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• "Diversity is Divine, Division is Diabolic"

  

  I received an email from The Anchoress a short while ago. I perk up when she does this because it's usually something she's sending me (and let's not kid each... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "That's the Problem: the Original Stories Do Not Provide Plausible Facts. They...

  

  Last Sunday I put up a post that serves as good backdrop to what you're about to read now.   I came across this Huffington Post piece a few moments ago: Lifelon... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "Fervor and Doubt, Clarity and Confusion, Empathy and Moral Demand"

  

  Fascinating column, in the New York Times no less, by David Brooks, writing about one of my favorite Catholic songstresses, Audrey Assad: There must be somethin... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "Our Problem Is... That We Have Forgotten How to Have a Good Argument About...

  

  I was unfriended yesterday by someone on Facebook.  Then blocked.  My crime?  Defending the Pope against scurrilous claims.  I was not harsh.  I was not... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "My Grandfather Was Very Religious, So I Used to Go to Mass with Him"

  

  One day, sooner rather than later, I'm going to want that said about me but for now, you might be surprised to hear who actually said it: Mr. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Skepticism... Sometimes It Doesn't Pay

  

  And for this waiter in West Hollywood, California, it didn't pay a lot: Ron Kinney, 67, waits tables at the French Quarter Restaurant in West Hollywood,... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 SOCIETY

• “Don’t Be Afraid of Confession”

  

  Good stuff from the Pope at this morning's general audience: "Everyone say to himself: ‘When was the last time I went to confession?’ And if it has been a long... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Walk in These Parents' Shoes

  

  Horrific case of raw state power in Massachusetts: A judge has ruled that a Boston teen may continue to be held captive in a hospital and forcibly drugged…... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Regrets, I've Had a Few, but Then Again, Too Few to Mention

  

  And I suspect, not many today would mention this rather huge regret: The poll asked those who voted for Obama's reelection a simple question: “Do you regret... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Nothing to See Here, Please Move Along

  

  Did you hear about the Christian who tried to set the gay bar on fire in Seattle on New Year's Day?  Me neither.  I found that odd... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 SOCIETY

• A Twelve Step Program That Could Save the Country... Maybe

  

  I'll give you the first six: 1. We admitted that like crazed pale metrosexuals we were powerless over Obama huffing, puffing, and fluffing — that our political... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Science Supports Marriage

  

  Hey... scientific consensus, can't beat that: Marriage is linked with numerous health benefits that simply cohabiting doesn't seem to provide. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "... the False Narrative is the Primary Weapon in the Arsenal of the Progressive"

  

  This morning's posts, on storm clouds gathering for the Church and on how a New Religion is forming, the tenets of which include destroying old religions,... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 SOCIETY

• 'This “New Religion” of This Era Does Not Permit (and is Hostile Towards)...

  

  A fascinating read over at Pursuit of Truth Ministries, a new place for me, written by a nameless gay Catholic who is disturbed by what surrounds the Olympics i... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Storm Clouds Are Gathering for the Church

  

  It's been a rough week for proponents of traditional marriage.   On Wednesday, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled that the state must recognize gay marriages... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "My Sadness is That We Are Probably Today More Race and Difference-conscious Tha...

  

  I've always admired Clarence Thomas... and after this, all the more: “My sadness is that we are probably today more race and difference-conscious than I was in... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "One of the Effects of Modern Liberal Protestantism Has Been Gradually to Turn...

  

  In my previous post, I relished reading Tod Worner's ode to Flannery O'Connor and promised I'd go back and read his piece one more time.  So I did and this, fro... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "Don’t Think That You Have to Abandon Reason to Be a Christian"

  

  As a Catholic revert, I look to read that which bolsters the faith, that which sustains the faith when I find it waning, that which refills me because my faith... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY

• "Every Poor Family of Four Could Have a Cash Income of $44,000 a Year"

  

  Fundamental transformation of the country continues: Federal budget data confirm that rising enrollment and cost is the real untold story of almost all welfare... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 SOCIETY

• Papal Valentine's Day Message to the Young and in Love (UPDATED)

  Dear young people, don’t be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) February 14, 2014 It's true..... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 SOCIETY