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July 2021

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...

June 2021

June 16, 2021

Sanity and Civil Rights

Let me start by saying: My personal, non-medical, non-expert (but Old Married People do know...

June 05, 2021

A Case for Exclusively-Singular Gender-Neutral Third-Person Pronouns

Just browsed a puff-piece at The Atlantic about the history of gender-neutral singular pronouns in English,...

May 2021

May 23, 2021

A Mission for Old Married People

If you have been faithfully married for a long time, you are likely out of...

May 20, 2021

The US has a Sexually Transmitted Infections National Strategic Plan?!

Interesting thing I learned this morning, reading this article at STAT about the rise in...

May 19, 2021

Hitting the Personal Reset Button

Late January I wrapped up the public side of one heckuva fantastic conference, took a...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

Other People’s Riots

Yesterday at the Conspiracy, I wrote on MLK's legacy of peace. Today I want to...

January 16, 2021

One Weird Trick for Loving Your Extended Enemy-Family

Two different conversations on-topic with this coming weekend's conference* converged on this morning's readings. The...

January 14, 2021

To a Baby, “Abortion” vs. “Infanticide” is Hair-Splitting Hypocrisy

Topic change, but hardly a breather. After a long hiatus from online reading, I was...

January 08, 2021

Allowing Jesus to Heal Your Rhetorical Disease

This morning after half a cup of coffee, what I wanted to write was a...

December 2020

December 02, 2020

Fr. Rutler and Other Sinners

I don't always agree, even remotely, with what Rod Dreher has to say, but today...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

A Week in Politics and Church Scandals

Happy Veteran's Day! My favorite veteran-related post (from my own archives -- many other people...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Mind the Triumphalism re: #ACB

Suggested Bible verse for conservatives who are raucously celebrating the confirmation Amy Coney Barrett: Proverbs...

October 23, 2020

Feeling Pushed Towards Trump

This is a post about my feelings, and if you aren't too thrilled with these...

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...

September 2020

September 27, 2020

A Snapshot of Systemic Racism in Action

A series of three tweets caught my attention this morning, from Mandie Landry (@votelandry), a...

September 21, 2020

How to Defeat AI Disinformation Campaigns

At The Atlantic: "The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite" explains the advances in machine-generated propaganda....

September 18, 2020

YOU! Can Prevent Election Interference by Foreign Social Media Trolls

Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub has an educational quizlet online, testing whether you can tell...

September 16, 2020

Safer Trick-or-Treating During a Pandemic

I want to follow up on my post in favor of not outlawing trick-or-treating with...

September 12, 2020

How to Create a Safe, Fun Autumn’s Night Activity for Children

There's a pandemic on, and it can be tough to find ways to let kids...

September 08, 2020

Stepping Off the Political Fear-Mobile

Full disclosure before we begin . . . I'll be getting in line at my...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Not Everything is Political

Today I was alarmed to find myself needing write this. So let me explain something, again,...

August 26, 2020

Social Scientists Unclear on How Wage-Earning Works

The Institute for Family Studies is reporting that, after controlling for demographic variables, children from...

August 22, 2020

IVG and Poly-Parenting vs. Adoption and Step-Parenting

"IVG" is in vitro gametogenesis, an emerging technology that allows the creation of babies (baby mice,...

August 12, 2020

How to Treat Gentiles and Tax Collectors

Today's Gospel is the instruction on what to do with erring members of the Church:...

July 2020

July 10, 2020

Education vs. Childcare vs. Public Goods

One of the early outcries as COVID-19 raged through nursing homes was, "The way we...

June 2020

June 28, 2020

Spark Truth: The Life-Changing Magic of Reasoning Up

In prepping my first debate class for teenagers, I instituted a revolutionary rule: No participant...

June 23, 2020

The Innocence of St. Junípero Serra

As statues are being torn down or vandalized around the country, the Catholic Church is...

June 05, 2020

Quit Making Racism the Young Man’s Burden

Today I saw an otherwise lovely, if a tad anodyne, church statement on recent events,...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

On Police Brutality, Civil Unrest, and Resisting Simplified Narratives

Last night during the protesting and looting in Minneapolis, I viewed a few of the...