to say he brandished a weapon. I don't think it's honest to say he assaulted officers."

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— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 28, 2026

The shooting of Alex Pretti looks like an unjustified act by the ICE agents. As a pro-life rescuer, I've been involved in civil disobedience attempting to save babies from abortion and their moms from a lifetime of regret. I was arrested about a dozen times and spent time in jail in Alexandria and Arlington, VA and in Buffalo, NY. On several occasions during the rescues, the police acted in anger. Once when I was sitting on the ground I was picked up by two officers and thrown onto several other rescuers who were hurt. At that same event the police were on horseback and they pressed the crowd who were standing against the building to the point that the crush of bodies caused the window to break. Fortunately, none of the rescues I was involved in resulted in serious police brutality. Unfortunately that wasn't the case in other places. 

Will Spanberger Make Virginia the Next Minnesota?

Michael Hichborn at the Lepanto Institute, posted this picture of Spanberger as the White Witch of Narnia who made it always winter but never Christmas. It's certainly an accurate portrayal for our poor Commonwealth under this heartless woman.

Spanberger gave the state numerous poisoned apples after she was sworn in. One of the worst was making Virginia a sanctuary state for illegal aliens and reversing the state mandate to cooperate and work with ICE. Will Richmond or Norfolk or Charlottesville be the next cities to erupt in violence? I pray not, but under this evil Democrat administration I fear the worst. I will be praying for Spanberger by name every day during her tenure. May God convert her from the White Witch and Lady Macbeth to the model of holy motherhood, the blessed Mother. Our Lady of Victory, Queen of Heaven and Earth, intercede for the conversion of Abigail Spanberger and all those women who champion the murder of babies in the womb.

Thought for the Day: How Do I Choose to Behave? How Do I Use my Free Will?

I've been re-reading People of the Lie by Scott Peck. I don't agree with everything he writes, but as I neared the end of the book in the last chapter but one, I came across this absolutely true statement about free will:

Each of us is ultimately free to choose how we are going to behave. We are even free to reject what we have been taught and what is normal for our society.We may even reject the few instincts we have, as do those who rationally choose celibacy or submit themselves to death by martyrdom. Free will is the ultimate human reality.