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July 2015

July 01, 2015
Think of your typical workday -- that is, if you're a salaried employee performing some...
July 01, 2015
Again, just a question. Right now discussions around polygamy are, for the most part, indirect...

June 2015

June 30, 2015
ADDED:  Bonus hypothetical question below! This is that sort of post in which I think...
June 30, 2015
A genuine, not rhetorical, question.  It's worrisome, to put it mildly, but I need to do...
June 30, 2015
The text of the Supreme Court decision is available at this link. The two-sentence background...
June 29, 2015
Here's the current debate (e.g., in comments to my post on polygamy): Progressives to traditionalists:...
June 29, 2015
(A super-quick, type-up-my-thoughts post before I start work. . .) The Economist went to press...
June 29, 2015
We don't know. Now, Kennedy's opinion appears to promise protection to religious groups, but look...
June 28, 2015
You know you want to talk about this. Given the logic of Kennedy's opinion, and...
June 27, 2015
Is the following speculation too outlandish and Swiftian?  You tell me. . . ****************************** "What's...
June 27, 2015
Here's a post in which I try to assemble some ideas I've been thinking about...
June 26, 2015
In no particular order, some thoughts on the gay marriage decision today.  (What, are you...
June 25, 2015
The Federal Government is, therefore, notwithstanding the precautions of those who founded it, naturally so...
June 25, 2015
Here's a non-Obamacare, non-flag news item:  the Illinois High School Association, which runs high school...
June 25, 2015
Subsidies stay. Go read Ann Althouse, who'll be updating with commentary on the opinion later,...
June 24, 2015
So, remember how my son broke his arm last week?  And remember my brief run-down...
June 23, 2015
"Identity" -- that's the word of the day, isn't it?  Jenner identifying as a woman....
June 22, 2015
Yeah, OK, that's an ambitious title for what's mostly an unresearched "what I know" type...
June 22, 2015
You know life is changing when. . . the facebook status updates by friends reminiscing...
June 21, 2015
Hi, everyone.  Please pray for healing for my friend R., who is undergoing treatment for...
June 21, 2015
This per The Economist: In 1970 more than half of blind American schoolchildren could read...
June 20, 2015
Here's a paragraph or two that's not yet thought out or sourced (go read CNN),...
June 19, 2015
A while ago I drafted a post that went something like this: We say this...
June 19, 2015
Here's an article in the WSJ that was being shared on twitter the other day:...
June 18, 2015
Backstory:  my 12-year old son broke his arm on Tuesday. We had a follow-up doctor's...
June 16, 2015
Well, it started as a fairly routine summer day around here:  the oldest left for...
June 16, 2015
OK, yes, that's a rhetorical question. Because it's fairly obvious why this matters. A generation...
June 15, 2015
The CDC definition of maternal  mortality is much more expansive than the rest of the...
June 14, 2015
"Why do you remain Catholic, when so many are leaving?" That's the question that many...
June 13, 2015
So last month, there were a few articles floating around Patheos about various bishops in...
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