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January 2016

January 01, 2016

Modesty for Men

A few months ago, I had a Skype conversation with a Catholic writer who is...

July 2015

July 07, 2015

Alessandro Serenelli: Sinner for Our Time?

Yesterday, as Michelle Arnold and Simcha Fisher dutifully observed, was the Feast Day of St....

June 2015

June 03, 2015

Jenner Dysphoria

Caitlyn Jenner has more than two decades on me. Even so, when I look at...

February 2015

February 18, 2015

Monday Mourning Coming Down

The day after IS terrorists beheaded 21 Coptic Christians on a Libyan beach, all of...

April 2014

April 10, 2014

Running in Bursa

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

November 2013

November 10, 2013

The Permanent Friend Zone

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

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 08, 2013

The Lazaruses Next Door: Finale

Softly, I told Chris I knew he and Laura had fought, that Laura was at...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

The Hidden Blessings of a Feminist Mother

Rod Dreher thinks Lynn Messina's a bad mother, and he thinks that's a hoot. In...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

The Horrors of Butting In

I'm probably attacking a straw man -- or at best a stick man -- but...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

On the Side of “Boys on the Side”

It was around Veterans' Day, 2003, when Larry Flynt announced he had photographs of former...

August 16, 2012

My Nunophobia

I have never known a habited nun. Oh, I know they're out there. I've seen...

August 03, 2012

Romoeroticism for Straight Guys

In Crisis Magazine, Eve Tushnet argues that the Catholic Church has something unique to offer...

July 2012

July 15, 2012

Fair Play for Patriarchies

It's easy to draw parallels between Penn State's pedophilia scandal and the Church's. It's also...

July 05, 2012

The Boy Magdalen

It always tickled me that Oscar Wilde and Maria Goretti share a birthday. (It's October...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

The Perils of Self-Esteem

Imagine a nation's armies have suffered the most catastrophic and humiliating defeat imaginable. Generals once...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Callista Gingrich: Sign of the Times?

James Dobson, scourge of Spongebob and the Teletubbies, has found a live target. Speaking this...

January 12, 2012

The Accidents of Appearance

If you want to quit worrying about your looks, there are worse places to be...

November 2011

November 18, 2011

Aging and Single, Self-Reproachful and Relieved

You know you’re in extremis as far as marriageability goes when you find yourself composing...

November 09, 2011

The Sound of Sweet Idiocy

Kvetched Emily Dickinson: There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like...

October 2011

October 05, 2011

The Renaissance of the Man-Cuddle?

I hadn't been in Russia twelve hours before some guy kissed me on the neck....

August 2011

August 09, 2011

Newsweek’s Cover: Not Sexist, Just a Slap

The cover of this week's Newsweek features Michele Bachmann. As many observers noted, it is...

July 2011

July 16, 2011

Why Michelle Bachmann is No Fun to Pick On

Sarah Palin spoiled the media. Or maybe it's more accurate to say she spoiled the...

June 2011

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 10, 2011

The Politics of Penis Shots

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

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 07, 2011

Weeping (A Little) for Weiner

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

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 02, 2011

Is 80 the new 15?

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

June 01, 2011

Marian Devotion for Uptight Anglos

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

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