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May 2012

May 30, 2012

Thoughts on the Role of the Laity on this Feast of St. Joan of Arc UPDATED

And so we leave Eastertide behind. Before we move on into "Ordinary Time", recall the...

May 28, 2012

For A Few Thoughts On Memorial Day UPDATED

Two years back, I wrote a Memorial Day post titled To Remember the Fallen....

May 27, 2012

Proof that the Robinson Family of “Lost in Space” Were Catholics

That's simple. They always saved Dr. Smith, no matter what he did. Here's some trivia...

May 27, 2012

Can Mary Ann Glendon Change the President’s Mind on the HHS Mandate?

Last Tuesday, I shared Mary Ann Glendon's piece in the Wall Street Journal explaining why...

May 24, 2012

Lifting the Veil on the HHS Mandate And a Query to the Administration UPDATED

Joanne McPortland does all of the heavy lifting for us. All we have to do...

May 24, 2012

Props to PBS, Who Did Discuss the Lawsuit, While the Other Networks Slept

Joanne McPortland tipped me off about this in the combox of the post I wrote...

May 23, 2012

With the HHS Mandate, Belloc’s Heresy “The Modern Phase” Has Arrived UPDATED

A couple of years ago, when I was boring folks with YIMCatholic Book Club posts,...

May 23, 2012

Because the Catholic Church is Flying Under the Gaydar, and Way Over It Too UPDATED

In fact, she transcends homosexuality in the same manner that she transcends everything, be it...

May 22, 2012

Mary Ann Glendon Explains Why The Bishops Are Suing the U.S. Government

Who is Mary Ann Glendon? She's the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law...

May 22, 2012

Cardinal Dolan on CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose

Yesterday I lamented the paucity of media coverage regarding the lawsuits filed by 40+ Catholic...

May 21, 2012

The Dozen Lawsuits Filed Today Garnered all of 15 Seconds on CBS News. We Shall Overcome.

Calvin and Hobbes are at it again, making great points in less than 10 seconds....

May 21, 2012

Comments on the Lawsuit by the President of the University of Notre Dame UPDATED

On the heels of the story that hit the news stands at 11AM, the President...

May 21, 2012

Catholics to the Courtrooms: OSV, University of Notre Dame, and 43 Dioceses Ramp Up the Legal Fight Against the HHS Mandate

This broke about a half hour ago from the good folks over at Our Sunday...

May 19, 2012

What the Most Interesting Man In the World Says…

Amen. That is all (H/T Southern Fried Catholicism).

May 17, 2012

Donna Summer, Requiescat In Pace

Well, I am sad to hear that Donna Summer has left us. But something makes...

May 16, 2012

General Patton’s Thoughts on the Power of Prayer

My youngest son has a Living Wax Museum assignment due for his 5th grade...

May 14, 2012

The Golden Rule? Or Gilding the Lily?

Fellow Patheos blogger and philospher, Francis Beckwith on President Obama's misunderstanding of the one, while...

May 14, 2012

Music for Mondays, the Speed Edition

Every time you go racing, you put your reputation on the line. —Carroll Shelby I'm...

May 10, 2012

Because of Natural Law and Politics

One of the early agreements Webster Bull and I had when he invited me aboard...

May 09, 2012

Problems of the Rich I Don’t Envy #27

Applying for financial aid for must-have high school degrees that cost $200K. "I don't know...

May 08, 2012

Christopher Walken Reads Us “Where the Wild Things Are”

Because everything is a little better with Christopher Walken’s take on it, don’t you...

May 07, 2012

Jazz for Jesus: Selections from Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts

I'm not the first to bring folks attention to the small "c" catholicity of Jazz....

May 04, 2012

May The Fourth Be With You…Always

Yep, it's late, but it's not too late to share my favorite commercial on this...

May 02, 2012

Proof Texting A Comment Policy? I’m All For That

The folks over at Sojourners don't have a comment policy. They have gone one better...

May 01, 2012

The May Magnificat (A Few Words for Wednesday)

God is simple, God is all. In his wisdom, he gave us his only begotten...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Because Jesus Haunts Us In Song (Music for Mondays)

Last year around this time for Eastertide, I started exploring Jesus in terms of...

April 28, 2012

Remember John Houseman in “The Paper Chase?”

Just the other day, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius got grilled by Congressman Trey Gowdy (R, S.C.)...

April 26, 2012

Memo to the Blog-o-sphere: Saying Atheists R Stoopid is Lame

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that witnessing to atheists,...

April 24, 2012

Between the Scylla and Charybdis and Apocalypse Now

If you are a Catholic News junkie, coming to the internet everyday for your fix...

April 20, 2012

A liberal, moderate and conservative walk into a bar…

The bartender says, "Hi your Eminence!" Get it? I don't know if it's funny, but...