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February 2017

February 28, 2017

Why Conservatives Should Support Wetlands Protection Laws

This article from The State newspaper came to my attention this morning. It concerns a...

October 2016

October 05, 2016

Why SC Shuts Down When Weather Gets Near Us

Related: Over at the Conspiracy I give instructions on how to watch the evacuation live,...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Immigration Policy and the Moral Law

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Can Land’s End Be Saved? Three Strategies

I thought I was done with this topic, but no b-school case study is complete...

February 25, 2016

Bad Business: Land’s End Goes Over the Edge

I haven't written up a business case study in ages, but the latest Land's End...

November 2015

November 17, 2015

Refugees vs. Enemies – We’ve Done this Before

There is no getting around the fact that the terrorists in Paris took advantage of...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Poverty in the Time After Cell Phones

Building on my previous post, I want to talk some more about the clash of...

October 23, 2015

Old Poverty in the New Economy

Kat Fernandez recently shared her perennial post on poverty-nagging. What caught my attention was the...

October 10, 2015

“It Should Be Like This All The Time” #SCFlood

The way flood clean-up works is that you try to figure out where you can...

October 07, 2015

More Ways to Help – SC Flood Parishes #SCFlood

In the inbox I received this flood-issue special bulletin from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in...

October 06, 2015

Is SC Really Having a 1000-Year Flood? I don’t think so. #scflood

Statesmen have a right to poetry in their oratory, and I give Governor Haley every...

October 06, 2015

Thinking About the SC Flood: The Lay of the Land #scflood

In my next post I'm going to talk about the notion of whether the devastating...

October 06, 2015

Sand Boils and Dam Failure? #scflood

Christian LeBlanc (Cajun architect, when he isn't being your Sunday school teacher) inquired if sand...

October 05, 2015

Updated – How to Help in SC, and Flood Notes of Interest #scflood

UPDATED: Go here for a better list of ways to help with immediate needs and...

October 05, 2015

Just How Wet is the Soil in SC? #scflood

We sent our son out to test the water table in the yard for us,...

October 04, 2015

What’s the Story Behind the Flooding in South Carolina? #scflood

If you are following the news, you know that South Carolina's been hit with epic...

August 2015

August 02, 2015

Hunting Is Normal. Enjoy Your Tasty Animals.

Time for another cultural update from the backwards southerners, and to get us started let's...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

The Innocent Grown-Ups Abandoned by Obergefell

Shortly after the Supreme Court decision imposing same-sex marriage laws, I read this reaction from...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

Understanding Low-Literacy Cultures: My Living History Tea Experiment

I'm home sick today with something normal for a change, sore throat, which means I have...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Greed, Human Suffering, and Catholic Social Teaching – Links Worth Your Time

Linking around on human rights & Catholic social teaching: Brandon @ Siris debunks a few...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

How Much House Should a Bishop Inhabit?

I live in a relatively small house. Not Third World Shack small, but the square...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Hobby Lobby and the War on Women’s Intelligence

Of all the reactions to the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby Case, Sam...

June 2014

June 18, 2014

Three Easy Steps Towards US Health Care Reform

Rebecca Frech writes about the shopping-around method for saving on health care costs here. We...

May 2014

May 09, 2014

Adverse Family Experiences Among Children in Nonparental Care, 2011–2012

H/T to Christopher Smith for the link to this CDC study: Adverse Family Experiences Among Children...

April 2014

April 15, 2014

Evangelical Poverty, Fasting, and the Foods We Eat

We've been graced with a delightfully candid neighbor boy, and a few years ago he...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

How’s that Religious Freedom Thing Working Out These Days?

Let's not delude ourselves: The United States has never quite lived up to her ideals...

March 11, 2014

Pope Francis on Same Sex Unions and the Case for Regulatory Reform

Rebbecca Hamiliton reports here on the recent CNA interview with Pope Francis, in which he...

March 10, 2014

Papal Economics Book Club: Democracy, Capitalism, and Morality

Continuing with the discussion of Papal Economics, and no, you don't have to read the...

March 02, 2014

Papal Economics Book Club: The Scriptural Basis for the Living Wage

Heads up for those who didn't follow me over here from the Happy Catholic Bookshelf:...