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April 2014

April 20, 2014

My Hero

“If you want to write about Syria,” Tawfik whispered in my ear as we stood...

April 16, 2014

Give Us This Day Our Daily Ekmek

Turks don’t approve of eating on the street. Or rather, their idea of eating on...

April 14, 2014

Turkey: Where Stray Cats Strut

Somewhere in the Hagia Sophia, directly under the bombsights of the six-winged angels soaring across...

April 10, 2014

Running in Bursa

It would be nice to report that I begin every morning with a four-mile run,...

February 2014

February 08, 2014

Looking the Dead in the Face

In December, 1960, a detachment of French Foreign Legion paratroopers killed three FLN rebels thought...

February 05, 2014

Adventures in Acedia

It would begin in April, when the stiff winds first mellowed into a breeze and...

February 02, 2014

Renouncing Woody

I admit I'm going to miss "The Whore of Mensa." And "Match Wits with Inspector...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

In Defense of Jen Caron and Honesty

Jen Caron is a good soul -- at her worst, perhaps, an hysterical ninny, but...

January 27, 2014

My Eucharistic Breakfast

Last night, for the first time in many months, I took a drink. Beneath the...

January 25, 2014

Envy Without Shame

A few days ago I did something stupid. I Googled the guy whose sidekick I...

January 23, 2014

Hearing Voices

In early August of 1990, about ten days before I left New York City and...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

My First Grave Sin: A Christmas Story

Three years ago, on my last visit home to New York, I re-read my mother's...

December 05, 2013

Against Interfaith Upbringing

This past October, to mark the Feast of the Holy Rosary, one of my Facebook...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Learning to Give Thanks

After my father's death, about a dozen years ago, I picked up the habit of...

November 24, 2013

Building the Kingdom in Bad Weather

In 1943, the UK's Catholic Herald reports, Léon Degrelle was excommunicated by the bishop of...

November 23, 2013

She’s Got the Whole World in Her Womb

It's called a vierge ouvrante, or opening virgin, and the name doesn't need much explaining....

November 22, 2013

“Sorry, Guys, Still Catholic”

On November 19, Salon ran a piece by a Catholic re-vert named Kaya Oakes titled...

November 22, 2013

Muffled Drums

Okay, I get it -- you don't approve of him. You got sick to your...

November 20, 2013

Vicino Riva’s Taste of Paradise

So it turns out the guy Pope Francis hugged and kissed to such great fanfare...

November 18, 2013

Review: The Thorny Grace of It And Other Essays for Imperfect Catholics

They tell me Brian Doyle is a Catholic. And it seems he's conned an awful...

November 17, 2013

Review: Bad Catholic’s Guide to the Seven Deadly Sins

Whoever first compared a surfeit of fun to a barrel of monkeys and not a...

November 15, 2013

On the Joys of Hanging out with Normal People

When Rick and his wife, Yuna, start arguing, it is crucial not to interrupt them....

November 12, 2013

Let the Strange Spartans Tell You…

One Friday night a few years ago, I was watching videos on YouTube with my...

November 10, 2013

The Permanent Friend Zone

It's not every day reading other Patheos blogs triggers a visceral reaction, but one of...

November 07, 2013

A Nameless Dignity

Am I the only one feeling uneasy about the coverage of Pope Francis and the...

November 05, 2013

Purgatory-Schmurgatory, As Long As You’re Hopeful

By the Council's 25th session, when the Trent Fathers finally got around to the subject...

November 02, 2013

The Ugliest Piece of Religious Art Ever

Here's a sampling of Facebook comments on Pope Francis' new ferula: "Okay, I think I...

November 01, 2013

Sick Note to the Saints

To all the saints in the Church Triumphant: Gang, I know this is your big...

October 2013

October 23, 2013

Pastoral Care for the Post-Nuclear Family

Unlike most bloggers, I don't live in my parents' basement. For that reason, last December,...

October 21, 2013

Wherein I Finally Try Tolkien

"You sound gayer than the gayest elf in Mirkwood," an angry reader once wrote me....

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