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March 2020

March 13, 2020
Let's back up to Wednesday, when my husband drove up to my son's college, a...
March 11, 2020
First: In the news today: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are urging...
March 10, 2020
Folks, I haven't blogged nearly as much as I'd like, and, in particular, my ambition...
March 01, 2020
So last weekend, when hubby and the boys were all at a Boy Scout outing,...
March 01, 2020
So we're leaving Afghanistan, with a partial, then ultimately a complete withdrawal. The Taliban has...

February 2020

February 27, 2020
It's 8:30, the day after Ash Wednesday. And I'm pleased to report some early success...
February 21, 2020
So in the Archdiocese of Chicago, this is Annual Catholic Appeal time.  Not a fan,...
February 20, 2020
Yes, round about a year ago, I griped about the Annual Catholic Appeal and spent...
February 19, 2020
In the news last week: "Tampon Tax Break Faces Resistance in Tennessee; A proposal to...
February 12, 2020
The following is a speech I offer to Sen. Amy Klobuchar as she tries to...
February 08, 2020
Here's a line of reasoning that promotes voting for a Democrat, any Democrat, for president...
February 07, 2020
Yes, after a break of over two years, I am trying to get back to...

January 2020

January 30, 2020
OK, confession time: who among you hate-reads the Slate advice column "Dear Prudence" or the...
January 24, 2020
Regular readers will by now be used to the fact that I get into funks...
January 23, 2020
Yeah, it feels a bit silly to be writing this down -- it's neither something...
January 23, 2020
Yesterday Pew, or specifically the Religion and Public Life arm of the Pew Research Center,...
January 21, 2020
So here's something of a ranty update on what's going on at my own parish:...
January 15, 2020
So who's following the Harry-and-Meghan drama? Are you waiting with bated breath to see if...
January 05, 2020
Here's the headline of the Chicago Tribune's online article about the United Methodist split announced...

December 2019

December 31, 2019
Here's an excerpt from an opinion piece at NBC News: It's impossible to discuss what...
December 29, 2019
Incidental initial comment:  once upon a time, when I was a college student, I took...
December 26, 2019
Imagine this dystopian scenario, if you will: Puerto Rico negotiates a status which is even...
December 17, 2019
Yesterday, I wrote at Forbes about a bill that aims to force "gig"-type companies to...
December 07, 2019
So in the last two posts I've mentioned the book Pressure Cooker, which wants to...
December 06, 2019
So, as is my usual practice, I posted a little comment and link about yesterday's...
December 05, 2019
In the news today:  "Feds tighten work rules for food stamps: 688,000 adults could lose...
December 04, 2019
Yes, you know the one. Husband gifts wife Peloton bike, she takes selfies of herself...
December 03, 2019
Many years ago, I was a graduate student studying medieval history.  Heck, I even got...

November 2019

November 20, 2019
So this morning, Pew published an article on consumer interest in "green burial" and the...
November 13, 2019
What does it mean to be a part of the (Roman) Catholic Church?  On Sundays,...
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