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February 2014

February 14, 2014

For Your Flannery O’Connor Quote Of The Year

To find out about faith, you have to go to the people who have...

February 13, 2014

What Are Adults Looking For From Christianity? Even “The Onion” Knows The Answer To That Question

Sure, The Onion is the best thing going when it comes to humorous, satirical, "news." But what...

February 10, 2014

For Wisdom Folks Miss Because They Think Reading The Bible Is Lame

Wait. Who said reading the Bible is lame? Well, I can't really say for sure....

February 10, 2014

For All the Saints: Paul of the Shipwreck

How can something good come from something tragic? This is a mystery to us all....

February 05, 2014

CVS Stops Selling Tobacco Products, But You Can Still Buy Your Sex Toys There

More news that is being greeted with hosannas from the world today is the decision...

February 05, 2014

The Vatican To The United Nations, “Say What?”

You have probably seen that some committee at the UN has said that the Catholic...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

To Celebrate 30 Years Of Diplomatic Relations Between The United States And The Vatican

Yes, while the rest of the world was celebrating the 30th birthday of the Macintosh...

January 09, 2014

Dodging The Bigotry Bullet, U.S. News and World Report Hosts Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Yesterday, longtime US News & World Report columnist Jamie Stiehm posted an anti-Catholic screed regarding the controversy...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Having Some Bubbly Later? Thank the Monks of the Abbey of St. Hilare

Joe Six-Pack knows who to thank. Now before you get yourself all up in a...

December 27, 2013

In Praise Of A Catholic Christmas Holiday Favorite: Mincemeat Pie UPDATED

Readers of this blog know that I'm a convert to Catholicism (RCIA Class of '08)....

December 18, 2013

The Number One Reason Why Folks Admire Pope Francis

In a word, authenticity. Pope Francis is renovating the crumbling structure of what it...

December 14, 2013

Behold! The First Trappist Abbey Ale Brewed In America

A friend of mine sent me the good news. After years in planning, the USA...

December 10, 2013

For Blessed John Duns Scotus’s Thoughts On The Immaculate Conception

Last Christmas, I shared what I called mind blowing thoughts of Blessed Duns Scotus on...

December 07, 2013

For Dana Gioia’s Thoughts On The Vocation Of The Catholic Writer

A lot of ink has been spilt these last few days since Evangelii Gaudium was...

December 02, 2013

For Thoughts and a Prayer for Advent by Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis is one of the people whose writings helped bring me into the...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

About Moving The Vatican City Legation…(Stuff I Refuse To Be Upset About)

Recently a firestorm of fake dudgeon was released into the Catholic blogosphere when news came...

November 29, 2013

A Serious Message About The Film, “Delivery Man” UPDATED

...is contained in the flyer in the photograph below. Learn more at Alana Newman's place,...

November 26, 2013

Get Your Pope Francis Awesome Sauce Right Here…

Straight from the source. No filters. No handlers. Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis,...

November 21, 2013

Got Questions About Vatican II, Salvation, and the Unsaved?

Who doesn't? We're in luck, though, because Catholic World Report has an eight post symposium...

November 19, 2013

Marines With Beards Helping Wounded Warriors? Count Me In!

Now this is entrepreneurship that I can support without reservation. And just in time...

November 18, 2013

Is This Where Some Pope Francis Fans Exit The Bus?

See, he gave a little homily today, like he usually does. The first reading was...

November 17, 2013

Another Reason To Thank Catholic Monks: Great Beer!

I'm not saying they invented beer. But the beers we enjoy today are a...

November 12, 2013

Nobody Is Signing Up For Obamacare? Even With Edgy And Cool Ads Like This One? UPDATED

Reuters reported yesterday that practically no one has signed up for Obamacare so far. Of...

November 02, 2013

Belated Happy Reformation Day!

D'oh! Here's a refresher if you're unsure what the Five Solas are. It's as good...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Happy Birthday, Internet! (October 29, 1969)

My alma mater played a key role in building the road that brought this post...

October 28, 2013

In The News: Alabama Joins EWTN In Suit Against The HHS Mandate, and Benghazi-Gate Gets New Life…

As the HHS takes it on the chin for the failures in allowing folks to...

October 24, 2013

A Brandy G.K Chesterton Would Approve Of…

I think so. I mean, look at the name on the label. Lepanto? As in the...

October 23, 2013

Crashing the Obamacare Servers Is Easy As Pie. Here’s Why…

Load testing? We don't need no stinking "load testing!" Tom McDonald has the skinny. Prepare...

October 19, 2013

Because You Never Know When Pope Francis Might Send You An E-Mail

First it was phone calls, then it was letters and interviews. And now il Papa...

October 17, 2013

Neil Gaiman: “I want to talk about what reading does. What it’s good for.”

Here's a snippet of a great piece Neil Gaiman writes in The Guardian about reading,...