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• "When Assigning a 14th Century Italian Epic to a Rambunctious, Inattentive Class...

  

  Tod Worner writes of his first exposure to The Divine Comedy and his visiting that classic again as a middle-aged man: “At the mid-point of the path through... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Gauging America's Weakness Abroad

  

  Am I wrong in thinking aloud that these sorts of stories would be shortlived ones if we had an administration with a set of gonads? Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• The Privilege Checkers Should Check Their Bigotry

  

  Rex Murphy with one that ought to be read widely: It was called by some the ouroboros — a serpent that swallows its own tail. For some it was an early emblem... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Who's Telling the Truth in the Ogling Dad Chaperones Story?

  

  Jim Davis over at GetReligion is looking at journalistic integrity, or the lack thereof, in a story that took place right up the road in Richmond: Let’s talk... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Is the Catholic Church a Totalitarian System?

  

  Will Duquette takes on the charge: In paragraph 34 of Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis writes, Truth nowadays is often reduced to the subjective authenticity of the... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 SOCIETY

• SunTrust: For, Against, and Then for the Benham Brothers

  

  Oh the pressure being felt by those so easily buffeted by the winds of gay fascism: After an uproar from conservative customers, SunTrust Banks announced... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Oh Hell No...

  

  Or... Oh Hell Yes... Which is it? Fr. Robert Barron makes the case for the latter: H/T to Mr. Shea. [Image Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "It’s Time to Be Clear: the Devil Does Not Exist."

  

  I'm not sure who Timothy Tutt is other than being the senior minister of Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ and author of this piece denying th... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 SOCIETY

• He Will Lift You up

  

  Or get his security people to do so. This, coming our way via Matt Archbold, is good stuff.  Watch the faces of these elderly folks and tell me you're not... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "Freedom Has Content. To Round out the Point, We Aren't Made Free in...

  

  John Paul Shimek is writing about freedom in the context of Harvard President Faust's decision, despite her abhorrence, to tolerate a Black Mass (later moved... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "It Also May Cost You Friends and Provoke the Alienation of Family Members"

  

  Faith today is costly, particularly for Catholics who take that faith seriously: Despite the bright, warm sunshine outside, a pessimistic fog spread over the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "What Drew You to the Catholic Church?"

  

  Brandon Vogt interviews Dr. Michael Ward, a man with unimpeachable ties to C. S. Lewis: BRANDON: You recently converted to Catholicism after serving as an... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Victory

  

  For now: A satanic black mass re-enactment being planned by a student group at Harvard University has been ‘postponed indefinitely’ and will not take place May... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "I’m Not Proud of What I Did Next, but I Really Wasn’t Thinking."

  

  A radically progressive PHD candidate at Brown University writes a letter to her mother for Mom's day. If you're expecting a Hallmark card-ish note, do not... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 SOCIETY

• You Cannot, Must Not, Be Repulsed by Gay Men Kissing

  

  The Miami Dolphins have spoken: The Miami Dolphins swiftly and publicly reprimanded Don Jones late Sunday for his Twitter remarks critical of Michael Sam, finin... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 SOCIETY

• "For the First Time in My Life I’m Really Embarrassed to Be Associated with...

  

  Father Roger Landry is priest and pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, Massachusetts.   He's also a Harvard alum and he's written a scathing letter... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Good News for Nominal Catholics - Obligation to Attend Mass Weekly Has Been...

  

  In fact, everything hated about Catholicism has been abolished: I attempted to find out more about the fella in the video.  There's lots out there on him, most... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 SOCIETY

• So You Want a New Beginning?

  

  When people ask me, or indeed anybody else, “Why did you join the Church of Rome?” the first essential answer, if it is partly an elliptical answer, is, “To... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Delusion

  

  There's no other word to describe this coming from the President of the United States: “The good news is we’ve got public opinion on our side if people... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SOCIETY

• HGTV Joins the Culture Fascists

  

  The new tolerance... it's spreading faster: HGTV has canceled a pilot hosted by twin brothers with a history of preaching against homosexuality, abortion and... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 SOCIETY