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SMDH, as they say. Let me start by telling you about the "family bill of...

Ever since Tom Brokaw coined the term the "Greatest Generation" to refer to the men...

"Trust women." That's what we're told, time and again. We should "trust" that there is...

Is it an inaugural address if it's given by a mayor rather than a president? ...

Plus, a link and three questions. First, the insight: GOT is a massive spectacle.  It's...

So in my prior post, I observed that the conventional wisdom that "the only people...

One reads a lot, these days, about what it means to be "pro-life" -- and...

First, an update on the fallout from the Farrakhan speech at St. Sabina's Church in...

In the news today, "A Catholic church hosted Louis Farrakhan for an anti-Facebook speech. At...

The Democrats are going after Trump's tax returns. In the first place, the House Ways...

Illinois readers will know that, under the new governor JB Pritzker, the state is moving...

Yes, it's a rarity, a popular culture phenomenon that I am actually clued into.  But...

Answer:  whatever the heck they want to do. I know that many of us outside...

Over at Forbes, I referenced a Washington Post column claiming that it is super-inappropriate to...

So I feel obliged to comment on this latest news report about the Boy Scouts,...

So Sunday was, of course, Easter, and that means the customary full-page ad in the...

So it's been a nice Easter Sunday, actually.  I went to Easter Vigil last night,...

First, my memories. For what it's worth, I was at Notre Dame in Paris three...

Admittedly, we're not at the "put mom in a home" stage.  But we are getting...

What is CFM? CFM stands for Christian Family Movement, though it's specifically a Catholic group. ...

Did Arthur Brooks plan for his book Love Your Enemies to be released a few...

So here's the latest in the "Jane the Actuary has aging parents" saga:  wheelchairgate. Dad,...

You know, I go back and forth on whether I write about my parents and...

So, apropos of nothing, let's think about anti-vaxxers for a bit, shall we? It seems...

In the news today at the Chicago Tribune (and pretty much everywhere else):  "Mayor Emanuel...

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses to the church door...

Yes, I get that it's just a parable, but some years, when the Prodigal Son...

So I wrote the other day about a book called Alienated America, the primary thesis...

Remember when, back after the Charlie Hebdo attack, everyone changed their profile pictures and said,...

So I just finished Tim Carney's Alienated America, and have a few rambly thoughts. To...