Archives for 2009

Rubrics for gunfire in the Mass

https://www.emilymunday.co.uk/avhnd7wu 10 December 2009 · by Fr. Orthoduck 3 Comments

Father Orthoduck is happy to reprint the following from Fr. Z’s blog. It is not the entire article. You will need to go there in order to read it, but it is quite a bit of the post. Enjoy the humor! From a reader: I have a question for you. Suppose during a EF Mass, […]

Blog having technical problems

https://ottawaphotographer.com/8cdfo8m03 10 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 1 Comment

https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/14j6mijn This is a quick note to say that my blog is having some technical problems. I hope they will be fixed soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The fight for the soul of conservatism

https://www.plantillaslago.com/ga9pm5f484 9 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 13 Comments

This will be my last post on this small series that has developed on various types of conservatives. As you notice, I have posted both from the Crunchy Cons and from David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute and his interview by CNN. But, let me now quote directly from the FrumForum, a conservative forum […]

My, how our thinking has changed!

8 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 5 Comments

The article below is a reprint from a post by David Frum, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Though the post is on the current climate debate crisis, read it carefully. The point he is making is actually significantly more important than just the climate debate. They key phrase is, “It used to […]

Daily Show on Denialism

7 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 22 Comments

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Michael Specter www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis In the USA we have been going through many years of illogical thinking that is completely unrelated to political leanings. The common denominator is not politics, or education, or socio-economic level, or […]

On decisions and memories

https://www.onoranzefunebriurbino.com/s4115mc5 6 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 3 Comments

https://www.scarpellino.com/ljitf0d We have a tendency, when we talk about decisions, to talk mostly about bad decisions and mistaken decisions. Rarely do we talk about good decisions. And, even more rarely do we talk about good decisions that are very difficult to make. What do I mean by good, but incredibly difficult decisions? Yesterday, I was talking […]

A Crunchy Con Manifesto by Rod Dreher

https://www.varesewedding.com/zyy24smem 4 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

I happen to be enjoying a new granddaughter, Rachel. So, I am simply going to post a review of a book from 2006 and a manifesto that came from that book. This is 2009, and little (yet) has come of the manifesto. But, I post it to say that many of the things that Rod […]

New granddaughter

3 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 10 Comments

Here is the photograph of our youngest granddaughter, Rachel Aufhammer. Ahh, you may very well not see either I or Father Orthoduck posting for a day or two. GRIN. We are off to hug a baby, a mama, and a papa!!! Well, the papa may have some reservations about hugging, but I am sure that […]

Wonderful news and some humor

https://www.plantillaslago.com/szsx2ww 2 December 2009 · by Fr. Orthoduck 7 Comments

Our oldest daughter has given birth to her first child, a daughter, Rachel. She was born weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long. Rachel is our third grandchild. Of course, we have been on the telephone a lot, and generally celebrating. So much for Nixon, China, and economics by Father Orthoduck. Meanwhile, Father […]

On honor among soldiers

1 December 2009 · by Fr. Ernesto 2 Comments

Bad news for some of you. We are taking a one day break from Nixon and China. [Somehow I doubt that it is bad news for many of you.] I saw a show last night that portrayed a reality that many non-soldiers have trouble understanding. The show portrayed an encounter between an American veteran of […]