Oswald Sobrino has it right. Jesus was not one to wisper sweet nothings in people's ears. Check out "Catholic AnalysisCatholic Analysis: Jesus the Radical" for a pretty good summary of Jesus' real teachings.

If you sleep with a gorilla, you have to put up with the imposition... "NPR : High Court to Weigh Military Recruitment at Universities."

Rich Leonardi has his finger on an example of pagan philosophy "product placement" in the new Disney version of C.S. Lewis' classic tale. Check out "Ten Reasons: Say it ain't so."

Amy Welborn, at "Forget the ashes on the football field." pointed this one out. It's "priceless!" "What is a LifeGem?" Talk about not being able to let go!

I've noticed a glitch in service from Blogger sites. Either their servers are undergoing maintenance that requires the system to be down for a while, or they are under what hackers and computer security people call a denial of service attack. If you find you are unable to get access to these blogs, you might just want to wait until tomorrow.