Read This, I Pray Thee: And He Saith, I Cannot

by Joseph Bottum

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 »

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The Devils Also Believe, and Tremble

by Joseph Bottum

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 »

3 Aug 2009 0

And Now

by Sally Thomas

Go cast your vote in The Crescat’s Visually-Appalling Church Art contest.Then take the I&C Church . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2009 0

And She Was Like, “Don’t You Walk Away While I’m Talking to You,” and He Was Like, “Whatever, I’m Outta Here,” and the Other Guy Was Like, “Hey, Y’all, Watch This!”

by Sally Thomas

Another fresco from The Church of the Frescoes. “Moses Coming Down From the Mountain?”Can’t remember, can’t totally tell. [Rating: -19 out of 100] . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2009 0

Madrassification of Turkey

by David P. Goldman

A friend in Turkey calls my attention to a dramatic reform of the Turkish education system favoring graduates of Islamic religious high schools, calling it the most important developing in the country since 1923:ANKARA, July 22 (AFP)—Turkey’s Islamist-rooted government Wednesday . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2009 0

You Say Tomato

by Sally Thomas

Here’s an interesting sculptural specimen I ran across in the crypt at the Episcopal Church of the Frescoes in Glendale Springs, North Carolina, back in June. It is, as you can see, a representation of Our Lord wearing what looks like a pashmina, or maybe a camel’s-hair hand-me-down from . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2009 0

Pain et Cirques

by Joe Carter

Overheard at Marginal Revolution : . . . Uncle Sam is on the verge of paying the City of Los Angeles $30 million to subsidize a ten-year run of Cirque du Soleil. So it’s finally come to pass—America has embarked on the same road down which ancient Rome marched to its ruin: Uncle Sam not . . . . Continue Reading »

3 Aug 2009 0

Therefore They Took a Key and Opened Them

by Joseph Bottum

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 »

3 Aug 2009 0

Blaming Bush for Making Us Blame Bush

by Joseph Bottum

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 »

3 Aug 2009 0

Is Hurt Mail the New Hate Mail?

by Joe Carter

Theologian Carl Trueman proposes Trueman’s Second Law : In any exchange of views, sooner or later one or more of the participants will describe themselves as hurt or in pain as a result of somebody else’s comment; and at that point it is clear that they have lost the real debate. I . . . . Continue Reading »

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