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October 2015

October 15, 2015
A normal friend knocks at your door. An Argentinean friend opens the door and happily...
October 14, 2015
I'm reading . . . A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1958). It turns...
October 13, 2015
The great part of this deft, brisk movie is that you can totally ignore these...
October 13, 2015
    is spotlighted today: The Church is full of the obedient wounded. The flock...
October 10, 2015
  I'm gonna skip the Columbus Day agita this year and just pass along this...
October 09, 2015
Question of the week: What's your "Yay, It's Finally Fall Weather!" dish? Something that you...
October 08, 2015
Are we done fretting about princess culture yet? Because I think I've found the final...
October 08, 2015
This is a guest post written by the friend of a friend. The writer goes by...
October 07, 2015
  Many Catholics believe the Synod on the Family will drive home the final nail in...
October 06, 2015
  If you came in in the middle of the process, you'd think I was...
October 06, 2015
When a fight breaks out between my kids, and they can't solve it on their...
October 05, 2015
My kids' experience with opera comes entirely from Bugs Bunny, and we really wanted them to...
October 02, 2015
Because now every time I see one of these: I'll be armed with a bunch...
October 02, 2015
Just the facts! SUNDAY Grilled pizza sandwiches These are not only delicious, easy to make,...
October 01, 2015
The British get Tom Jones and Dickens and Shakespeare's comedies, but what do we Americans...

September 2015

September 30, 2015
My teenage daughter is looking for good novels or short stories for a school project....
September 30, 2015
I'm reading . . . Zorro by Isabel Allende. Allende is definitely a guilty pleasure....
September 29, 2015
  Even a family that is nuts doesn't fit into a nutshell. Families are too...
September 28, 2015
We took the baby and drove to Philadelphia on Thursday, so I could speak at...
September 24, 2015
Hope to see you there! My speech is Friday at 11:45. The official title is...
September 22, 2015
This is the connection that we need to hear over and over again: we're not...
September 18, 2015
First, I just wanted to check in with you guys, because I worry. The last...
September 17, 2015
The woman is wrong if she thinks that a great church means a place where atheists and...
September 16, 2015
My three-year-old may be the most emotionally healthy person in the world. I came across...
September 15, 2015
Thousands of years after Jesus walked the earth, we need to understand that Jesus wants...
September 14, 2015
Today was Roald Dahl Day. You've probably read all the famous books by him -- James...
September 11, 2015
  Alternate title for this week's dinner round-up: This Is Why I'm Fat. Hey, if you...
September 10, 2015
The following story is not for the squeamish. You may have noticed that I haven't...
September 10, 2015
If a dumb sheep starts nibbling on the medicine spoon, rather than drinking the medicine,...
September 08, 2015
Born on this lavishly romantic day in 1841. Did you know that he was a...
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