Children Getting Respiratory Illnesses in the News

China recently reported a spike in respiratory illnesses in children.  It’s called mycoplasma pneumonia, or “white lung disease.” Parents are naturally concerned.  If it happened before COVID, it would probably be a “nothing burger,” but now we worry about these things, especially if it affects our little ones.  Misinformation is being circulated.  Yet states like […]

“I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”

America’s National Christmas Tree is no more.  A gust of wind brought it to the ground.  This was the second tree this year.  The first developed a fungus. “The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall? The Once-ler: Uh, down? The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.” […]

Criminalizing Abortion: Russian Federation Council Proposes Criminal Charges for Inciting a Woman to Abort a Child

Father Joseph Gleason from Russia sent us this post. *** Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Tikhon proposed a federal law that prohibits inciting women to have an abortion. Senator Kovitidi supports the initiative and proposes introducing criminal measures.Photo: Hannes P Albert / Dpa / Global Look Press The Criminal Code must establish liability for inciting a […]

Enough is Enough

We received the attached letter from one of our readers. *** Enough is Enough Greetings in Christ, Your Eminences, I am writing to you as a concerned lay person of the Orthodox Church in the United States. There is a disturbing trend in American Orthodoxy that is being pushed by a small, yet vocal, minority […]

Setting Expectations

I don’t know who this guy is.  He pops up with these short videos and in the past he has “called it” 100% of the time.  He looks like someone’s kid (everyone looks like a kid to me).  He’s probably late 20s/early thirties.  Don’t know his name.  His initials are DW.  He’s smart, but when […]

A Place at the Table

People are saying Iran is behind this war between Hamas and Israel. But my question is why. Why would Iran do something like this at this particular juncture when they have everything to lose? The last thing they’d want to be credited with is whipping the Middle East up into a frenzy and starting WWIII.   […]

The Shell Game: Giddy-Up and Go

So, we’re all abuzz over Iran.  Shazam! as Gomer used to say.  This is like a shell game. Hamas started it… no, it’s was the Palestinians… maybe, it was Israel… no, Hezbollah… or maybe Lebanon… but it could be Iran.  Slogans keep changing on the flags popping up everywhere.  “You have our total support, Israel!”  […]

Weather Attack in Acapulco?

I didn’t hear about this, did you?  Tripped onto this story looking for something else.  So now, is this sort of story going unnoticed? **** BREAKING! FULL MEDIA BLACKOUT! “ACAPULCO Has Been DESTROYED By Another DEW Attack Just Like Maui!” It looks like there was another Maui attack, this time in Acapulco, Mexico. Jeff Berwick […]