Anyone who wants to read something interesting about the addictive and multiplicative qualities of conspiracies should read (or re-read) “Foucault’s Pendulum”

Unbelievable. I thought it had to be a fluke when I read one article giving Kerry a strong hint what his next direction should be, but now there are numerous ones that echo it like this one by grating feminist idiot Susan Estrich. And their consensus? The Kerry campaign hasn’t been mean enough.
I’m not making […]

All right, is it just me or has the Laci Peterson murder trial been going on for 6 1/2 years??? I can’t believe this thing. They’ll be out with sequels to the movie of it before they even get to jurors’ instructions at this rate.
Sorry. That has nothing to do with Orthodoxy, but sometimes a […]

If anyone knows a good prayer for the Russian people and civil authorities, please send it my way. I’m floundering, caught up short by the horror of their loss at the school in Beslan, and uncertain of anything to say on their behalf other than “Lord, have mercy.” Maybe it’s enough.
Putin now says that Russia’s […]

What do years matter in God’s eyes? He sees what we can’t. Here were two girls who met Him, each in their own way, and left behind a story that makes each of us feel a little closer to meeting Him ourselves.