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January 2022

January 13, 2022

Federal Funding and Civil Rights

Quick note on today's SCOTUS decisions on the vaccine mandates . . . The court's...

January 04, 2022

Resolutions, Rebranding, and the Body You Have

What caught the eye of your internet-mom this afternoon was a weird bit of cross-discourse...

December 2021

December 22, 2021

What “Fatigue” is Like

"Fatigue" is like this: You're lying on your kitchen floor, which is logical and you...

December 20, 2021

Epidemic of Personal Responsibility

Today's topic is me as your internet mom lecturing: You, personally, are responsible for taking...

December 19, 2021

Omicron Antiphons

TL;DR: Read this. I have gotten to where I skip nearly all press coverage of...

December 18, 2021

Life As a Person Who is Not God

Emily DeArdo, who is not just my hero but also my friend, writes the thing...

December 03, 2021

How Sane, Healthy People Respond to Disability-Related Access Issues

Twitter tells me it's International Disability Day, so here's my happy-mad story from yesterday. You'll...

December 02, 2021

Intergenerational Interdependence is a Blessing Not a Curse

From my reading this morning: 10 Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

Field Notes on Dealing with COVID and Similar Specters

COVID and chronic illness themed miscellany for this week: Revolving Door of Corona-life . ....

October 03, 2021

Surprisingly Healthy Sick People

When my kids were little, sometimes we'd be out and people would congratulate me on...

September 2021

September 20, 2021

Thinking Clearly about “Long COVID” Confusion

This is a rebuttal of Michael Fumento's "The Myth of 'Long COVID'" at The American Spectator....

September 17, 2021

The Other Religious Objection to the Vaccine Mandate

Crux reports on a group of Christian healthcare workers fighting New York's COVID vaccine mandate...

September 14, 2021

What You’re Doing When You Vaccine-Shame Priests, and What to do Instead

At Catholic Vote this morning: "Bishop Orders Unvaccinated Priests Not to Minister to the Sick." ...

September 13, 2021

The Moral Case Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

My daughters' friend lost her father to COVID this week. 50-something, father of five children,...

September 10, 2021

Gosh, Jen, How do You *Really* Feel About the Federal Vaccine Mandate?

Three things wrong with the announced COVID vaccine mandate, and a fourth I despise: No...

September 06, 2021

Not a Fitness Blog, but . . .

PSA and then a personal update at the bottom, hope you are enjoying the holiday...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Points of View on COVID Policy Making

Domenico and Melanie Bettinelli are high on my shortlist of people whose opinions I respect...

July 29, 2021

Threats vs. Science in Public Health Policy

NPR reports that the Biden administration is about to lay down vaccination requirements for federal...

July 23, 2021

7QT: Life as a Walking Knock-knock Joke

Since it's that time of week, seven things to make you glad you don't live...

July 22, 2021

Nuances in the Vaccine Conversation

Oh heck, why not talk about vaccines, too, while I'm at it? Ed Yong at The...

October 2020

October 12, 2020

Constitution-Friendly Health Care Reform

I read through Senator Dianne Feinstein's opening remarks on ACB's confirmation hearings hoping to get...

October 02, 2020

Ways “Systemic Racism” Might Happen, Hospital Edition

There are different definitions of what "systemic" can mean, and what it can mean specifically...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Quit Feeding the Rhetoric of “Fear”

From the Archdiocese of Atlanta, emphasis mine: Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., encourages those who...

August 13, 2020

Cultivating the Virtue of Perseverance in Prayer

Fr. Matthew Schneider did a great job covering the recent case of a priest who...

August 08, 2020

Breathtaking Beauty in Church Controversies over Kinda-Boring Stuff

This article over at Crux, "Vatican says baptisms done with plural pronouns are invalid" has...

March 2020

March 19, 2020

At Least Half of American Adults are High-Risk for COVID-19 Death

Friends are circulating this article from Bloomberg, which for some reason is supposed to be...

March 06, 2020

Alternatives to School Closures

As the US starts feeling the impact of our still-unmeasured coronavirus situation, public health authorities...

January 2020

January 11, 2020

Request for Contributions: Effective Communication on Parish Access for You, a Person with a Disability

Hey everyone, I am looking for help, quickly. My awesome editor of the new book...

May 2019

May 15, 2019

Need Your Help: Stories of Equal Access

I need your help with getting a door unlocked. I'm a parishioner (and at last...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

What Happens When We Abandon Subsidiarity #AlfieEvans

Subsidiarity is the organizing principle that a matter should be handled by the lowest level of...