Joseph Bottum

So, she said, I went to all the trouble to join the Knights of Malta, and all I got were these lousy earrings:Actually, they’re kind of likable.[Rating: 65 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

First Things has moved—to new offices, just around the corner: First Things 35 East 21st Street Sixth Floor New York, New York 10010-6261 All our phone lines and email addresses will remain the same, but be sure to direct all your paper correspondence to the new address. . . . . Continue Reading »

My friend John Podhoretz wrote to point out that, in posting on the Moose Menorah, I’d forgotten a key moment in the history of Jews and Moose—Woody Allen on the how the Moose went to a party and . . . . Continue Reading »

Speaking of posters, here’s a little Christmas gift:Because none of us has enough illegible calligraphy in our lives.[Rating: 12 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

Hmmm. A poster for anyone we know?The devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short . . . . Continue Reading »

Jesus and Mary key covers:I was going to say: Because Christians have keys, too. But, Sally, these are from Urban Outfitters, which suggests something—though I’m not quite sure what.Urban Outfitters is sort of Yuppie Hipsterdom, right? Like Pottery Barn: a chain store of hip stuff for the . . . . Continue Reading »

Over in Slate , Jacob Weisberg writes a piece about how Obama’s insanities in foreign policy derive from his sane desire to be the anti-Bush. Bush, you see, was so bad that he’s still making Obama make mistakes. The evil of Bush was so evil that, in recoiling from it, the righteous . . . . Continue Reading »

A shower curtain for the faithful:and another, more crusadery:For I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.And Christians need shower curtains, too.[Rating: 15 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

An Arabic-script vase:Because Muslims need somewhere to put their flowers, too.[Rating: 20 out of . . . . Continue Reading »

A Moose Menorah:20 percent off today, because Jews need tacky stuff, too.[Rating: 9 out of . . . . Continue Reading »