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November 2015

November 11, 2015

A few words on Dutch moms

who have been proclaimed, according to the Washington Post, the "world's most relaxed moms," at...

November 10, 2015

I’m not watching the debate(s) tonight

But here's a post for you all to tell me what I missed!

November 10, 2015

Ray North

Have you ever googled a friend, not out of ill-intent but just curiosity, because they'd...

November 09, 2015

About that “generous atheist kids” study

It's garbage. Really. Here's the link to the study itself, as linked to by...

November 09, 2015

The “purpose of schools” and the “summer slump”

You've surely heard this before: we need to adopt year-round schools to end the "summer...

November 08, 2015

“The widow’s mite” and “birds in the air” in 2015

For those of you at a Catholic or reasonably liturgical Protestant church today, you heard...

November 08, 2015

Recipe-blogging: two new-to-me simple “stir-fries” and a secret ingredient

Looks nasty, doesn't it? But it tastes better than it looks. This is "peanut...

November 07, 2015

. . . it depends on what the meaning of “atheist” is

Atheists who believe in God. . . people who don't believe in God who don't...

November 06, 2015

“In health and in health” – a Dear Prudence letter

The following is from Slate's advice column, Dear Prudence -- and, to be honest, some...

November 06, 2015

Robin Williams, Lewy Body Dementia, and the acceptability of suicide

Likely you've read one of the recent news reports that Robin Williams, at the end...

November 06, 2015

A shout-out to my commenters

Happy Friday, all -- and I've got a couple posts in draft form, or maybe...

November 04, 2015

Prayers, please

You know the drill if you've been following the blog for long enough: Friend. Cancer....

November 04, 2015

Guns, vigilantism, and original sin

This is, as you're likely used to by now, one of my more fact-free posts,...

November 03, 2015

About that midlife mortality report

If you're a pension actuary, you know that there are two pieces of data that...

November 03, 2015

Really, Rubio? (more on immigration)

When I wrote my post the other day suggesting that Rubio give a Big Policy...

November 03, 2015

On concealed carry and gun-free zones: what’s the greater risk?

We know that criminals, by their nature, violate the law. An individual with an intent...

November 01, 2015

Capital Campaign update

So it appears, based on mass today, that someone from the parish reads the ol'...

November 01, 2015

Holding Rubio to his promises

That's the trouble, isn't it? Marco Rubio wants amnesty. There's no mistaking this. He also...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Happy Halloween 2015!

Yes, somehow my middle-school son's friends were all into Monty Python and decided to dress...

October 31, 2015

Yet another nail in the pension coffin

Here's some news out of the latest budget deal that pretty much escaped the notice...

October 30, 2015

Daddy’s Special and other childhood meals

Megan McArdle has a nice Friday-appropriate piece today, "Friday Food Post: The Economics Behind Grandma's...

October 29, 2015

The CNBC debate: two hours of my life I won’t get back

Yes, the general consensus is "train wreck." The moderators, the general consensus is, were fools....

October 27, 2015

Money doesn’t grow on trees, and other “healthcare co-op” surprises

This, from Sunday's Chicago Tribune, "Insurance startup's slowdown discouraging": The recent demise of several Obamacare-spawned...

October 26, 2015

Emerging narrative: The Pope’s got a pen and a phone

That's, of course, what President Obama announced when the Republicans took the House in 2010:...

October 25, 2015

Is it just me, or are the pews even emptier?

Within recent memory, the pews at my parish's main Sunday morning mass, the one with...

October 23, 2015

Marriageability, etc.

Megan McArdle had a little piece yesterday on the chicken-and-egg debate about single parents and...

October 22, 2015

On remarriage: missing the forest for the trees?

Bottom line on top: the majority of self-identified Catholics simply don't believe there's anything wrong...

October 21, 2015

Why are women more likely to initiate divorce than men?

The Tribune has a tendency, especially in the "Health & Family" section, to feature somewhat...

October 21, 2015

5 whiny complaints about my new iPhone

It came last night. After years of refusing to take the company up on its...

October 20, 2015

Update from Illinois: Illinois Beach State Park

Or, rather, as it's now named, Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois State Beach State Park Cullerton...

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