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July 2011

July 05, 2011

Editors Are People, Too

Back when people actually had valets, it was a truism that nobody could be a...

July 05, 2011

With New Fertility Techniques, Middle Class Becomes its Own Grandpa

Today's New York Times reports that families who obtain children through new and unconventional means...

July 02, 2011

Four Cool Things About Cardinal Scola

An old Catholic axiom holds that whoever enters the conclave a papabile, leaves a cardinal....

July 01, 2011

Pyx in the (Former) Sticks

Probably, this will fail to shock most of my readers, but....Christopher Hitchens doesn't seem to...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Halperin Calls Prez You-Know-What

MSNBC's Mark Halperin drew an indefinite suspension for calling President Obama...well, something he hadn't oughta...

June 29, 2011

The Joys of Banning

Yesterday was a milestone in my blogging career: for the first time, I banned someone...

June 27, 2011

The New Orthodoxy: Gays Good, Abortion Bad

According to a smarmy truism, you can make God laugh by telling Him your plans....

June 26, 2011

Swansong for St. Martin of Tours, the Bronx

On Friday, the New York Times ran a feature article on St. Martin of Tours,...

June 23, 2011

Belfast: Troublesome Once More

Yahoo! News reports: Dublin, Ireland – Rioting engulfed the Short Strand district of Belfast, Northern...

June 22, 2011

Corapi Resigns Alaska Governorship

"I'm not a quitter," insisted the bearded priest-turned talk-radio host in his famous stentorian basso....

June 22, 2011

Wimbeldon Head: No Grunting, Please. We’re British

The chief executive of the All England Lawn and Tennis Club wants Wimbeldon competitors to...

June 22, 2011

Deacon Checks Corapi’s Math

Deacon Greg Kandra does a splendid of of explaining why John Corapi's attitude toward the...

June 21, 2011

Portrait of a Possible Pedophile

I hesitate to post more news about priests who, depending on the reader's point of...

June 19, 2011

Charity, Corapi and the Rule of Two Negroes

In my teens, I was an obsessive reader of Bill James' Basebal Abstract. Anyone who's...

June 18, 2011

Cinema’s Worst Father Figure: Fact and Fiction

I'm taking it for granted that most people here had perfect parents. Well, today in...

June 18, 2011

To Fr. Corapi: Bupkes; To John Corapi: Concern and Sympathy.

I've got to hand it to John Anthony Corapi -- once called ''Father," now, as...

June 17, 2011

Sotomayor: Think Like Kids, Coppers

Today in Slate -- which, as Elizabeth observed, must owe me money for all the...

June 17, 2011

Adoration Angst: Christ Before My Eyes, Fr. McBrien in My Head

Once, when I was a teenager (right after the Visigoths swept through Rome on spring...

June 16, 2011

American Women Religious: Off the Barricades, Into the Boardroom?

A good part of the media played up the Vatican's recent Apostolic Visitation of American...

June 16, 2011

Fr. Corapi Announces Announcement

Yesterday evening, on the Deacon's Bench, the lovely and talented Deacon Greg Kandra announced that...

June 16, 2011

Barack Obama: Bully and Cad?

Remember back when right-wing bloggers were terrifying each other, predicting that President Obama would build...

June 15, 2011

How to REALLY Write for First Things

For the past two years, I’ve had a passionate love-hate relationship with First Things. When...

June 14, 2011

…Then Someone’s Not Being: A Reply to Elizabeth

Today, in First Things, my mentor, gaffer and friend Elizabeth Scalia does a very gutsy...

June 13, 2011

Is Sexual Addiction A Feminist Victory?

Hanna Rosin, writing for Slate, thinks it might be, but allows she's betting against the...

June 13, 2011

St. Francis, My Father, and Me

I don't normally write anything heart-warming, but last Thursday, the day my weekly Patheos column...

June 13, 2011

Why I Think Mormons Are Swell Eggs

Newsweek reports that America is “having a Mormon moment." Followers of the Church of Jesus...

June 12, 2011

What do Phil Spector and Sarah Palin Have in Common?

They're both gun lovers who look good in heels? Well, yes, but less obviously, they've...

June 11, 2011

Gepetto: Helicopter Parent

Slow news day -- or at any rate, slow brain day. This McSweeney's piece by...

June 10, 2011

The Politics of Penis Shots

So help me, this country needs more sex scandals. Every time a famous man does...

June 10, 2011

A Basset Is An Asset

If a hard-hitting pundit like Elizabeth can post cute pet videos for filler, then a...

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