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June 05, 2021

The Only Cure for LaBelle

I wish I could tell you everything that goes on in Rosie's dollhouse world. She...

May 2021

May 18, 2021

Why Your Parish Needs Diapers, And Other Things

It started with a photo of diapers. My friend Father Schneider shared a photo...

May 11, 2021

When We Fail Our Children

I used to mentor a child, through a program in the town I grew...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

The Homeless Are Not Responsible For The Environment

Here's an earth day post, for you. The other day I saw the beautiful...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

On the Holiday Bus

I didn't realize that Monday was Martin Luther King Day until late Sunday night. Martin...

January 15, 2021

Dustin Higgs’s Execution and the Cycle of American Violence

I regret to tell you that we have to do this one more time....

December 2020

December 11, 2020

In the Dead of Winter

It was a good day. Good as things can get in this year, I...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

This Inhuman Place

Want to hear a true crime story? This is one I didn't know about,...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

Dandelions are the Poor Man’s Marigolds

I went to the free pantry again, with half a bag of things. We go...

April 18, 2020

Compassion is the Strongest Thing

Downtown at the Friendship Room, things are as bleak as ever. It was difficult getting...

April 17, 2020

Spy Wednesday

I came downtown last week on Spy Wednesday, looking a bit like a spy myself...

April 12, 2020

An Easter Visitation

Rosie's lively, ragtag neighbor friends, whom I've referred to as "corner friends" and "fireflies"...

March 2020

March 04, 2020

The Poor You Will Always Have With You

When I share stories like the one about the Cherry Boutique, or the trouble with...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

A Winter Night at the Friendship Room

I noticed the Friendship Room asking for prayers for a guest who came in tonight,...

January 15, 2020

Trump’s New SNAP Rule Won’t Hurt the People You Think

I want to say a few words about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in...

December 2019

December 09, 2019

The Problem With Cheap Gifts for Poor People

I read a thoughtful article today, by my friend Kristy Burmeister. I do recommend that...

November 2019

November 26, 2019

Bransfield’s Proposed Punishment is a Slap on the Wrist

As my regular readers know, I've been following the news on the situation in the...

September 2019

September 14, 2019

Bransfield, West Virginia, and the Tragedy of Greed

I am grateful to the Washington Post for keeping up their excellent reporting on the...

September 01, 2019

What if we Applied Pro-Life Rhetoric to Guns?

I was raised to believe that human life is important, and I believe it. I...

August 2019

August 21, 2019

Please Help Angela Bring Her Children Home!

Guys, I have a friend who is in desperate need of help. I've been...

June 2019

June 05, 2019

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Owns Up to a Horror

I have often been to Mass in the Roman Catholic diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, which covers...

May 2019

May 17, 2019

For Anyone Struggling with the News This Week

I have many, many things to say about the news of the past week....

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Am I Ashamed to be White?

My skin is fair. I know this, because it's the name on the label...

December 2018

December 22, 2018

O Rex Gentium

The O Antiphon for December 22nd: O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui...

August 2018

August 08, 2018

A Pro-Life Action we Can All Take

I would like all of my readers to join me in taking a stand for...

February 2018

February 16, 2018

A Box of Crap in Lieu of SNAP?

A reader and a friend had a request for me, earlier today: "Are we going...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

What is the real “Destructive Culture?”

I keep thinking about that nonsense paragraph from Dreher that I tore apart yesterday. One...

December 2017

December 30, 2017

When A Bigot Works At the Crisis Pregnancy Center

You meet the most interesting people on the internet. Yesterday I was discussing common misconceptions...

November 2017

November 19, 2017

The First Sorrow of Mary: The Prophecy of Simeon

She must have been exhausted. Eight days after giving birth unexpectedly, in a stable,...

August 2017

August 07, 2017

A Ruse of an Article

Some people are very touchy about recipes. After taking a literal forty-eight hours to argue...