You're Not Above the Law, Don Lemon! Read the Indictment against the Church Invaders

The Left's invasion at Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday, January 18th was an act of terrorism. There have been numerous murderous church attacks in the past two years. In 2024 there were over 400 attacks, some resulting in physical death and injury. In 2025 there were nine, one foiled by church security. 

"The Heresy of Modernism Turns Minds into Oatmeal." Padre Peregrino Explains it all for You.

It's a sad reality today that many in both secular and religious society are "weaponizing language." We see it in the Democrats who call anyone supporting particular policies of Donald Trump Nazis, homophobes, misogynists, gestapo, etc., etc. But in the Church this weaponized language is used primarily against only one group -- those who support Sacred Tradition and embrace the Traditional Latin Mass and the traditional sacraments and rites of Holy Mother Church. We are rigid, schismatic, insane, trapped in the past, etc. You know the drill. And while the pope will meet with material heretics, pagans, pro-aborts, clowns, etc., those who defend Sacred Tradition are treated like lepers. Give us bells to ring to warn all the contracepting, aborting Catholics they need to run for the hills to prevent contamination.

But here's the secret. All these charges are bogus.

Be Careful Who You Trust! Not Everyone in a Roman Collar Is Reliable!

I recently read several articles on substack defending the Novus Ordo by Msgr. Arthur Holquin, a retired priest of the Diocese of Orange in California. I don't subscribe to his account and won't. Once I realize someone isn't trustworthy, I shake the dust off my feet and move on. I left one comment and that's it. Someone else can argue with him. He writes a dissertation responding to anyone who disagrees with him and mentions over and over how educated he is. 

For Shame, for Shame, Notre Dame

And double shame for the bishops who met in Baltimore this week. When will you free us from the scourge of bad university presidents and wolfish bishops, Lord?

First Notre Dame

Is there anything shameful the administration at Notre Dame won't do? They gave Barack Obama, the most pro-abortion, divisive, bigoted president in history (Am I exaggerating?) an honorary law degree and the privilege of being their 2009 commencement speaker. Obama's entourage met a crowd of protesters including a friend of mine who was arrested and had to spend the next year traveling back and forth from Texas to deal with the draconian tactics used against those arrested some of whom weren't even on campus. President John Jenkins, the baby-faced villain of that debacle is gone, but Notre Dame continues on its pathetic and anti-Catholic trajectory.

From the Twilight Zone: Many Democrats Call it Home!

Would any normal person do what's described in the article below? Are Democrats aliens in disguise trying to destroy our children?

Wisconsin mom 'seething' after Democrats give her 8-year-old son a chilling bracelet calling for Trump's death.

Aging Hippies Who Love Liberal Kings Hold Rallies!

Do liberal hippies ever grow up?

Liberals have always loved their kings (and messiahs). They actually mourn when their kings are defeated in political battle. I remember my liberal, pro-choice aunt crying when George W. Bush was elected. I voted for him, but was no big fan. He was never the brightest bulb in the presidential lightbulb box. When she told me how devastated she was, I shrugged, told her my candidates rarely won and I was never upset. Why not? Because I put my trust in the King of Kings not men. There are plenty of real things to mourn. Your candidate losing an election is not one of them.

Tim Kaine's Response Illustrates the Lies and Hypocrisy of Democrats

I recently wrote to Senator Tim Kaine urging him to stop holding the American people hostage and vote for the continuing resolution to end the government shutdown. I got the following letter in reply which is obviously a form letter so filled with lies and hypocristy I just shook my head as I read it. This letter is nothing but proof of the "performance politics" practiced by the Democrats. It deserves the hook! Lies and hypocrisy bubble out of the blather. See what you think. My comments in red.

Mrs. Mary Ann Ann Kreitzer
1216 Mill Rd
Woodstock, VA  22664-2322

Dear Mrs. Kreitzer:

Sometimes Ya Just Gotta Laugh. These "Sisters" are a JOKE!

The Sisters of Charity of New York recently came out with a statement criticizing Cardinal Dolan over his remarks about Charlie Kirk calling him a modern St. Paul. They went on to slander Charlie with statements about his racism, homophobia, etc. (Yawn.) Let's face it, they're angry because Charlie spoke the truth about sexual deviance, the disaster of our border invasion, etc. 

Some Demons Can Only Be Driven Out by Prayer and Fasting!

 

I hardly recognize the country I grew up in these days. In 1963 when JFK was shot I was a sophomore in high school. Everyone in the country, all the leaders in government, joined in mourning. Were there some conspirators crying crocodile tears? The more we learn, the more it seems likely, but no one publicly rejoiced or danced in the streets. Of course, social media was non-existent: no Tik Tok or Instagram or Facebook so we were spared the fulminations of lunatics. Did people rejoice over evil? If they did, it was private. I don't remember anyone saying, "He deserved it" about Kennedy or Martin Luther King or Robert Kennedy. The country pulled together in shock and grief.

Good and Evil Face Off in Woodstock

A small portion of the Patriots in Woodstock
rallying for Charlie Kirk.

Larry and I returned today from a two day stay in Staunton. It was not a planned vacation. We had tickets for a conference on regenerative farming being hosted by the Brownstone Institute. When they sent an email saying they had a long waiting list for the event, we decided younger folks would benefit more than we would. So we gave up our tickets. But I had booked a hotel reservation already paid for that couldn't be canceled. So instead of the conference we decided to take a mini vacation in Staunton. We planned a late lunch in Salem on Thursday with our five grandkids who attend Virginia Tech followed by two nights in Staunton doing a little exploring of the area. 

At the hotel, we watched a lot of the coverage on Charlie Kirk and marveled at the statement from his wife, Erika. What a testimony of faith and love! No hate, no unbridled anger, just determination to carry on Charlie's goal of "making heaven crowded."

Mass Shootings and Mental Illness; There's a Connection!

Another day, another mass shooting. God help us!

From 1440 Daily Digest

Minneapolis School Attack

Time to Impeach Some Judges!

Indira Talwani, Empress

I'm sick and tired of activist judges who legislate from the bench. Who do they think they are? And what gives them the right to overrule hundreds of ELECTED officials? Where is their constitutional authority to overrule Congress?

Federal Judge Blocks New Law Defunding Planned Parenthood

A federal judge on Monday extended a block on a provision in President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that aimed to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood. 

The ruling ensures continued taxpayer funding for the nation’s largest abortion company, prompting criticism from those who argue no public dollars should support organizations killing babies in abortions.

The Israel Wars: Of Cancelling, Banning, and Ending Friendships

NEWS ALERT: A few minutes after writing this column, I learned that John Henry Weston, co-founder of  LifeSite News and a courageous voice for truth, has been fired by the board in a narrow 5-4 vote. Why? Not for scandals, doctrinal error, or mismanagement, but because he criticized some of the actions of Pope Leo XIV, actions which are indeed problematic. One of LifeSite's reporters was also fired for the same reason. Read The Purge at LifeSite News. This is one more example of what Paul Gottfried describes in his article on Israel and it has broad implications for the future of those who defend orthodoxy even against high ecclesial authority. This is a developing story and I'll be writing further about it in the days ahead.

The Israel Wars

As I've said often in the past, I'm a big fan of Chronicles Magazine. Sometimes an article is spot on! Paul Gottfried pegged it in more ways than one in the article linked below. I agree with him 100%! But even if I didn't, I'd be happy to be friends and engage in spirited Socratic argument -- and do it with a smile.

Zionism Should Not Be a Conservative Sine Qua Non

Another Unconstitutional, Undeclared War by a President Who Promised Peace!

My friend Dexter Duggan who writes for The Wanderer has an excellent piece on his substack site relating to the attack on Iran.

Another Undeclared War Drops on Our Doorstep

Optical Illusions and Reality: In the Age of AI, What Can You Believe?

Sitting at my computer this morning I experienced an interesting optical illusion. Looking across the field through the "frame" of two tree trunks, I saw the head of a roman wearing a laurel wreath in profile. He looked very much like this:

As the wind blew his mouth opened and closed as if he were speaking. Of course, I knew it was just an illusion created by my brain, but it fascinated me and got me thinking about illusions and truth.

Evolution vs. Evocation by Fr. Tom Collins

This unpublished letter to the editor of the Richmond diocesan paper (See below.) set me thinking. Evolution has never made sense to me. Does it make any sense to you to believe that a personal God sends His Son to be born of a woman whose genealogy includes non-human ape-like creatures? Really? Does that make any sense? Jesus, the Son of God, Himself was born from a family tree that included animals who literally lived in the trees. 

Ridiculous! 

The theory of evolution makes perfect sense, however, when one considers its founder, an agnostic. If you don't believe in God, you'll fall for anything. I don't have time to go into it here, but Darwin was dishonest. Much of his hypothesis on natural selection was based on work by Patrick Matthews. (Source) He even plagiarized terms coined by Matthews. 

Pray for Trump's Conversion on IVF Atrocity!

Trump is wrong on IVF—support restorative fertility instead

by Bob Marshall

President Donald Trump’s In Vitro Executive Order (2/18/2025), directing the federal government to expand access to IVF conception techniques, is the policy that most conservatives voted for Donald Trump “in spite of” rather than “because of”. Yes, his IVF EO supports social conservative goals, affirming “the importance of family formation and that our Nation’s public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children.” And he also states, “As many as one in seven couples trying to have a baby are unable to conceive.”

But then President Trump wants an alliance between social conservative values and greater public access to current IVF practices which, in part, end up by consigning the “surplus population” of redundant IVF derived embryonic human beings to be used for human experimentation, frozen for possible future “implantation,” or unceremoniously discarded. [Read full article here...]

The mainstream media is having their usual hissy-fit over the firing of Vice Admiral Shoshana  Chatfield a few days ago. Most of the articles by the drive-bys don't discuss the reason. It took the alternative media to display the situation. This from [Your]News:

Shining the Spotlight on the Media Where Liars Thrive and the Truth Suffers!

The mainstream drive-by media is, for the most part comatose and dying. The Pulitzer committee helped deliver assisted euthanasia in 2018 with its shared award to the Washington Post and New York Times for the 20-article scam-fantasy about Russiagate. Mostly based on anonymous sources, rumors, and innuendo from Trump-hating liberals, the articles lied and lied and lied again leaving wounded truth tellers in their wake like Michael Flynn. A 2022 article in the New York Post summarized the damage caused by the series:

Bob Marshall outlines another of Trump's Great Executive Orders Protecting Children!

Chicken Thieves, the Constitution, and Trump’s Gender Transition Ban for Minors: