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January 2016

January 18, 2016

Hashtags, Prayers, and Progressive Fundamentalists: A Lesson from Sister Simone

Please welcome guest blogger Timothy Scott Reeves. Scott is a philosophy student, father of...

January 12, 2016

Real Things from Fiction

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

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...

December 08, 2015

What My Dog Knows About the Immaculate Conception

Every evening at nine, Fitz kids and parents gather in the living room and talk...

December 07, 2015

Gun Culture, Public Safety, and the Politics of Offendedness

I live in Gunlandia. My new neighbor phoned the police to inquire about my longtime...

November 2015

November 18, 2015

What is the Slippery Slope Fallacy, and Has it Gotten into Your Argument?

Over at the new FB group for readers of this blog, a couple guys have...

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 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...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

What to do with Your 6 Foot Tall Trick-or-Treater

Put a sword on his belt and a cloak over his shoulders, and send him...

October 28, 2015

True Radiance Chapter 6: The Beauty in Every Vocation

My friend Lisa Mladinich asked me to write today on chapter six of her beautiful...

October 25, 2015

Post Flood Recovery, Catholic Edition #SCFlood

For those who've followed the news from afar, The Catholic Miscellany has some great stories posted about the flooding in...

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 23, 2015

Old Poverty in the New Economy

Kat Fernandez recently shared her perennial post on poverty-nagging. What caught my attention was the...

October 17, 2015

Teaching Teenagers Logic is Practically Cheating

I received a very flattering compliment about my recent post on teaching logic to teens,...

October 14, 2015

“If You Were Really Pro-Life Then You’d . . .”

One of the red herrings of the culture of death is the, "What about those...

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...

October 10, 2015

Joy Carries a Crowbar #SCFlood

Friday morning we're back at the parish, and this time the place is lively. A...

October 10, 2015

“It Should Be Like This All The Time” #SCFlood

The way flood clean-up works is that you try to figure out where you can...

October 07, 2015

More Ways to Help – SC Flood Parishes #SCFlood

In the inbox I received this flood-issue special bulletin from St. Joseph's Catholic Church in...

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...

October 06, 2015

Thinking About the SC Flood: The Lay of the Land #scflood

In my next post I'm going to talk about the notion of whether the devastating...

October 06, 2015

Sand Boils and Dam Failure? #scflood

Christian LeBlanc (Cajun architect, when he isn't being your Sunday school teacher) inquired if sand...

October 05, 2015

Updated – How to Help in SC, and Flood Notes of Interest #scflood

UPDATED: Go here for a better list of ways to help with immediate needs and...

October 05, 2015

Just How Wet is the Soil in SC? #scflood

We sent our son out to test the water table in the yard for us,...

October 05, 2015

Be a Junior Forensic Hydrologist! One Weird Trick for Staying Dry in Flood-Time #scflood

Still have power? Internet? Here's a fun game you can play at home to add...

October 04, 2015

What’s the Story Behind the Flooding in South Carolina? #scflood

If you are following the news, you know that South Carolina's been hit with epic...

October 03, 2015

The Right to Life and the Right to Grief

To grieve is a natural right. It is a human right. We have the right...

October 02, 2015

ACLU Sues Catholic College for Not Allowing School Shootings #satire

BISMARK, ND - Following on the heels of the lawsuit against Michigan-based Catholic hospital Trinity...