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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...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Of Course Prenatal Learning is Real

Melanie Jean Juneau has a provocative story over at Catholic Stand about her own children's...

November 29, 2021

Freedom of Speech Matters

H/T to Salon Beige on a European freedom of speech ruling that's being used by...

November 20, 2021

Being Welcoming vs. Selling “Welcoming”

Hard-hitting post by Amy Welborn: "I no longer live, but…" on the failure of come-back-to-Mass...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Oh Geez. Integralism? Seriously?

This morning Rod Dreher delivered on his daily promise to keep me entertained by shedding...

October 27, 2021

Faith, Integrity, and Eucharistic Coherence

My high school senior just wrapped up her volleyball career on a disappointing note, and...

October 20, 2021

The Cost of Flattening Your Opponent’s Humanity

Yesterday subbing in high school English (I know!), we were discussing "flat" versus "rounded" characters. ...

October 05, 2021

Hey, so, what’s the #1 cause of accidental death in children under 5? Anyone?

Take at look at the photo Vox used to illustrate an article about remote workers:...

October 03, 2021

Surprisingly Healthy Sick People

When my kids were little, sometimes we'd be out and people would congratulate me on...

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...

September 20, 2021

Thinking Clearly about “Long COVID” Confusion

This is a rebuttal of Michael Fumento's "The Myth of 'Long COVID'" at The American Spectator....

September 19, 2021

Thinking About Images of Mary

In my goofing off today: "The First Instagram Filter" from Jeff Miller at The Curt...

September 17, 2021

The Other Religious Objection to the Vaccine Mandate

Crux reports on a group of Christian healthcare workers fighting New York's COVID vaccine mandate...

September 14, 2021

What You’re Doing When You Vaccine-Shame Priests, and What to do Instead

At Catholic Vote this morning: "Bishop Orders Unvaccinated Priests Not to Minister to the Sick." ...

September 13, 2021

The Moral Case Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate

My daughters' friend lost her father to COVID this week. 50-something, father of five children,...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

Hyperventilating Over Gender Roles – And Harming Women While We’re at It

Gender Problems in Medieval Finland? In my goofing off today someone pointed me towards this...

August 12, 2021

Bacon Famine 2022?

Those of us who lean conservative have a knee-jerk tendency to ask, "Can anything good...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

Points of View on COVID Policy Making

Domenico and Melanie Bettinelli are high on my shortlist of people whose opinions I respect...

July 29, 2021

Threats vs. Science in Public Health Policy

NPR reports that the Biden administration is about to lay down vaccination requirements for federal...

July 26, 2021

School Choice as a COVID Solution

The stakes are high in return-to-school debates, because no matter what you do, there will be...

July 24, 2021

Facing Reality on COVID-19 Harm Reduction

The Jerusalem Post has what I think is a helpful discussion of why two different studies...

July 23, 2021

7QT: Life as a Walking Knock-knock Joke

Since it's that time of week, seven things to make you glad you don't live...

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...

July 21, 2021

Quick Takes on Msgr. Burrill’s Resignation from the USCCB

FTR I had no idea, when I let loose a couple pertinent rants over 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 03, 2021

When Mercy Shows Up at Your Parish

I want to speak briefly to the problem of the horrible people you go to...

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...

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...