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June 2016

June 15, 2016

Because My Brother Imran Yousef Is An American Hero

Another kid from New York was in the nightclub that turned into a killing zone...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

“Where Do We Get Such Men?”

That's the last line from the Korean War film, The Bridges At Toko-Ri. Over at...

May 04, 2016

For Things C.S. Lewis Said Shortly Before He Passed On…

You know how often you can find me scrolling the selections over at the Christian...

July 2015

July 15, 2015

The Definition Of A Gentlemen (A Few Words For Wednesday)

While I was on vacation, I started thumbing through a book my wife picked up...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

King Abdullah II of Jordan Is A Good King. Listen To Him

Note that I didn't say that he is a perfect king, or that he is...

January 2015

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 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...

October 2014

October 06, 2014

Everything You Need To Know About The Extraordinary Synod Process In 5 Minutes…

Forget the bloviating. Avoid the hyperventilating. Sidestep the handwringing. That is Joe Six-Pack's plan for...

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 12, 2014

Leah Libresco Casually Dates The Disney Princes… (Friday Funnies)

My blog neighbor Leah loves musicals. Leah writes a lot about some strange phenomenon she...

September 06, 2014

Joe Six-Pack’s Succinct Thoughts On ISIS, Archbishop Sheen, The Whirlwind At The Archdiocese of Pravda, And MOAR

It's been a weird month so far in the internet version of Catholiclandia and we're...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

This Thai Life Insurance Commercial “Gets” Marriage

To have and to hold, from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer,...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

Because I Can Learn A Lot From Tim Harris

If you're ever in Albuquerque, New Mexico, put this restaurant on top of your "must...

July 03, 2014

“When Great Trees Fall” (Requiescat In Pace)

I'm not sure if I will be much of a presence here over the next...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Revenge Of The Disney Dads (Music for Mondays)

Facing the prospect of another day with Let It Go stuck in your keppe? Let...

November 2013

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...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Your Marriage Quote of the Year

This works both ways, I hope. When a guy is happily married, no matter...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

To Forgive My Father…

-Feast of St. Anthony of Padua Being a child of divorce, I'm not used to...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

For Your Lenten Friday Night at the Movies VI: “We Were Soldiers”

This is the rare Lent were there will be seven movies (maybe I was skipping...

March 14, 2013

Christian Badass or Christian Coward, Which Do We Choose?

Originally written last year on the feast of St. John the Baptist, I can't help...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

A Poem and a Prayer as a Pontiff Retires

Today's gospel reading is a fitting reminder that the Christian model of leadership is not...

February 23, 2013

Father Robert Barron with a Few Words on the Priesthood

Heh! Neither is Joe Six-Pack. The video below is not new, but it gives us...

February 10, 2013

What To Get That Special Man In Your Life For Valentines Day? I Can Guarantee He’ll Never Forget This…

As Pat Gohn shames us men into drafting epic love letters for our sweeties this...

January 2013

January 19, 2013

For the Faith and Witness of Stan Musial, Requiescat in Pace

This originally ran back when Spring Break was just getting underway in 2011, and he...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Because of Thomas Merton, OCSO (January 31, 1915 – December 10, 1968)

This is part VII of my conversion story, tagged as 2BFrank in the Tag Cloud....

November 2012

November 19, 2012

Best.Beer.Commercial.Ever.

Stella Artois with a passel of ice-skating priests. They send the novice on a beer...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

Neil Armstrong and the Landing of the “Eagle” UPDATED

Over at Mental Floss, there's a great recap of the life and career of Neil...

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

Because of Catholics like Hubert of Aquitane (Saints for the Rest of Us)

Wait a second, isn't that what is on the label of a bottle of Jägermeister ...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

The Most Interesting Man in the World Sent Me His Latest…

And he does so calmly, clearly, charitably, and intelligently. Take a look from...