The long distance relationship
In August of 2011, I was having a long, deep, interesting conversation—the type women often do–about my deal breakers for a dating relationship. No...
Politics, Piggery and Doing One’s Duty
As the midterms make clear, the U.S. continues its continental divide, between the (ironically) red Republicans and the blue Democrats, with the former under...
Who tells you what to do?
My friend blogged the other day about how her boys, when allowed to have whatever they want for breakfast on their birthday, choose cereal....
Scandals There will Be, but Have Peace…
Paula Adamick has a take on a powerful new book by Jennifer Roback Morse, 'The Sexual State', outlining the government's role in aiding, abetting...
Choices, Good and Bad
Today is the feast of Saint Matthias, the one chosen, as recounted in the first chapter of Acts, to replace Judas Iscariot, who betrayed...
Lessons from Picasso
I love art—particularly paintings. I love the way that paintings have their own language, where so much can be conveyed in a single image....
Moving Days
As my family travels, we meet quite a few people who ask us things like, “Where is your favorite place to go?” (I have...
Pagan Idolatry and Catholic Fortitude
A writer must at times take back, or at least re-form, opinions once vaguely and lightly and perhaps too hastily held. Even the great...
Pope Francis on Liturgy
If you have a few moments, read and ponder the Holy Father's recent address on matters liturgical. Nothing absolutely new, but the trend of...
Lettergate and the Limits of Prediction
The controversy over 'Lettergate' is an indicative one, wherein the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, Msgr. Dario Vigano (who has since been demoted, sort of,...
