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July 2015

July 17, 2015

The Little Sisters and Contraception: more geeking out

So we bloggers at the Patheos Catholic channel (and elsewhere) have pretty much exhausted ourselves...

July 16, 2015

Geeking out: empty-nester spending and retirement

Whew -- I haven't spent much time on retirement and related issues lately, but I'm...

July 15, 2015

In case blogging is light. . .

My birthday present just came in the mail!

July 15, 2015

New study: between 5% and 64% of women regret their abortion

OK, that's not the claim in the actual study. The study itself, "Decision Rightness and...

July 14, 2015

The 100,000 Opportunities Initiative

As reported by Tuesday's Chicago Tribune: Chicago will be the kickoff site for the 100,000...

July 14, 2015

True or False?: “The world would be a more peaceful place if. . .”; plus: what I don’t understand

"if Israel had made the necessary concessions to provide for a Palestinian state." "if Israel...

July 12, 2015

Tell me about London!

Here's a request: We're looking at vacation options for 2016 (yes, I know it's early!)...

July 12, 2015

Guess what? Our number system has nothing to do with the age of maturity

Here's an article in today's paper, a piece from AP: "Teen Truckers? Bill Would Drop...

July 11, 2015

Update on the Colorado LARC experiment

Remember Colorado's experiment with free LARC (that is IUDs and implanted contraception) for teens and poor...

July 10, 2015

Part-time student? The Rahmfather* says no.

(* Yes, I’m stealing this from John Kass.) It’s well-established that graduation rates at community...

July 10, 2015

Easy-peasy solution to the issue of SSM-objecting judges

Glenn Reynolds linked this morning to a case, one of many, of a judge who...

July 08, 2015

The “meaning of marriage” problem, again

Still thinking about marriage, especially in light of some of the comments in my earlier...

July 08, 2015

“Secular Catholic schools” and same-sex marriage: the case of Waldron Mercy Academy

In the news today (as linked to by The Deacon's Bench), a lesbian employee was...

July 07, 2015

What do you make of Arrupe College?

This is a new endeavor at Loyola University in Chicago: a two-year college program sponsored...

July 07, 2015

“THE DEAL” is more than just a cringe-worthy acronym

So last Sunday I went to church at the neighboring parish, since its mass times...

July 06, 2015

Four quick thoughts on the Grexit

Greece voted "no" in a referendum over the weekend that asked about whether to accept...

July 06, 2015

Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer National Team — and yet (plus: “from the library”)

This started out as a "from the library" style post, on the book Is Gwyneth...

July 04, 2015

Happy Independence Day! (with photos)

With thanks to my husband-photographer:

July 03, 2015

Was Obergefell inevitable? – and what next?

Was it simply inevitable that the Court would have decided Obergefell as it did? Three...

July 02, 2015

An invitation to play Nostradamus

Yeah, I'm just going to put this out there, as I have some projects to...

July 01, 2015

Bye, bye, Cyber Monday

Think of your typical workday -- that is, if you're a salaried employee performing some...

July 01, 2015

Who cares about polygamy?

Again, just a question. Right now discussions around polygamy are, for the most part, indirect...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Marriage, now and then

ADDED: Bonus hypothetical question below! This is that sort of post in which I think...

June 30, 2015

Have you been following the situation in Greece & Puerto Rico?

A genuine, not rhetorical, question. It's worrisome, to put it mildly, but I need to do...

June 30, 2015

The text of the Supreme Court decision is available at this link. The two-sentence background...

June 29, 2015

Talking past each other on same-sex marriage and polygamy

Here's the current debate (e.g., in comments to my post on polygamy): Progressives to traditionalists:...

June 29, 2015

Continuing the dorky discussion on moral reasoning

(A super-quick, type-up-my-thoughts post before I start work. . .) The Economist went to press...

June 29, 2015

Is the “free exercise of religion” imperiled by Obergefell?

We don't know. Now, Kennedy's opinion appears to promise protection to religious groups, but look...

June 28, 2015

The obligatory post on polygamy

You know you want to talk about this. Given the logic of Kennedy's opinion, and...

June 27, 2015

Same-sex marriage and unmarriagable men

Is the following speculation too outlandish and Swiftian? You tell me. . . ****************************** "What's...

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