An IT guy questions the veracity of the IRS lost e-mails
So for an organization like the IRS to claim that they cannot produce any
data centered around a given mailbox is – unless proven otherwise – very,
VERY unlikely. There would need to be long-term gross negligence and/or
purposeful data destruction at multiple levels of technology and management.
"The IRS scandal isn't Watergate …"
By Tom Quiner Daniel Henninger, who writes the “Wonderland” column for the Wall Street Journal, characterizes the IRS scandal this way: “The IRS tea-party audit story isn’t Watergate; it’s worse than Watergate. The Watergate break-in was the professionals of the party in power going after the party professionals of the party out of power. The…
Read MoreDavid Mamet's remarkable journey from liberalism to conservatism
A liberal, Jewish intellectual becomes a conservative. Doesn’t happen every day, does it? It happened to playwright and Hollywood director, David Mamet. Mr. Mamet lives in an elite New York neighborhood where everyone is a liberal…
Read MoreThe triumph of a 'charismatic demogogue'
By Tom Quiner Turn the clock back six years. I just finished reading an essay written by the always compelling Mark R. Levin which appeared in the National Review Online on October 25th, 2008. The title: “The Obama Temptation.” Mr. Levin described the then-upcoming first presidential election for Barack Obama like this: “but I sense…
Read MoreWelcome to 'The Obama Zone'
America needs a change in direction
The president has two serious problems…
Read MorePope Benedict XVI vindicates St. Thomas More
Do you remember a few years ago when Pope Benedict traveled to England?
Do you remember his speech in Westminster Hall?
Fr. Robert Barron discusses the rich irony of the speech in the context of St. Thomas More, whose feast day we celebrate today …
"A man for all seasons"
On this feast day for the great St. Thomas More, watch this excerpt from the Academy Award winning film, “A Man for All Seasons.” Paul Scofield won best actor for his portrayal of Thomas More, the man of great conscience …
Read MoreThe global warming theologians lose even more credibility
St. Thomas More argues with Martin Luther, PART III
Can God’s own word as set down by the Apostle leave Luther untouched, “I will put my laws in their hearts; I shall inscribe them on their minds”? [Heb 8:10, 10:16]
He makes no mention of stone or wood, for as the old law was stamped by Him upon external stone, so will the new be inscribed with His own finger in the book of the heart; that which existed so briefly upon the hardest material will be made to last forever on the softest.
So it has pleased God to show His power …