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October 2023

October 12, 2023
A friend* posed this question recently: "I'm trying to get in shape, but I read...

September 2023

September 30, 2023
This is a quick PSA based on some conversations trending at the moment, on the...

August 2023

August 29, 2023
H/T to Jonathan Turley for the heads up on the new ban on abayas in...
August 15, 2023
Good piece at The Atlantic on the wealth divide in admissions to public universities: "These State...

July 2023

July 27, 2023
Great piece this morning by Ed Yong at The Atlantic "Fatigue Can Shatter a Person" summarized...

June 2023

June 01, 2023
I write a fair bit about the mental game of living with chronic illness, and...

May 2023

May 11, 2023
My friend Emily DeArdo and I have a fitness club. It meets via text message,...
May 09, 2023
I'm out of the closet as a Taylor Swift fan, even though I fully recognize...
May 03, 2023
From a conversation this evening: Your daughter who likes to do "boy" things will be...

April 2023

April 23, 2023
There reaches a point where you lose your patience with being mocked. With the latest...

March 2023

March 31, 2023
It doesn't take much ink to sum up the Catholic view of disordered sexuality: “You...
March 18, 2023
Today we're looking at a particularly abhorrent fallacy I ran across this morning, and no,...
March 16, 2023
Way back in the fall of 2020, what caught my eye in reports of "long...

February 2023

February 20, 2023
I have a friend who will be sitting the bar exam on Ash Wednesday. She's...
February 16, 2023
My writing friend and I have started identifying a particularly painful genre of Catholic literature:...
February 14, 2023
You may be one of the many Catholic couples finding yourselves in a difficult position...
February 03, 2023
For a while during my misspent youth, I was a regular viewer of The Addams...

January 2023

January 27, 2023
The Pillar has a detailed story on the accusations of sexual misconduct against Fr. Frank...

December 2022

December 28, 2022
I have a friend born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. She speaks with a strong...
December 21, 2022
I want to comment on an essay from a distressed air-traveling parent, but without picking...
December 19, 2022
I want to make a few brief comments on the news about Fr. Frank Pavone...
December 15, 2022
From an article at Stat on physician burnout: Physicians have among the highest rates of suicide of any...
December 10, 2022
Sometimes The Atlantic runs thoughtfully-researched articles from varying points of view, so I was curious to...
December 02, 2022
Last month my movie-night girl and I went to see Top Gun: Maverick at the second-run...

November 2022

November 21, 2022
Yesterday I shared on social media a legal-opinion piece on a highly contentious social issue....
November 16, 2022
Canada's "Medical Assistance in Dying" program is in the disability news as "mental illness" has...
November 14, 2022
Update: Here’s the episode link! Just learned this morning that my episode of The Journey Home airs...

October 2022

October 26, 2022
This week I volunteered to answer a question posed to the Catholic Channel writers: Could...
October 17, 2022
Today I want to dive into a study brought to my attention by a usually...
October 14, 2022
H/T to Emily DeArdo who brought fully to my attention the debate ("debate") about John...
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