Yes, I probably am.  The other day I was reading this complaint by Terry Teachout about the arts programming on PBS, and I have to agree with him that documentaries on Pearl Jam and Women Who Rock are really not what we need PBS for. (And Andrea Boccelli with Celine Dione?!?!)  But one thing in that list…

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Oh, darn.  But I figured it was too good to be true. Update: a better explanation, via Craig Burrell.

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Dumps universally derided "Qwikster" plan. Personally, I don't mind some not-too-excessive rate increase, if the selection remains as good as it is. I'm a little worried about that. There are a couple of movies that I thought were in my dvd queue, but are now in the "saved" list, meaning they're currently unavailable. I hope that…

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I'm completely disgusted by the difference between the way the Occupy Wall Street protests have been treated by the media and the way the Tea Party was and is treated. If the furrowed-brow worriers about the future of journalism want to know why Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, et.al. came into existence, they need look no…

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Presumably her heart's in the right place, and maybe she gets an A in holiness, but: "I'm thinking of how Jesus died on the cross and how he gave up all his sins for us." Probably she just mis-spoke, but it's funny.

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Field-goal kicker and…homecoming queen.

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There is a difficult situation going on in my family. Since this blog is open to the whole wide world, I won't be more specific. But I ask your prayers for a good resolution. Thank you. 

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In a letter to his cousin Louis Kergorlay dated June 29, 1831, Tocqueville goes so far as to say that there are no real "beliefs"–ancient mores, settled traditions, deep-rooted memories–in America, except for the belief in the self-evident rightness of republican government and the truth of human perfectibility. –from a review of a collection of Tocqueville's…

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A beautiful gallery of photographs for this week's Hearts of Space program.

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Where God is, there is a future. Indeed, when we allow God's love to influence the whole of our lives, then heaven stands open. … Then the little things of everyday life acquire meaning, and great problems find solutions. –Benedict XVI, speaking in Germany yesterday

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