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December 2022

December 02, 2022

A Movie Not to Miss: Devotion

Last month my movie-night girl and I went to see Top Gun: Maverick at the second-run...

October 2022

October 26, 2022

Could the Pope Be Black?

This week I volunteered to answer a question posed to the Catholic Channel writers: Could...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

NPR Media Disconnect with Real Life, Hurricane Edition

This morning while my kid was driving across town in an approaching hurricane to go...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

The Climate of Racial Suspicion

I want to comment on the video circulating now about the Black pastor who was...

May 2022

May 15, 2022

Bishop Fabre-Jeune Ordination Links

Two links for highlights on Bishop Fabre-Jeune's ordination this past Friday the 13th: Nate Tinner-Williams...

December 2021

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...

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...

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...

October 2020

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...

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,...

May 2020

May 13, 2020

Unmasking False Dichotomies

As I mentioned the other day, I & mine are doing fine this coronatide, other...

October 2017

October 06, 2017

The Elder Abuse – Catalonia – Gun Rights Connection

Shortly after a I posted yesterday, a friend shared this article from The New Yorker about...

August 2017

August 16, 2017

Linking Around: Violent Racism and Christian Conversion

Following up from yesterday's brief blurb on Joseph Pearce's autobiography, over at the Register you...

June 2017

June 21, 2017

Parsing the Data on “Childhood Gun Violence”

Pediatrics has just released a study on childhood firearms injuries and deaths, and this CNN...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

McDonald’s to Close Down After Accusations of Cultural Appropriation

Just weeks after launching its Great Tastes of America burger series in the United Kingdom,...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Why Conservatives Should Support Wetlands Protection Laws

This article from The State newspaper came to my attention this morning. It concerns a...

February 02, 2017

Is Your Catholic School Any Good?

The other week a friend was sharing in a private discussion group about how her...

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...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

Reality Check re: Black Santa

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

November 2016

November 10, 2016

Calexit Refugees Need Your Help!

Quick update: The piece below is satire (and was tagged as such from the outset),...

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 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,...

July 2016

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...

October 2015

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 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 07, 2015

Update: How to Help with SC Flood Relief #scflood

The South Carolina Emergency Management Division has updated their information on donating and volunteering. There...

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...