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September 2018

September 21, 2018
In the Tribune today, "Illinois priest nearing citizenship now faces deportation. Because he mistakenly voted." ...
September 16, 2018
The accuser of Brett Kavanaugh now has a name:  Christine Blasey Ford.  And the details,...
September 14, 2018
From the Wall Street Journal:  "China and Vatican to Sign Landmark Deal Over Bishops."  This...
September 13, 2018
Before I get to the most recent of the Catholic Cover-up Crisis news (because, again,...
September 11, 2018
Because it's not really a "sex abuse crisis" - it's the cover-up which matters much...
September 10, 2018
It strikes me that defenses of Catholicism such as which came across my twitter feed,...
September 08, 2018
So here I am, three months into my "freelancing" venture, though, to be sure, I...
September 04, 2018
Last week, I wrote that Cardinal Cupich was taking the satirical Babylon Bee as an...

August 2018

August 30, 2018
Fr. James Martin, as many readers will know, is a Jesuit priest best known for...
August 28, 2018
In the Babylon Bee (an Onion-like evangelical parody site) two weeks ago:  "Pope Says He...
August 27, 2018
The University of Illinois is getting in on the "free tuition" game:  as reported by...
August 25, 2018
From the National Catholic Register:  "Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s...
August 25, 2018
Two items from my twitter feed: First, The Anchoress, Elizabeth Scalia:  "Dear Bishops: Don’t Wait...
August 24, 2018
Longtime readers will know that my husband grew up in Germany; he came here for...
August 21, 2018
Two items: First, have you read about the batty redefinitions of genitals? It's in the...
August 20, 2018
Elizabeth Warren has introduced a new bill called the "Accountable Capitalism Act."  Writing at Vox,...
August 20, 2018
Last week, I wrote about Cardinal Cupich's letter, which was woefully incomplete in addressing the...
August 17, 2018
At last!  Cardinal Cupich has released a statement:  "Letter from Cardinal Blase J. Cupich to...
August 16, 2018
They've issued a statement now.  It's as trite and useless as you'd expect from a...
August 15, 2018
That's the question, isn't it? In the wake of the McCarrick scandal comes the grand...
August 14, 2018
There ought to be a metaphor here somewhere . . . but let's start with...
August 13, 2018
Here's an AP report in the Sunday Chicago Tribune:  "Palestinian-American candidate is source of West...
August 11, 2018
Regular readers will know that I have more ideas than I do patience for digging...
August 11, 2018
The White House is, reportedly, based on the usual anonymous sources, about to publish, via...
August 10, 2018
Financial literacy -- that's the new watchword.  How can we expect people to save --...
August 09, 2018
So in the past month-ish Chicago has had two high-profile protests:  the first on the...
August 07, 2018
You know, a while back I wrote about straws in a Forbes article, as an...
August 05, 2018
I've told you about pretzels before.  Here's an update, with a bit of Actuary family...
August 04, 2018
First, to catch readers up on news that, to be honest, they're probably better off...
August 02, 2018
In today's news, the dramatic announcement that, as the New York Times phrases it in its...
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