Archive for August, 2023
“The authors have definitely found something new. This is a really weird, stupendously large, early whale.” — paleobiologist Nicholas Pyenson, curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Thirteen years after paleontologist Mario Urbina discovered some really big fossils in the coastal desert of Peru, he and his team were […]
“The Church of Diversity waxes strong. All must be cleansed; all must be saved.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc. As I have said before, Vivek Ramaswamy is not my first (or second, or third) choice among the GOP’s current presidential candidates. But, he is anti-woke, and I think he has some good ideas. So, I […]
Jesuit priest/journalist Thomas Reese recently wrote a piece for “Religion News Service”, in which he discusses Pope Francis and some of his critics (within Catholicism) on the topic of God’s mercy vs. justice. “Deep in our hearts, we want Batman for God, someone who will beat up our enemies and punish evildoers. We really don’t […]
“[Joe Biden] was aware of Hunter’s business. He met with Hunter’s business partners.” — Devon Archer, being interviewed by Tucker Carlson I originally had something different in mind for this week. But, then this came up and, since it makes for a great sequel to last week’s post, I wanted to provide my own summary […]