David Vitter, who has racked up nearly a billion frequent whore miles, is On The Defensive, as Democrats are criticizing him for his earlier botched attempt to smuggle a bomb in his sneaker on an airplane. [CNN Political Ticker] Despite rumors and, arguably, logic to the contrary, embattled RNC Chai...

Various requests or email conversations have popped up lately which prompt me to offer a variety of links to items of interest: Forgiveness The key quote from St. Augustine (my first saint friend) that made me look at forgiveness as something I could actually desire for someone I disliked. I can't e...

From my quote journal. Bad things happen to good people because, well, bad things happen to good people. the teachings of Christ do not guarantee a good life but a perfect eternity. These 70 or 70 years on Earth are merely time spent in the land of shadows and, anyway, human suffering is more an ind...

Mike Viola onstage in Denmark | Photo by Gitte Gammelgaard After a childhood in Boston and living most of his adult life in NY, Mike Viola has arrived...in LA. We met Mike at a screening of "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" and had the opportunity not only to watch the film but hear about how Mike an...

One of the many, many middle-aged couples who own socialist sex boutiques in LA—a demographic that’s actually the plurality of Andrew Sullivan’s readers—would like a business/pleasure bailout please. [Daily Dish] At this thing called a “Defending the American Dream Summit”...

Wow. Do. not. miss. this. story. Much thanks to Enbrethiliel for bringing it to my notice....

From my quote journal. It is easy to find truth; it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it. Fulton Sheen...

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,187,715069,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() (Update: Read this article about this story.)It’s always so hard to know the validity of gossip stories and whether or not to report them. This latest s...

Nearly everyone I talk to these days is on a budget. Often a strict, no extras-allowed budget. But what do you do to keep your house looking great or to fix the mistakes left by the previous owner? What you can't fix right away can be artfully decorated over. So if you can't get the floors d...

(Image Credit: Splashnews.com) On Saturday (March 7), Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson arrived at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino separately from each other. They were there to host a night at Passion Nightclub. The event was replacing the canceled Valentine’s Day one, which was resch...