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August 2012

August 19, 2012

For The Thoughts Of (And a Prayer For) My Favorite “Friendly” Atheist Who Believed in Hell

Let me preface this post with an acknowledgement of the fact that philosopher George Santayana...

August 13, 2012

If God Is A Bullet… (Music for Mondays)

I was just checking the archives and realized it's been a long time since I...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

The Editors at Commonweal Think the Bishops Protest Too Much

Earlier today, I shared the latest from the USCCB's stance on religious liberty. Bishop William...

March 2012

March 08, 2012

News for the “War on Women” Contingent: the HHS Mandate Makes War on Your Liberty and Your Gender UPDATED

Period. End of story. That is the truth. The problem, though, is that the truth...

March 05, 2012

The Politics of the HHS Mandate Made Clear, Part Deux

Remember the other day when I said "it’s all about getting votes for the incumbent,...

March 02, 2012

The Politics of the HHS Mandate Made Clear UPDATED

It's all about getting votes for the incumbent, and staying in power. It's a calculated...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

Yes, the Obama Administration has “Uncorked It” UPDATED

That's aviator speak for "lost control of it." That much is obvious. Bloggers Amie Parnes...

February 03, 2012

Eyewitness Account: Planned Parenthood Never Had Mammography Machines UPDATED!

Sure, by now everyone has heard the news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation has...

February 02, 2012

Because Sexually, You Aren’t a “Black Box”

This is Joe Six-Pack here. I haven't received much hate mail in a while so...

January 2012

January 12, 2012

A Reader Writes, and “The Kid” Delivers

An e-mail popped into my box this morning from a reader. Hi there. I am...

January 12, 2012

A Great Idea For Cell Phone Etiquette…

One of the best I've heard, anyway. You know, aside from saying "could you please...

January 11, 2012

Justin Bieber: “I Don’t Think I’m Religious. I Am Spiritual” UPDATED

On the heels of the faith affirming appearance of Mark Walhlberg on yesterday's CBS This...

January 04, 2012

A Bishop Has Children Out of Wedlock…Updated!

So you wanted to just be a simple Catholic man. One who tries to...

January 02, 2012

A Contrarian Way To Invest Like A Catholic

See what I discovered: God made man simple, but they get lost in their many...

January 01, 2012

The Problem With the “Status Quo” in the Holy Places

Is summed up nicely by St. John in his first letter. Beloved: The way we...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

A Wacky Idea for Cleaning the Sacred Sites in the Holy Land- UPDATED

Talk about things that are "ridiculously Catholic," how about ridiculously Orthodox things like...BARFIGHT! Oh wait...CHURCHFIGHT!...

December 22, 2011

To Cultivate the Desert in this Jungle of Words

Words can be tricky things. Words spoken. Words written. Words thought of. Words acted upon....

December 19, 2011

Because Fr. Dwight Longenecker Is Wrong UPDATED

What the Sam Hill are you talking about Frank? How dare you say one of...

December 17, 2011

Planned Parenthood Approval Rating is 68%. Really?!

So says Gail Collins in today's New York Times. Maybe she just means in New...

December 15, 2011

A Few Thoughts on the Political Dimension And Some Homework

The gospel precept of charity enlightens Christians as to the deepest meaning of political life....

December 08, 2011

What Happens When The Dignity Of Human Beings is Lost

You just thrown their dead bodies away. And then when you are discovered, and your...

November 2011

November 16, 2011

Because the Reality of Our Fallenness Isn’t Pretty-UPDATED

David Brooks explains it pretty well in his Op-Ed in New York Times from a...

November 11, 2011

Thoughts On the Penn State Scandal, On A Friday

Back in March of 2010, when the sexual abuse scandal in the Church got its...

November 03, 2011

For Seven Layer Dips of Awesome Like This

Dracula, Sin, The Good News, Prayer, Faith, Forgiveness, Redemption. Mark Shea does a little hammering...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Hey Gen-X: Be Rebels…Slow Down…Have Kids…Stick it to the Man

It's the Catholic thing to do. Or you can keep doing what you've been doing,...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

Because of a Marine in Charge of Justice and Peace

Originally published on February 10, 2010. Before I was a Catholic, yet seriously considering the...

August 19, 2011

Thoughts on the Economy: Catholic, and Not

Ok, class. Today's lesson is on a little thing called "regression to the mean." That's...

August 12, 2011

Thoughts On New Media And Evangelization

I'm not a "new media" expert.But to me,"New Media" is old mediawithout editors,without barriers,without bosses.At...

August 11, 2011

The Suffering Church: Scandal

This is the final part of a three part series. Some folks thought I was...

August 05, 2011

Because of the Protestant Reformers Beliefs On Mary

Another Marian post as we are ten days from the Feast of the Assumption. This...