GOT LUNCH WITH Kathy the Carmelite today. Tons of fun! More soon. Read more

THE STAKES OF THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE. More soon. Read more

“As they walked past it, Tommy glanced at the cover of Escapist Adventures #54, on which the Escapist, blindfolded and bound to a thick post with his hands behind his back, faced a grim-visaged firing squad. The signal to fire was about to be given by, of all people, Tom Mayflower, leaning on his crutch, one arm raised high, his face diabolical and crazed. ‘HOW CAN THIS BE?’ the Escapist was crying out in an agonized, jagged word balloon. ‘I’M... Read more

INTERESTING POST–more on same-sex marriage and “privatizing marriage” and churches and stuff. Marriage and pluralism. Via The Corner. Not sure how much I agree with, but very much worth your time. Read more

GREAT POST about children of divorce. There was a much longer post here but I realized I wasn’t expressing myself well, so now it’s gone… sorry. Anyway, go check out the link. Read more

IRAN UPDATE. Read more

“WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE IN A CIVILIZED WORLD”: Heart-rending letters and pictures from the Holocaust. Scroll down, if that’s what you want to do with your day. Via Kesher Talk. Read more

READING LIST: So some random kid writes in to The Corner asking for reading material on a number of fronts: history, art, music, architecture, biography, natural history, and conservatism. For some of these things, I straight up have no clue. (Architecture? Um, Chesterton’s “Architect of Spears”? The collected works of Antonin Gaudi? Help me out here, people….) But for the ones where I think I have something to say, here’s my take: History: Paul Rahe, Republics Ancient and Modern. I’ve... Read more

MAKING LIFE A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX: I’ve known a lot of guys with same-sex attraction. As far as I can remember, not one has ever had the relationship with his father that is described by “a reader” here. Just so we all know that the general is not the particular, and stuff. Read more

AWESOME COMMENTS THREAD: “An inquirer comes to you. Asks you what’s so great about being Catholic. What do you say?” I guess if I had to say something that hasn’t been said better in the comments thread, I’d say, 1) The cabhorse in “The Preludes” and the sparrow in Hamlet mean something for Catholics; and 2) Catholicism knows why you aren’t a Catholic, or a Christian, yet. Knows, understands, forgives; challenges. But mostly I’d just say what everyone says: the... Read more