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July 2015

July 17, 2015

“Without Getting All Freakish About It”

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

June 2015

June 26, 2015

Give Me A Palanca, and I’ll Move the World

Just this evening one of my readers PM’d me over Facebook and asked me to...

January 2015

January 24, 2015

Here We Go Again, Folks

Don’t tell anyone I’m writing. I’m supposed to be beavering away on a new curriculum...

November 2013

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....

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Are You A Blessed Imelda?

It was one of those happy misunderstandings I come by whenever I have to speed-read...

September 07, 2013

Is Big Father Watching Us?

In one scene from Annie Hall, Alvy (Woody Allen) finds his argument with Annie (Diane...

September 04, 2013

A Humorous Proposition

Never snort coke with a choleric. I learned that lesson during my misspent youth, which...

September 02, 2013

We’ve Got A Live One

The very day I wrote in praise of Catholic doodads, a friend of mine, having...

July 2013

July 10, 2013

Francis’ Pontificate: No Rest for the Aesthetic-Minded?

You've got to hand it to Katrina Fernandez. Yesterday on the Crescat blog, she really...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Learning to Read Chesterton

A couple of days ago, in drawing a contrast to Pope Francis, National Catholic Reporter's...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Father of Mine: A Lenten Reflection

If you grew up in an average occidental family, chances are excellent that at some...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

The $*(#$ing Power of Vulgarity

I don't have my copy of Norman Mailer's Armies of the Night on my lap....

January 04, 2013

Praying for Jennifer Fulwiler and Breaking the Gadget

Readers: When I wrote this piece, all the news I'd received on Jennifer Fulwiler's condition...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

“We” Ennui and the “I” Revolution

For all I know, Catholic social critics would do away with adolescence and young adulthood...

December 04, 2012

Skype: the Open Confessional

The Pope's on Twitter. The secular press is running profiles of Catholic bloggers. It's starting...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

To the Pit Crew on My Faith Journey

So I check Facebook this morning and see that Joanne McPortland has posted a link....

November 17, 2012

Back in the Fold

If Susan Pevensie from the Chronicles of Narnia were a real person (or if I...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

A Slight Shift in Direction

Over the past week, I've produced one current-events analysis of just over 1,000 words, and...

September 04, 2012

Charity Toward All…Even the Uncharitable

A number of Catholic media outlets have chosen this week to issue their regularly scheduled...

September 01, 2012

Comments Policy

I hate rules and generally think they're made to be broken. My comment policy, therefore,...

June 2012

June 19, 2012

Who the Blank is Leah Libresco?

You know you're hopelessely out of touch when a blog post manages to go viral...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Andrew Sullivan: Model of a Modern, Bearded, Gay, Tory Blogger

I don't read Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish on a daily basis, or even on a...

July 2011

July 18, 2011

In Support of Deacon Greg

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

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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