So claims one USA Today reporter: Modesty in young women's clothing is getting a boost from the dismal economy. When consumer spending was in overdrive, retailers could sell to the masses and ignore the more muted voices asking for, say, a decent supply of sleeved shirts or prom dresses that show mo...

This story broke yesterday, and it was not a terrible surprise (even as it is a terrible reality): A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined...

I’m no real estate expert and I’m no financial expert. We keep hearing that if a foreclosure happens next door to a house where its owners have been “playing by the rules� and paying their bills, that it affects the value of all those homes in the neighborhood, whether they are doing the rig...

    "...You are living under an urgent request made by your heavenly Mother who is inviting you to walk along the road of conversion and of return to God.  Beloved children, share in my anxious motherly concern as I see that this call of mine is neither welcomed nor followed.  And yet I see tha...

I was stunned at this story.  It's hard to fathom such depravity 'Mum' had 80 women raped for suicide missions A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she......

I'm seriously bummed. My typical Sunday morning starts with a walk with the dog to get the Sunday NY Post and a cup of Dunkin Donuts decaf lite latte. Then I come home and curl up on the couch and......

"Pope welcomes Facebook, but cautions" (San Francisco Chronicle, January 23, 2009: Yeah, the technology is snazzy, but obsessive virtual socializing in that nether pit of hell can turn people into 1misanthropic zombies. Hear-hear. [Hat tip to E.F.]...

    "....How terrible!  How awful for the great city!  She used to dress herself in linen, purple and scarlet, and cover herself with gold ornaments, precious stones and pearls!  And in one hour she has lost all this wealth!    All the ship's captains and passengers, the sailors and others ...

What'll I do When you are far away And I am blue What'll I do? - Irving Berlin I know this is far from an original thought, but as I watched the crowds in DC yesterday, some still overwhelmed with Bush Derangement Syndrome, others perhaps simply overanxious for the white dove to descend from the hea...

A reader sent me the link to the following two articles (the one in this post, and the one in the post immediately following) along with the comment: If the Church is indeed protected by divine oversight, it will take just that to withstand the coming gales portended by these items. From Mohler's bl...