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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....

February 03, 2017

For Your Next Film, Sound, Photography or Design Project . . .

. . . consider calling Sean O'Halloran. I rarely blog about it, but a few...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Don’t Like How Trump Treats Women? There’s a Better March for That.

Here's the difference between President Trump and the March for Women: Trump has asserted that...

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...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Reality Check re: Black Santa

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

October 2016

October 24, 2016

Difficulties Educating Redneck Children, Meat Edition

This afternoon, the 5th grader comes to me for homework help after school at St....

October 09, 2016

Denying the Faith – Christianity vs. Islam, Martyrdom & Taqiya

This is a request for assistance from any readers who are knowledgeable on the topic....

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...

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 22, 2016

More About the South: Funeral Processions

Rev. Cindy Maddox (United Church of Christ) wrote a moving piece about grief and funeral...

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 26, 2016

The Surprising Evidence that Gender Matters, and What to Do About It

When future generations reflect on the fall of the American republic, they'll no doubt get...

May 20, 2016

Look Mom, I Found the Porn!

This week over at the Catholic Conspiracy, we watch me lose my temper at the...

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...

May 01, 2016

Amoris Laetitia and the Trans-Bathroom Can of Worms

Humans, all humans, have a need to feel safe when we go to the bathroom....

April 2016

April 05, 2016

Sexual Bravado vs. Sexual Maturity

My 8th grader was describing an acquaintance of the same age, and I paraphrase: Her...

April 04, 2016

Whom Does Modesty Serve?

I've got sex on the brain, and before I start into that conversation, I want...

March 2016

March 03, 2016

One for the Watchlist: Mid-August Lunch

Elizabeth Scalia's essay on the Eternal City reminded me of a film I've been meaning...

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

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

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 24, 2016

On the Forming of Young Christians

The plan, if all my paperworking comes to fruition, is for 4/4ths of my children...

February 10, 2016

What Place for Bare Minimum Catholicism?

What is it a Catholic really must do? You don't have to go to Mass...

February 09, 2016

Does Eating Doritos Make You More Human?

We watched most of the Superbowl (go cats!), the Downton hour excepted, and we thought the...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Prayer Time – For a Dad in ICU, and others

Yesterday was my sister's birthday, and since I'd lost her phone number (again!) I dropped...

January 26, 2016

The Beautiful Magazine for Sane Women – It’s Out!!!

I am so stinking proud of Elizabeth Scalia for launching Aleteia's new magazine For Her....