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July 2026

July 31, 2026

AI Detection and the Sin of Slander

In today's publishing news, author Jerry Falade had a massive ($2 million massive) publishing deal...

June 2026

June 09, 2026

10 Catholic Finds at the Pride Festival

So I found myself wandering a Pride-themed festival this month, a gathering not exactly known...

September 2025

September 17, 2025

Does Location Tracking Make Your Children Safer?

As a young adult, my sister was stalked by a serial rapist. Her husband worked...

March 2025

March 27, 2025

Are You Trapped in a Catholic Clique?

I had a lovely evening last night at Bible study with a group of moms...

May 2024

May 29, 2024

Finding Yourself in Your Vocation

My daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law are facing some major school and career decisions today, and...

April 2024

April 23, 2024

How are Ownership and Stewardship Different?

It's no surprise that I didn't agree with everything in Rachel Gross's article "Women in...

January 2024

January 24, 2024

Can I Celebrate Valentine’s Day on Ash Wednesday?

Question that's been generating some unnecessary panic: Is it okay for a Catholic to celebrate...

January 03, 2024

The Value of Pre-Made Decisions

Day three of Mag 90, and let me tell you about Costco. My gosh, that...

December 2023

December 30, 2023

The Real Problem with Calories In Calories Out

Is "Calories In Calories Out" the reality about weight loss and obesity? I caught a...

December 27, 2023

Legislative Posturing with the CA Gender Neutral Toy Bill

Take a look at the actual text of California's Assembly Bill 1084, the one about...

December 23, 2023

Catholic Detachment and the Science of Addiction

As I'm thinking through the Magnify 90 spiritual disciplines, what stands out is how tightly...

December 20, 2023

Why I’m Doing Magnify 90 this January

The reason I'm doing Magnify 90 this January is because my sister called me up...

December 05, 2023

Why is Passion Of The Christ Considered A Catholic Movie?

The question I volunteered to cover today is: Why is Mel Gibson's The Passion of...

September 2023

September 30, 2023

Is Graded Exercise Therapy Safe and Effective?

This is a quick PSA based on some conversations trending at the moment, on the...

August 2023

August 15, 2023

How Much College Tuition is ‘Reasonable’?

Good piece at The Atlantic on the wealth divide in admissions to public universities: "These State...

July 2023

July 27, 2023

Why Your Doctor Needs to Know More About “Fatigue”

Great piece this morning by Ed Yong at The Atlantic "Fatigue Can Shatter a Person" summarized...

May 2023

May 09, 2023

What Religion Does Taylor Swift Practice?

I'm out of the closet as a Taylor Swift fan, even though I fully recognize...

May 03, 2023

Girls Who Do Boy Things

From a conversation this evening: Your daughter who likes to do "boy" things will be...

April 2023

April 23, 2023

Something Deeper than a Boycott

There reaches a point where you lose your patience with being mocked. With the latest...

March 2023

March 31, 2023

How Can Catholicism Help with Disorders of Sexual Attraction?

It doesn't take much ink to sum up the Catholic view of disordered sexuality: “You...

March 18, 2023

The Cause-of-Death Equivocation Fallacy

Today we're looking at a particularly abhorrent fallacy I ran across this morning, and no,...

February 2023

February 16, 2023

When Church Leaders Spout Blarbage

My writing friend and I have started identifying a particularly painful genre of Catholic literature:...

February 03, 2023

The Incoherent World of Wednesday

For a while during my misspent youth, I was a regular viewer of The Addams...

January 2023

January 27, 2023

Modesty for Priests

The Pillar has a detailed story on the accusations of sexual misconduct against Fr. Frank...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

‘Where are You Really From?’

I have a friend born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. She speaks with a strong...

December 21, 2022

Babies on Planes

I want to comment on an essay from a distressed air-traveling parent, but without picking...

December 15, 2022

Why Your Doctor Thinks It’s Just Depression

From an article at Stat on physician burnout: Physicians have among the highest rates of suicide of any...

December 10, 2022

Serious Answers to ‘Why the Far Right is Fixated on Drag Queens’

Sometimes The Atlantic runs thoughtfully-researched articles from varying points of view, so I was curious to...

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...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

Resisting the Urge to Politicize Criminal Violence

Yesterday I shared on social media a legal-opinion piece on a highly contentious social issue....