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May 2012

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 11, 2012

Carroll Shelby, Requiescat In Pace

It has been a week full of passings. We started off by losing Maurice...

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 04, 2012

Because Blaise Pascal Knew The Art of Risk Management and the Importance of Consequences

The late economic historian, and former financier Peter Bernstein explains this fact well in an...

April 2012

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 17, 2012

Dr. Estrangedlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Church UPDATED

The word is that the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) may be coming...

April 16, 2012

Brides-to-Be and the Blindness of Vanity

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the books Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, once...

April 13, 2012

Irony Alert! Ron Paul Press Release Misses Obvious

Need more proof that Ron Paul is Cyber Monday (huge on the internet, but small...

April 10, 2012

Janine Turner Speaks Out Against the HHS Mandate

A few weeks ago, I noted that to many women, the HHS Mandate is demeaning....

April 08, 2012

Catholic Leaders On the Sunday Morning News Shows This Easter Morning

In case you missed it, and I know I did, the network news shows this...

April 05, 2012

New Memo from the Bishops Says HHS Mandate “Radically Flawed”

From the National Catholic Register yesterday, details of a March 29 memorandum addressing the problems...

April 05, 2012

A Petulant POTUS, or an All-Powerful Genie?

Here's hoping he's both. In the "petulant President" department, John Fund, a writer based in New York,...

April 02, 2012

POTUS, SCOTUS, Healthcare law, the HHS Mandate, the Bishops and Catholic Social Teaching. Oh My!

When you have a post with a title with two acronyms, a healthcare law, a...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Earl Scruggs, Requescat In Pace

What is the happiest sounding instrument in the world? Hands down, my vote goes to...

March 29, 2012

Cardinal Dolan on the O’Reilly Factor’s “No Spin Zone” and an Idea to Get Him on Comedy Central Too.

Rocco Palmo scooped this up first, naturally, and it's fantastic. Watch the latest video at...

March 14, 2012

The Bishops Decide to Fight On…

Call it the "recalibration we can believe in," breaking news from the Bishop's Administrative Committee,...

March 13, 2012

You Don’t Trust the Bishops Like You Don’t Trust the Stock Market? Eureka!

And in both ways, you are being foolish, and unreasonable. Permit me to explain with...

March 09, 2012

The Article on the HHS Mandate America Magazine Did Well By Publishing

Remember a few days back when I shared Bishop Lori's letter to the editors at...

March 08, 2012

“The HHS Mandate is Demeaning to Women.” And Women Are Speaking Out

I said that the HHS Mandate robs women of their liberty in a lot of...

March 08, 2012

For The Monks That Have Gone to the Dogs, and the Ones That Make Beer, et al…UPDATED

It's been that way for a while with the Monks of New Skete. Who are...

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

“Whereas Distractions are Evanescent, the Religious-Liberty Issue Hasn’t Gone Away”

Nor will it, because this is the crux of the matter. These revelations are nothing...

March 04, 2012

Ben Franklin’s Warning, Winston Churchill’s Observation, And Catholic Support for the Rights of Mankind UPDATED

For about a few months now, I've been mentioning things political that should matter to...

March 03, 2012

Good Discussions Only Seen On A Comedy Show UPDATED

Jon Stewart gives up 12 minutes of airtime to discussion of Catholic social teachings, with...

March 01, 2012

Because the Vatican has the Coolest Archive On the Planet

But you knew that already, right? A preview of the official video for the exhibition-event...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Awaiting an Apology from POTUS = Crickets Chirping, and Other HHS Mandate Tidbits

Though I'm on leave, I sheepishly came back aboard the good ship YIMCatholic again to...

February 17, 2012

The Women That Testified to Congress that Planned Parenthood Missed?

They're right here, folks. Did you have any friends, relatives, or acquaintances plaster the photograph...

February 17, 2012

Proof that the “Threat” from Iran is real…

They have female ninjas?! This changes everything. Get our Japanese allies on the phone ASAP....

February 16, 2012

Hugh Hewitt was at Ground Zero on the HHS Mandate the Other Day

Where? Thomas Aquinas College in California. When? You guessed it: on the feast of Saint...

February 11, 2012

Meanwhile, George Weigel Clarifies Things…

for folks who are used to getting all of their views from the sclerotic filters...