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May 2017

May 25, 2017

McDonald’s to Close Down After Accusations of Cultural Appropriation

Just weeks after launching its Great Tastes of America burger series in the United Kingdom,...

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:...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Child Welfare and State Supervision of Homeschools

In discussion online recently, the topic of child welfare came up. Question of the day...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Reality Check re: Black Santa

So, about those Santa Wars going on up at the Mall of America . ....

November 2016

November 10, 2016

Calexit Refugees Need Your Help!

Quick update: The piece below is satire (and was tagged as such from the outset),...

July 2016

July 22, 2016

Why You Should Vote 3rd Party This Year

If there were a morally acceptable candidate offered by either major party, of course you...

July 20, 2016

Christian Calamities: A Taste of the South to Help You Choke on America

There's been pearl-clutching in odd quarters ever since Pastor Mark Burns, a South Carolinian, delivered...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

3 Tips for Keeping Your Dominicans from Looking Like Klansmen

Here in South Carolina we have both Dominicans and Klansmen, but so far there haven't...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

3 Ingredients for Parental Sanity in Kids’ Competitive Sports

So I developed a new rule this weekend: If watching your child play sports causes...

February 25, 2016

Land’s End Postscript: Sexism in Business & Politics

I've been further puzzling over the Gloria Steinem interview in the Land's End catalog, and...

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...

February 11, 2016

Suspected Abuse? Call the Police. You and Your Bishop Both.

There are a couple stories circulating to the effect that new Catholic bishops are being...

February 08, 2016

Lent in the School for Evangelization

We Catholics like our programs. Love our programs. So here's this program we have starting...

January 2016

January 12, 2016

Real Things from Fiction

Happy New Year everyone! I'm doing fine, a bit tired and a lot busy with...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

The True Story About Today’s Gospel Reflection

So over at CatholicMom.com I've got a Gospel reflection up today, and it's really good. But...

November 13, 2015

Why God Made the University

I didn't fully understand Catholic education until this semester. Those who follow the blog know...

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 01, 2015

The Rosary and a Rule of Life When You Haven’t Got Time

Happy All Saints Day! I'll be staying home with a cold, thank you. Which...

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...

October 16, 2015

How to Teach Kids about the “Straw Man” Fallacy

Point them to the internet. In class this morning, the kids got their formal introduction...

October 16, 2015

I hate it when I do this:

A year and some ago, I wrote this, now showing live at CatholicMom.com because it's the...

October 10, 2015

Don Bosco on Recess Consultants and Playing Tag

The National Review has a snippet-article about "Recess Consultants" whose job is to improve the...

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...

September 22, 2015

How to Teach Your Kids to Behave in Restaurants

Some friends are lamenting the plague of poorly-behaved children at what ought to be decent...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

CORRECTED: US Bishops Have No Case in Court If They Won’t Stand for the Faith at Home

CORRECTED: Kathy Schiffer graciously reminds me that Bishop Finn has asked NCR to stop calling...

August 28, 2015

English Majors File Lawsuit Against UT Citing Hostile Environment #satire

KNOXVILLE - Outside of the University of Tennessee's student center, demonstrators have gathered to stand...

August 14, 2015

Parenting Fail: Telling the World You Wish Your Kid Were Dead

I do not understand why the courts tolerate "accidental life" lawsuits. What a waste of...