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April 2024

April 23, 2024

How are Ownership and Stewardship Different?

It's no surprise that I didn't agree with everything in Rachel Gross's article "Women in...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

How Can Catholicism Help with Disorders of Sexual Attraction?

It doesn't take much ink to sum up the Catholic view of disordered sexuality: “You...

February 2023

February 14, 2023

What if You Have to Abstain from Sex on Valentine’s Day?

You may be one of the many Catholic couples finding yourselves in a difficult position...

December 2021

December 30, 2021

The Life-Changing Magic of Acting Like a Grown-Up

There are many good things in your life that you may have to walk away...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

Hyperventilating Over Gender Roles – And Harming Women While We’re at It

Gender Problems in Medieval Finland? In my goofing off today someone pointed me towards this...

July 2021

July 21, 2021

Quick Takes on Msgr. Burrill’s Resignation from the USCCB

FTR I had no idea, when I let loose a couple pertinent rants over the...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

A Mission for Old Married People

If you have been faithfully married for a long time, you are likely out of...

May 20, 2021

The US has a Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan?!

Interesting thing I learned this morning, reading this article at STAT about the rise in...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

IVG and Poly-Parenting vs. Adoption and Step-Parenting

"IVG" is in vitro gametogenesis, an emerging technology that allows the creation of babies (baby mice,...

October 2019

October 14, 2019

What if a Saint Was Gay?

As I write, the usual suspects are circulating conjecture about a newly-canonized saint: Maybe this person...

February 2019

February 17, 2019

Dear Gay Catholic Priests,

I've been reading about your plight in the New York Times. So let's go ahead and clear...

July 2018

July 28, 2018

McCarrick and the Banality of Dissent

As long as we're asking people to come clean about what they knew and didn't:...

July 25, 2018

McCarrick, Gayness, and Humanae Vitae

I have seen surprisingly little homophobia in the McCarrick scandals, but then again I'm selective...

February 2018

February 13, 2018

Choosing to Fall In Love

Up at the Times is an article on how to fall in love. The author...

November 2017

November 21, 2017

Is Alcohol to Blame in Sexual Assault?

A friend pointed out that a common theme in date rape, molestation, and sexual assault...

November 16, 2017

Evangelization and Discipleship for the Boys & Girls Who Live At Your House

Up that Register: 11 Ways to Prepare Your Boy to be a Great Priest.* I've never...

November 09, 2017

Straight Talk on the Reality of Marital Chastity

Go visit the Darwins for an excellent discussion of what is, and is not, the...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

My #MeToo Compendium

During the time I've been offline attending to other obligations the #MeToo campaign hit full...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

Gay Rights Activists Send Death Threats to Scientists – Yikes!

From that bastion of conservatism The Washington Post comes reports of gay rights activists sending death...

April 2017

April 03, 2017

Chastity for Thee But Not for Me?

Here is what I find most amusing about the reactions to the Pence Anti-Adultery plan:...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Don’t Like How Trump Treats Women? There’s a Better March for That.

Here's the difference between President Trump and the March for Women: Trump has asserted that...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

The Surprising Evidence that Gender Matters, and What to Do About It

When future generations reflect on the fall of the American republic, they'll no doubt get...

May 20, 2016

Look Mom, I Found the Porn!

This week over at the Catholic Conspiracy, we watch me lose my temper at the...

May 05, 2016

What’s Wrong with BDSM Anyway?

Quick reminder: I write about adult topics. If your kid reads my blog, your kid...

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Sexual Bravado vs. Sexual Maturity

My 8th grader was describing an acquaintance of the same age, and I paraphrase: Her...

April 04, 2016

Whom Does Modesty Serve?

I've got sex on the brain, and before I start into that conversation, I want...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

Do Girls’ Sports Even Matter? What to do with the Transgender Athlete

Rebecca Hamilton reports on the recent ruling by the Department of Education that girls' sports...

November 02, 2015

When You Want to Understand that Marriage Thing

Two links and a note: The best summary of the theology behind the Great Communion...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Gender Stereotyping is the Hot New Thing

I was raised on the kind of feminism that was about rejecting false stereotypes. Your...

September 2015

September 29, 2015

The Music that Shapes Your Brain and Your Soul

One of the favorite bogeymen of freedom-from-religion types is the dreaded Religious Reactionary. By day...