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June 2011

June 09, 2011

Diaster Management: A Growth Industry

I'm not sure whether Fordham University is the first Catholic college to develop a program...

June 09, 2011

Are Hairy Chests Due a Comeback?

I make Robin Williams look like a reptile. If you don't believe me, check out...

June 09, 2011

Wanted: Tales from “Blah” Marriages

The Pew Research Center reports that millennials -- adults aged 18 to 29 -- think...

June 08, 2011

Sex Tweets First Step to Tyranny?

According to the Times, "a small group of determined, self-described conservatives" must have thought so....

June 08, 2011

Happy Birthday, Deacon Greg

Today, we celebrate the birth of pundit, deacon and Gemini, Greg Kandra. Greg's one of...

June 08, 2011

Girlgeek’s Kids Avenge Mom’s Honor

Change your maps: Connecticut is the Khyber Pass; America's suburbs are Pakistan's tribal areas. The...

June 07, 2011

Man Declines to Serve as Deacon Under Finn

How to remonstrate with a bishop? The Church is not a democracy, nor even a...

June 07, 2011

Weeping (A Little) for Weiner

I weep for Anthony Weiner -- not a big, blubbering flood of tears, mind you,...

June 07, 2011

Jud Süss, the Myth and the Man

A few days ago, in attacking the apparently hateful caricatures of Jews in Foreskin Man,...

June 06, 2011

Eek! A YA Novel!

Change your maps: the YA section is the new Gommorah, at least according to Meghan...

June 06, 2011

Dear Editor: I Hate You

Note to publishers: Be nice to Michael Kinsley. That's gospel, Jack. You can tug on...

June 06, 2011

No End in Sight for Endogamy

In the Tmes' "Modern Love" series, Diane Farr relates how her relationship with a Korean-American...

June 05, 2011

Hooked on Natural Death

On its website, Zoe Carter Fitzgerald's memoir, Imperfect Endings, is billed as "the uplifting story...

June 05, 2011

Despite Government’s Best Efforts, Unemployment Stinks

According to the New York Times, the federal government's programs to save unemployed homeowners from...

June 05, 2011

A Bad Catholic Defends Pie

I, of all people, have no right to make this kind of assumption, but I'm...

June 04, 2011

The Sign of Peace for Needy Misanthropes

In National Catholic Register, self-professed introvert Jennifer Fulwiler advises other people-shy Catholics on how to...

June 04, 2011

Foreskin Man: Peeling Back the Mystery

A vigilant reader has informed me that I was entirely wrong in supposing that Foreskin...

June 04, 2011

The Mystery of Foreskin Man

Tatler of Pajamas Media claims to have found proof that behind San Francisco's proposed circumcision...

June 04, 2011

Sarah at Tilbury

For the past three years, ever since Sarah Palin introduced her winsome self to our...

June 03, 2011

Overweight Girls Are Underachievers, Study Says

Unchivalrously boiled down, this is the conclusion of a study by Christy N. Glass and...

June 03, 2011

Funeral-Schmuneral, As Long As You Were Loved

Today in National Catholic Reporter, Michael Sean Winters writes that the Church is at her...

June 03, 2011

Our Stinking Economy: A View from the Bottom

It's pretty much unanimous: the economy will continue sucking for the foreseeable future. In Slate,...

June 02, 2011

Is 80 the new 15?

According to the New York Times, the ascendance of mean girls in assisted living suggests...

June 02, 2011

Why No McMaciel’s?

For a solid 1,900 years --from Acts of the Apostles days until the mid-19th century,...

June 02, 2011

Martin on Merton

In this video, Fr. Jim Martin sketches the life, and explains the appeal, of Trappist...

June 02, 2011

The Sorriest Word in the Language

My friend Rick is like an ancient manuscript in an obscure and long-dead language. His...

June 01, 2011

Staff Sergeant Petry Wins Medal of Honor

A Medal of Honor is the closest thing to beatification the government can bestow. It...

June 01, 2011

Marian Devotion for Uptight Anglos

A friend of mine, a woman from the deep South who belongs to something called...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

Here I Blog; I Can Do No Other

You won't know about me without you have visited the blog of Ms. Elizabeth Scalia...

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