New Google Toolbar Blocks Popups I’ve long been a fan of the Google toolbar for Internet Explorer. Now Google has an updated version that allows you to blog right from the toolbar, as well as block pop-up ads! (Google bought Blogger.com a little while back.) This is one heck of a useful tool and well […]

Don’t Need to Believe in God to be a Vicar in Denmark? A Danish priest who made a public statement to the effect that he didn’t believe in God, the resurrection or eternal life is still in the pulpit after his bishop annulled his suspension. This seems odd at first blush, but more thought leads […]

150,000 trout die at hatchery Say it isn’t so! The horror … the horror…

Meat, the Humane Alternative? S.L. Davis, Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, points out that according to the least harm principle, the numbers of animals killed is higher in a heavy ag production of soy beans and wheat for a vegan diet than in ruminant-based ag for meat eaters. His basic argument is that […]

Is Religion at the Root of Politcal Differences Between U.S. and Europe? This article from townhall.com in Washington, D.C., claims that Europe is essentially a post-Christian culture, and that its negative attitudes toward religion and public expression of religion are greatly at odds with American culture, in which religious expression is Constitutionally protected. Is this […]

One of the ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Greats, Compay Segundo, Is Dead All I can say is that I feel very thankful to Ry Cooder. If not for him and his Buena Vista project, I never would have heard of Compay. He was an amazingly evocative singer; made you feel Cuba in your guts, a […]

Makes Me Wonder Why We Can’t Get a Coffee Maker to Last More Than A Year The Concord Monitor reports today that rubber duckies flung from a container ship 11 years ago en route from China to Seattle are now washing up on New England shores … bleached white but still buoyant.

Gun-toting Freaks on Four-Wheelers Terrorizing Clough State Park After Midnight? The idea that there is some sort of clandestine rally of ATV-riding guys in camo with various weapons gathering at 2 in the morning to level guns at people who come by, in the state park where we bring the babies, is somewhat disturbing. Is […]

Back in the ’50s, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen pointed out: “There are two ways to get up in the morning. You can rise and say, ‘Good morning, God,’ or you can rise and say, ‘Good God, morning!”