Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Huxley on atheism

"Atheism is, logically speaking, as absurd as polytheism": Thomas Huxley

Liberals

Definition of a liberal as "someone unable to take his own side in a fight".

Monday, October 6, 2008

Change

I must admit that I was certain we were on the right track of legitimate reform until the late summer of 1968, when a returning student asked me altogether too eagerly, 'Father, what are we going to change this year?"

The new liturgy

Someone once commented that it was a terrible thing to contemplate how few liturgists have been hanged.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Newspapers

Grade level: Biden, 7.8; Palin, 9.5 (Newspapers are typically written to a sixth-grade reading level.)