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August 2011

August 15, 2011

Who Wouldn’t Want a Hapsburg?

Ib First Things, George Weigel calls Otto von Hapsburg, son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor, who...

August 13, 2011

The Importance of Being Snooki

"A comedy of bad manners" -- that's how the Roundabout Theater Company describes this mashup...

August 12, 2011

For the Love of Bad Music

Jani Lane, former lead singer of Warrant, who died yesterday at age 47 of unknown...

August 10, 2011

News Flash: Catholics and Jews Still Largely Cool

In one of the Simpsons' earlier seasons, Marge writes to the producers of Itchy and...

August 10, 2011

Water and Gin: A Selective History of London Riots

You know you're in a country with a solid civil-rights tradition when, four days into...

August 09, 2011

Newsweek’s Cover: Not Sexist, Just a Slap

The cover of this week's Newsweek features Michele Bachmann. As many observers noted, it is...

August 09, 2011

The Loopy Fun of Popular Piety

In today's Patheos column, I write about popular piety, how the forms of devotion that...

August 09, 2011

Riots and the Antisocial Media

Whether reacting to the welfare cuts in Prime Minister David Cameron's new austerity budget or...

August 08, 2011

America’s Financial Future: A Dirt Sandwich?

Today in Slate, William Saletan that our country's left-right ideological divode will soon be rendered...

August 05, 2011

Clerical Narcissism: Myth or Mess?

"Narcissist" is the new n-word. Unmatched for versatility, it can mean everything from "won't text...

August 03, 2011

How to Have a Good Spiritual Childhood

My RCIA class held the three-hour retreat that preceded Easter Vigil, and our admission to...

August 02, 2011

Big Revolutionaries Don’t Cry

Of all the responses to Joe Biden's alleged comparison of Tea Party Republicans to terrorists,...

August 01, 2011

Obama’s Base Boos

Ross Douthat is a good sport. In today's column, he dissects President Obama's mistakes with...

July 2011

July 31, 2011

Buddhists Need Own Dallas Charter

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Buddhist monks are facing allegations of sex abuse; that...

July 23, 2011

St. Anthony and the Contact Lenses

Readers have noted, with varying amounts of good and ill-will, that some of my blog...

July 21, 2011

How to be a Non-Communing Catholic

A certain daydream comes upon me whenever some ranking churchman makes a sally in the...

July 20, 2011

A Long Chat with Archbishop Chaput

Did you hear about the bishop who was so conservative that he wanted Congress to...

July 18, 2011

A Second Chance for PTSD Patients

It’s rare that any institution shows signs of having a heart. Across America, certain jurisdictions...

July 18, 2011

In Support of Deacon Greg

This past week, Deacon Greg Kandra announced that he's closing down comments on his site...

July 17, 2011

The Magic of Family Entertainment

One Friday evening when I was about eight, my mother came home and announced that...

July 16, 2011

Why Michelle Bachmann is No Fun to Pick On

Sarah Palin spoiled the media. Or maybe it's more accurate to say she spoiled the...

July 14, 2011

Evangelical Lutherans: Pope is Antichrist, Okay Guy

In yesterday's Atlantic, Joshua Green reports that the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, which Michelle Bachmann...

July 12, 2011

No Homophobia? Okay. No Communism, Either

What do you do when both sides are tossing rhetorical bombs? Aside from ducking, the...

July 12, 2011

Malta: Nantucket with Flying Skulls

"If you've spent any time thinking about a chivalric order lately..." With these words do...

July 10, 2011

Bring on the Dirt!

What a prince Bill Keller is. In reviewing John Julius Norwich's Absolute Monarchs, he warns...

July 08, 2011

The Dover Boys: Mindless Filler ‘Cause I’m Tired

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I wrote a crapload today. If I found the English language in a dark...

July 08, 2011

Scolding the Scolds, Cuddling the Curmudgeons

Yesterday, a friend and I were talking about a columnist whose work she esteems to...

July 08, 2011

Who Is John Galt? John Corapi, Of Course!

Yesterday, I noted approvingly that Fr. Gerard Sheehan, Fr. John Corapi's SOLT superior, condemned Corapi...

July 07, 2011

The Patron Saint of Celebrity Crime Casualties

A word to the wise: don't ask NCR's Michael Sean Winters if he's been keeping...

July 06, 2011

Corapi and Fightin’ Words

"It's not a fight, honey. It's a disagreement." Have you ever spoken thus to your...

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