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April 2017

April 18, 2017

When Warfare Doesn’t Work

The excellent guest post at Simcha Fisher's blog about the experience of being a Catholic...

February 2017

February 07, 2017

10 Minutes to Summarize American Culture

If you want to understand where America stands, pay attention to the Super Bowl half-time show....

January 2017

January 22, 2017

Why Trump Won, as Heard in Seven Shots & One Speech

Monday morning, MLK day, I was loading the car in a hotel parking lot when...

January 02, 2017

The Female Draft and the End of Abortion

I don't expect that under the incoming administration there will be much momentum for requiring...

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...

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...

July 16, 2016

Spiritual Apathy and the War on Terror

Over at the Catholic Conspiracy, Tom Zampino lays out the case for just warfare and...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Trump vs. Clinton and the Triumph of Democracy

The egregious slate of presidential candidates we're being offered this year is an understandable cause...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

The God Who Does Not Meddle

This Lent I've been reading from On the Passion of Christ According to the Four...

February 2016

February 04, 2016

Why Mention 5,000 Men, and Slight Those Women and Children?

As I mentioned the other week, Sr. Simone Campbell has shown herself to be a...

December 2015

December 20, 2015

Holiday Despair and the Meaning of Christmas

Years ago my husband had a business trip to Milan, and he went to church...

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...

November 15, 2015

Paris and the Battle for the World

In the wake of the attacks on the city of Paris, I was glued to...

November 01, 2015

Catholic Life Hacks: Truly Last Minute Saint Costume

If you have a group of children who need a saint costume, stat, ask if...

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 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 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...

August 2015

August 26, 2015

What I’m Reading: For the Union and the Catholic Church by Max Longley

Worth noting from the review pile: For the Union and the Catholic Church: Four Converts in...

August 02, 2015

Your Church Might Be Populated By Humans If . . .

In my reading this past week I was struck by a passage that seemed to sum...

July 2015

July 16, 2015

Where Are You Going, Catholic Church?

Patheos is hosting a symposium on "The Future of Faith in America" and you can read...

July 14, 2015

Confederates and Conversion

H/T to Joe Long for the link to this history of the conversion of Nathan...

July 01, 2015

10 Things Christian Kids Need to Prepare for an Uncertain Future

In a private conversation Elizabeth Scalia posed a question, and I'm going to paraphrase it wildly:...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

On Racism in the American South and the Shock of the Charleston Shootings

When I first heard about the murders at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church down in Charleston, the...

May 2015

May 29, 2015

What Not to Read When You’ve Got a Cough

Tip for you: Don't read a book about the history of tuberculosis while you're laying...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

The Antidote to both Clericalism and Nostalgia . . .

. . . is a thorough reading of the lives of the saints. Don't pick...

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...

January 2015

January 19, 2015

Racism in the American South Today

In 1988 I moved to a small town in South Carolina, not far from where...

January 03, 2015

Friends in High Places: Get Yourself a Saint for 2015

Matchmaking time. Jen Fulwiler's Patron Saint Generator is up and running. If you haven't done...

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Subtle Smackdown: Vatican Report on American Women Religious is a Warning for Every Parish and Diocese

Don't let the headlines fool you, the freshly-released Final Report on the Apostolic Visitation of Institutes...