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March 2022

March 12, 2022

Propaganda, Censorship, and Free Speech

The war to eradicate Ukraine is becoming a war to eradicate freedom of speech. When...

March 03, 2022

Catholic Thinking on Ukraine

This is a quick run-through of some of what I'm seeing in terms of reactions...

February 2022

February 26, 2022

Lead up to Lent – Free book this weekend

Coming up from the rabbit hole with a quick heads up before Lent: Now through...

February 16, 2022

Culture War and Civil War

Hypothesis: Black Lives Matter riots, Antifa riots, Jan 6, and the Canadian trucker convoy --...

January 2022

January 25, 2022

The Healthcare Experience for Difficult Diagnoses

At JAMA Neurology, "The Best Bad News" a physician tells the story of his quest for...

January 21, 2022

Reasoning vs. Rationalizing

There's a screenshotted homework assignment, reputedly from a Georgia virtual school, that's circulating right now,...

January 13, 2022

Federal Funding and Civil Rights

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

January 07, 2022

Hidden in Translation: Downplaying the Seriousness of Civil Rights Threats

The following essay is a detailed discussion of the political implications of the meanings of...

January 02, 2022

In Jeopardy: What are the Real Differences Between Men & Women?

So my initial impression of the breathless coverage of Amy Schneider's win on Jeopardy! was that...

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...

December 20, 2021

Epidemic of Personal Responsibility

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

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...

December 01, 2021

So. About Those Right-Wing Extremists.

This morning I gave up on insomnia and watched Eric Zemmour's 10-minute long YouTube announcement...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Of Course Prenatal Learning is Real

Melanie Jean Juneau has a provocative story over at Catholic Stand about her own children's...

November 29, 2021

Freedom of Speech Matters

H/T to Salon Beige on a European freedom of speech ruling that's being used by...

November 23, 2021

Good news! #notallbureaucrats

Excellent follow-up to the dog problem I mentioned in passing the other day, and an...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Oh Geez. Integralism? Seriously?

This morning Rod Dreher delivered on his daily promise to keep me entertained by shedding...

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 20, 2021

The Cost of Flattening Your Opponent’s Humanity

Yesterday subbing in high school English (I know!), we were discussing "flat" versus "rounded" characters. ...

October 14, 2021

Enjoying the Gender Neutral Life

Apparently California has passed a law requiring stores to create gender-neutral toy sections? (H/T to Salon...

September 2021

September 29, 2021

The Pitfalls of Using Legal Precedent to Support Your Argument

There are quite a few hot-button topics being litigated right now, with varying results. Whether...

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 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...

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 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 26, 2021

School Choice as a COVID Solution

The stakes are high in return-to-school debates, because no matter what you do, there will be...

July 24, 2021

Facing Reality on COVID-19 Harm Reduction

The Jerusalem Post has what I think is a helpful discussion of why two different studies...