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September 2015

September 17, 2015

Pope Francis and the Barbarians

Eager to glimpse the big picture of Francis’ pontificate? Frustrated connecting the dots from soundbyte...

September 16, 2015

My Brain Bug Meets Dem Dry Bones

Hearing Ben Carson quote Proverbs on humility and fear of the Lord inspired me. There...

September 14, 2015

For Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish Earworm

Being Jewish isn’t always a picnic. I got my first inkling of this when I...

September 13, 2015

Blank Slate: Free Tattoo Removal Helps Strip off Badges of Sin

One evening in Moscow, I happened to glance at the hand of the man I...

September 11, 2015

9/11 and Conversion

I’ve tried to tell this story before but I’ve gotten it wrong. So I’ll try...

September 10, 2015

“I’m A Christian, but…but Nothing.”

Buzzfeed’s latest viral video, titled “I’m Christian, but I’m Not…,” features five spruce twentysomethings who...

September 08, 2015

Pope Francis, Refugees, and the Big Levitical Beach Party

What irks me most about the guy is his grin, which is roguish, the mark...

September 06, 2015

Merkel, Orban and Europe’s Christian Soul

My wish, farfetched though it may sound, is that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had invoked...

September 04, 2015

Kim Davis and the Wild Leap of Faith

To all appearances, when Kim Davis, claiming to act “Under God’s authority,” imposed a ban...

September 03, 2015

For the Syrians: At Last, A Poster Child

It's impossible to guess how many people have seen the photo of Aylan Kurdi, the...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

Amends: A Novel, Reviewed

Eve Tushnet’s debut novel, Amends, is a novel of ideas – the ideas she’s been...

August 21, 2015

“Jewish Schindler” Working to Liberate ISIS Sex Slaves

As of this writing, Montreal businessman Steve Maman has been instrumental in rescuing 128 women...

August 17, 2015

Wherein I Manslpain Virtue Like A Prissy Little White Knight

Long before Darren Aronofsky dreamed of casting Russell Crowe as Noah, I amused myself wondering...

August 15, 2015

St. Maximilian and the Two Crowns

A couple of my readers reminded me that yesterday was the feast day of St....

August 14, 2015

The Feast of the Assumption for the Downwardly Mobile

I almost always manage to skip Mass on the Feast of the Assumption. Although I...

August 11, 2015

When the Customer Was Wrong

Like most of the stylists on the floor, she was young – probably about 22....

August 10, 2015

The Old Church in Tempe, AZ Needs You

The doors of St. Mary’s Church, on the corner of University and College, in Tempe,...

August 07, 2015

Farther, My God, from Thee: The Life of Faith for Short People

The average American man stands 5’9 ½ tall. The average non-Hispanic white American man stands...

August 06, 2015

Margie Winters: The Making of A Rebel

When I first read the story of how Waldron Mercy fired Margie Winters, a lesbian...

August 05, 2015

Turkish Wedding Party Feeds Syrian Multitudes

Sometimes you run across a real-life event that echoes the Gospel almost too loudly to...

August 04, 2015

ISIS Gains A New Enemy: My Former Student

If you wait long enough on a balcony overlooking the main street of a Turkish...

August 03, 2015

Israel Rules Duma Attack Terror, Indicts Two in Church Arson Attack

From Israel and the West Bank: good news and bad news. First, the good news:...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Planned Parenthood, Risk Management, and Divine Mercy at St. Vincent Ferrer

Today at 3:00 PM, Manhattan’s St. Vincent Ferrer Church on 66th and Lexington is hosting...

July 30, 2015

On Going to Mass in A Pissy Mood

Masses: I’ve taken ‘em high, I’ve taken ‘em low. I’ve parked my mortal coil in...

July 29, 2015

Walter Palmer and the Post-Mercy Society

As of this writing, tens of thousands of Americans have signed an online petition to...

July 21, 2015

Catholic Schools and Gay Teachers: Can We Compromise Without Compromising?

Since firing religious education department head Margie Winters for being married to another woman, Waldron...

July 20, 2015

Planned Parenthood and the Shudder Factor

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards committed a tactical error when she apologized for the “tone”...

July 17, 2015

Of Sheep, Sheepdogs, and Self-Love

In The National Review, David French takes aim at the Washington, D.C. Metro passengers who...

July 17, 2015

“Without Getting All Freakish About It”

This is a story about saints and signs, and how the right word to the...

July 15, 2015

The South Will Survive

It was admirable of South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from its State House...

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