If I had a gun

For every blog that I have watched

I could arm a town the size of Abilene…

Church of the Masses: Why artists can’t accept aesthetic relativism–a dialogue:

“Writer Friend: …I could go on about what’s wrong with anything… but what’s the point?

“Barb N: Because we want to be great artists.”

Thought Balloons: These are really pretty covers. Like broken-up Soviet realism. Og like. (Yeah, that really shored up my anti-aesthetic-relativism stance….)

A Volokh Conspirator on France’s hostile secularism. Relapsed Catholic points out that headscarves are often worn because women fear they’ll be attacked without them; I like how thoroughly the French government is avoiding addressing that problem.

Bishop Accountability. Tracks news, court documents, etc. related to Catholic clergy abuse. If you check out this site I strongly recommend you also take a look at Amy Welborn’s site (which is where I got the link), since she reminds us that while these sites are absolutely necessary, they’re necessary as a way of cleansing the Church and returning us to focus on Christ.