German Joseph Ratzinger has been named the new Pope, and will take the name Benedict XVI. Ratzinger, 78, is a hard-throwing right-hander, who should fit in nicely at the top of the Church’s re-built starting rotation. His slider can devestating, especially for sodomites and in recent years Ratzinger has worked hard to develop a […]

As he lay weak and dying, Pope John Paul II wrote copioulsy, clarifying many of his long-held beliefs on a variety of topics such as abortion and contraception and expounding on several issues currently facing the Catholic community, such as the Red Sox chances of repeating in 2005, the global AIDS crisis, New York pizza […]

Still snowing

These horses, it seems, have found stillness
standing stoically, two in a row in this field
removed by only a few yards from the road.

But maybe it is all they expect.

Not the hard patter of rain on a tin roof
or warm breeze and shades of orange
in summer, to make one contemplate
what I am running to […]

Exit poll
The day after the election I visited a local sporting goods shop and bought a pair of 15-pound barbells. My arm muscles had atrophied. I started thinking about the next four years. I scribbled a few quick calculations on a cocktail napkin. It was true. When George W. Bush was finished being president […]