Jennifer Roback Morse, one of the most reviled advocates of common sense in America, shouts into the gale force winds of “What could it possibly hurt?” attempting prevent us from reaching the “How were we supposed to know?” phase of history. For more, check out the Dept. of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Diocese of Sacramento. Read more

A reader who dislikes the fact that I fail to honor the pieties when it comes to conservative dismissals of Catholic teaching any more than I fail to honor the pieties when it comes to liberal contempt for Catholic teaching asks: I wonder if this bothers Mark? Or does he only get mad at conservatives who don’t agree with him? Liberal Columnist Urges “Violence” And “Revolution” Naturally, of course, I thrill at the prospect of a Lefty who urges violence... Read more

In which we examine the New Soteriology which holds that opposition to abortion taketh away the sins of the world. Unsurprisingly, many people are angry at me. Also, unsurprisingly, not many of the angry people really seem to get my point, which is not that there is legitimate diversity of opinion about war, but that there is no “great difference” between supporting abortion and supporting a war you know to be unjust. Both are forms of what is known in... Read more

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to know how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds old you are, now is your golden opportunity. Also, you can calculate how long it has been since various historic events (assuming you know the minute they happened). So, for instance, it has been 46 years 563 months2,450 weeks17,153 days411,67224,700,2621,482,015,690 seconds since the assassination of JFK–give or take a few seconds. Read more

…thy name is Pop-Catholicism. All I can think of is this: Read more

…thy name is Pop-Catholicism. All I can think of is this: Read more

Here’s one of the more intriguing reader requests I’ve gotten in a while: May the Lord give you peace! I am writing to ask your help. I am engaged in producing a script for a play that will oust the infamous Vagina Monologues from Catholic college campuses nationwide. Its working title is: Who Told You that You Were Naked? (from Genesis 3:11), and its goal is to represent the fullness of our Catholic understanding of the real and ideal relationships... Read more

In which we take a look at the gulf between our Manufacturers of Culture in NY, DC, and LA and the Rest of Us. Happily, God loves you and you are not left to the mercies of Caesar and Mammon. Remember the Eucharist you received. He is the Truth. Read more

Here’s Slates’ rather contemptuous summary of the brief history of the Tea Parties: http://www.slatev.com/media/swfs/SlateGroupPlayer.swf If you check the fact-checkers in the comboxes over at Slate, you notice that the quick and dirty summary is a bit more dirty than quick. But still, it does tend to ratify the impression that this is a grass roots movement that corporate and political interests are laboring to harness and, shall we say?, “shepherd” in order to manipulate well-meaning people back on to the... Read more