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April 2015

April 08, 2015

Just Bake The Cake! Just Deliver The Beer! What’s The Crucial Difference?

You tell me, citizen. See, a friend of mine posted a story up on his...

April 01, 2015

Indiana Bishops Release Statement On Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Six days after Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act heard 'round the world into...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

If The World Is Trying To Distract You, Then It’s Probably Holy Week

Oh, look at the calendar! It IS Holy Week. So right when you'd really like...

March 29, 2015

Because Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World

There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not...

March 26, 2015

Did Pope Francis Post A Turkey To A Bishopric In Chile? UPDATED

It's looking like it, if you asked me. But nobody asked me, nor would they...

March 22, 2015

MUST SEE TV: 60 Minutes Segment On Iraqi Christians Persecuted By ISIS

It's 13 minutes and 23 seconds worth of pathos. Lara Logan has the story, For...

March 18, 2015

BREAKING: The Cathedral Of St. Maytag Is Stuck On Rinse Cycle UPDATED

Finally. We have a scandal that we can literally call "Watergate" without blinking an eye....

March 17, 2015

G.K. Chesterton Splashes Into The Pages Of “The Atlantic”

Remember that time when Chesterton showed up in Breitbart? This is even better than...

March 15, 2015

Talking On The Radio About My Conversion, With Mark Shea

Be warned, devoted follower of YIMCatholic. It's time for a pop quiz. Here is the...

March 03, 2015

SIGN THE PETITION: Save Religious Minorities Persecuted By ISIS

Are 100,000 Americans willing to say we should be doing more to save the religious...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

To Break My Fast From Being Merciful

I came across some wise words of a Doctor of the Church I had never...

February 23, 2015

Pass? Or Fail? The Yokohama YK580 In The Snow (A Tire Review Update)

Back in November I shared my opinion on the Yokohama YK580 tires. I was pretty...

February 22, 2015

What ISIS Really, Really, Wants, And More Importantly, What Joe Six-Pack Wants For ISIS

So, there was this article published by The Atlantic online a week or so...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Because Of The Sacraments (A Few Words for Wednesday)

I just ran across these thoughts by Reverend Jesse Brett over at my favorite electronic...

January 23, 2015

The Prodigal Son, The Guru, And The Long, Strange, Trip To Truth…

Webster Bull, my friend, and former blogging partner, has written a memoir about the long,...

January 22, 2015

To Become Fully Human (A Work In Progress)

A few thoughts as we endure a day of penance in remembrance of the...

January 17, 2015

Rudy + Moonlight Graham = Reggie Ho, The Little Catholic Kicker Who Could

It's a big football weekend coming up, what with the Conference Championships meeting up on...

January 15, 2015

Pope Francis Is Talking During Plane Flights Again (And You Know What That Means)

It means some folks will be writing their own encyclicals around his words. Shock! Remember...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

I Don’t Always Agree With George Clooney, But When I Do…UPDATED

It's when he says we shouldn't be bowing down to sovereign terrorists from North Korea....

December 16, 2014

The Right Way To Interrogate Enemy Prisoners Of War, Courtesy Of A Marine Who Was A Missionary UPDATED

This is the last time I'll be posting about this subject. Yesterday I shared a...

December 15, 2014

Thoughts On Torture Occasioned By Mass At The Garden Of Gethsemane UPDATED

My wife and I have arrived home safe and sound from our pilgrimage trip to...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Latest News From The Church Of God Without God…UPDATED

Actually, depending how you look at it, this news is either four years old, or...

November 17, 2014

The Shelby GT 350 Returns…UPDATED

It's baaack. And it's badder than ever. Roll clip, Remember, folks, that the Mustang...

November 14, 2014

The Worst Performing Tire I’ve Ever Driven In The Wet? It’s This One…UPDATED

Long time readers know that I'm a bit of a gearhead. I like cars,...

November 06, 2014

The 6th Circuit Court’s Wise Decision On Same-Sex Marriage

Just the other day I was joking on Facebook that I welcome our new judicial...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Cardinal Kasper Kind Of, Sort Of, Apologizes (Maybe)…

“If one of my remarks about Africans was perceived as demeaning or insulting, then I...

October 17, 2014

“And When Cardinal Kasper Lied At The Synod, I Stopped Listening To Him At All.”

That's a direct quote from me, Joe Six-Pack, USMC. If you don't know what I'm...

October 06, 2014

This Is My Dog. Your Argument Is Invalid

What argument, you say? All of 'em.

September 2014

September 30, 2014

I’ve Been On Retreat, Climbing A Mountain With An Elevation Of 6,500 RPM…

You probably think I'm off my rocker, but given how unsatisfying this month was shaping...

September 21, 2014

My Thoughts On The Appointment Of Bishop Cupich To Chicago…

Joe Six-Pack will be brief. Any questions? I really sleep well at night, too. Here...