The Paranoid Style of Church Politics

June 5, 2012 By 29 Comments

In 2010, InsideCatholic.com director Deal W. Hudson asked, “Is It Time for A Catholic Tea Party?” Whatever the answer might have been then, today it seems to be “Yes,” but on terms very different from those Hudson envisioned. Instead of a grassroots movement pressuring the Catholic bishops to marshal their authority in support of pro-life [...]

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Narcissus Without Echo

March 28, 2012 By 8 Comments

If I find myself spending this summer shirtless and posing for photographs, I’ll have Justice Antonin Scalia — no relation to my editor, although I’ve told friends otherwise — to thank. Yesterday, while counsel were delivering their oral arguments for and against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Scalia asked, “Why not mandate health [...]

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Scales Falling from the Eyes: A Retention Experience

February 23, 2012 By 25 Comments

Eyes are basically testicles that sit in the middle of your head. Show either too much disrespect in the form of squeezing or prodding, and they will punish you for your impertinence in ways you won’t soon forget. I learned this, or at any rate the apart about eyes, on Tuesday night. The experience constituted [...]

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