August 15, 2026
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There goes the neighborhood!
I am a total sucker for a “dinosaurs loose in suburbia” flick. You say, “It sounds dumb”. My reply, “Your point?” You are talking to
August 14, 2026
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As If to Illustrate Yesterday’s Post…
Christopher Nolan again demonstrates the central thesis of historian (not actor) Tom Holland’s DOMINION: that Christianity is the most successful revolution in the history of
August 13, 2026
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Violent Predators Itching to Indulge Yourselves! ICE Wants YOU!
Here is a portrait of one of the violent psychopaths deliberately selected by ICE to go out and murder people for them: Ashley Brouillette had not
August 12, 2026
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Dive into the Sheavings
Dale Ahlquist Interviews Mark Shea for Gilbert Magazine
Dale Ahlquist Interviews Mark Shea for Gilbert Magazine GM: Mark, you have been described as “A hero of Blogdom” and “The closest thing we have to a modern Chesterton.” Why would anyone say such things? MS: Beats me. I guess it’s because I’m a big blogger. Or at least I
What NBC Did for Mammon
You gotta love the mainstream media. They re-define chutzpah. In an amazing triple play, the media have given us Nancy Grace, the Don Imus imbroglio, and now NBC’s “coverage” of the horror at Virginia Tech. Boy, is Edward R. Murrow dead. In her TV news persona, Grace plays a snarling
Church of Sinners
Rod Dreher has posted an account of his conversion from the Catholic Church to Orthodoxy that consists, sadly, of non-reasons for converting, non-reasons that are, I fear, simply setups for further heartache in the future, not to mention unpersuasive. For instance, I don’t believe that the personal charisma—or lack thereof–of a
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About Mark Shea
Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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