Non Compos Mentis

“The Bible doesn’t say Jesus was nailed to a cross.” —Christianity Today

Observations

“Among the chief lessons of Pope Francis’s pontificate is that the modern left-right political paradigm does not map neatly onto pre-modern institutions, including and especially our civilization’s most ancient (and paradoxically ‘ever new’) institution, the Bride of Christ. RIP.” —Michael Knowles

“I just learned of the passing of Pope Francis. My heart goes out to the millions of Christians all over the world who loved him. I was happy to see him [Sunday], though he was obviously very ill. But I’ll always remember him for the … homily he gave in the very early days of COVID. It was really quite beautiful. May God rest his soul.” —JD Vance

“President Trump has all the leverage in the fight with the Ivy League. The universities built their business model on federal funding and foreign student tuition, both of which are contingent on adhering to civil rights law. Trump should push hard — take it to the brink.” —Christopher Rufo

“This is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. Not going to work with me.” —Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

“Trump and his people were portrayed, as usual, and without historical context, to be uniquely cruel for the cold and unconstitutional way they treated [Kilmar Abrego] Garcia. Yet presidents Clinton, Obama, Trump and Biden each deported illegal immigrants during their reigns — by the millions.” —Michael Reagan

“What’s crazy is we all know Democrats would 100% elect that MS-13 illegal to Congress if they were able to get away with it. Total lunatics.” —Robby Starbuck

“A nation in which one administration can allow millions of unvetted illegal migrants into the country, but requires that a court vet each deportation decision in an individually adjudicated case will soon lose the values our democratic system was intended to preserve.” —Bill Ackman