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September 2013

September 18, 2013

Worst! Pope! Ever!!1!

It's true, Francis really is -- as long as you understand that, as a Catholic,...

September 17, 2013

Creepy and gorgeous city ghosts

A photographer and historian superimposes crime and accident photos from New York's past onto the...

September 17, 2013

At the Register: If You’re Happy and You’re Married, Let It Show

Oopsie, that title was just a placeholder. Pushed "publish" before I thought of something...

September 17, 2013

Food and Longing

Just heard the most fascinating short interview on NPR's Morning Edition. Anya von Bremzen...

September 16, 2013

Time for Married Priests?

NBC did a story on married priests, and included comments by Mark Shea. Looks like...

September 14, 2013

Gangster Meatballs

We recently rewatched Goodfellas, and, what can I say? We're older and fatter, so what...

September 14, 2013

Holy Cats, Mr. Science! Do you mean to say that population is made out of people?

Op ed in the NYT saying what I've been saying since forever: Gosheroodie, have you...

September 14, 2013

Catholic Digest: Pro-life Even at the End of Life

Oops, just realized I have a second article in the latest edition of Catholic Digest....

September 14, 2013

In Catholic Digest: 12 Questions to Ask before Giving Money to Charity

Many thanks to Kiernan O'Connor of the Donor Motivation Program of Houston for a great...

September 13, 2013

Extra cool!

.. . . as my son used to say repeatedly as he launched himself off...

September 13, 2013

Great stuff from Steve Gershom

Humans don’t make sense without gender. When I tell people I don’t believe that homosexual...

September 12, 2013

test

This is a post. Will it automatically appear on Facebook with a small excerpt as...

September 12, 2013

At the Register: Bigger on the Inside

Doctor Who is actually a fairly culturally subversive show, so I'm not convinced that the...

September 11, 2013

Hoo boy, Mark Twain

Such great stuff here. I laughed my head off at the Jane Austen one: I...

September 10, 2013

At the Register: How to Turn Your Son into a Sexual Basket Case

I have sons, 9 and 11. I have daughters who will someday be looking for...

September 09, 2013

Hooray, it’s Tony Esolen!

Professor Anthony Esolen teaches Renaissance English Literature and the Development of Western Civilization atProvidence College....

September 09, 2013

Interested in becoming a Creighton Model FertilityCare practitioner?

People think of NFP as a way to space or postpone pregnancy, but it can...

September 07, 2013

I repent of my early support for the Iraq War

I wish I had listened to John Paul II at the time, and I have...

September 06, 2013

TheyToldMeToAbort.com – UPDATED!

Ever had a prenatal ultrasound? Ever had a false diagnosis based on that ultrasound? In...

September 06, 2013

Come see me in Vancouver, WA!

I'm really excited about the Catholic Women Rejoice Conference coming up in a few weeks!...

September 06, 2013

I finally have my Amazon button!

Actually, it's a widget, or, in layman's terms, "thingy." If you'll just scroll down a...

September 05, 2013

Ooh, fun! Pictures of Francis

Here's a little contest for pictures of Pope Francis, with entries from around the world....

September 05, 2013

At the Register: The Allure of Either/Or

I wrote today's post in forty-second increments all morning long. If it makes any sense,...

September 04, 2013

Super Caring Medical Student Designs Super Caring Uterine Assault Rifle, for the Ladies

Because when your heart is just full of pain for the plight of women, the...

September 03, 2013

Help a mom of 11 go to nursing school

Here's the short version: a Catholic mother is raising eleven children on her own. She is trying...

September 03, 2013

At the Regiser: Should We Burden Priests with Our Sins?

All kinds o' formatting craziness on today's post, but it's legible, anyway.

September 02, 2013

I’ll be on the Son Rise Morning Show Tuesday morning around 8:40 Eastern Time

. . . chatting with Matt Swaim about the importance of blessing children. *sigh* Which...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

I have always depended on the blindness of strangers. A contest!

Weh-heh-hell, it was bound to happen. As I mentioned, we got a puppy a few months...

August 29, 2013

Girls Cannot Give Consent

In the third world, they stone a girl to death for being raped. In the...

August 29, 2013

At the Register: Ten Reasons You Should Get to Confession This Weekend

Argue your way out of this one!