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Neato! It’s the isolated vocal track of “Under Pressure” — just the two voices, nothing else. This song, in its original, familiar form, always gave me hives because it’s like one of those recipes where you combine two fantastic and expensive ingredients, but rather than blending and melding to make something new and great, they just fight with each other. I love Bowie and I love Freddie Mercury, but I never understood why everyone’s so ga ga about this song. This stripped... Read more
The book my sister, Devra Torres, helped translate and edit is now available from Scepter Books: Encountering Christ: Homilies, Letters, and Addresses of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Here is the short interview I did with her about the experience of translating Bergoglio’s words; and here is an entertaining post she wrote on her blog, giving a little preview of the riches to be found in our new pope’s words. The book is available in paperback and Kindle. Looks... Read more
Making marriage “risk-proof” is making marriage love-proof. Read more
A reader writes: I’ve got a Catholic friend who is sorely in need of some good reading materials on the main concepts in Theology of the Body. She buys into very secular views of contraception, abortion, marriage, and sex in general, and has admitted a total lack of education regarding the Catholic teaching on the subjects, as well as a (reluctant) interest in obtaining said education. I’m looking for something that’s intelligent, readable, down to earth, doesn’t assume that you already agree... Read more
We once had this cat who hated our guts. (image source) The kids named her “Cleo.” We thought she was our pet; she thought we were her captors. She was an indoor cat because I couldn’t catch her long enough to put her in the chew-proof box we purchased after she chewed through the pet carrier we purchased to bring her to the vet to get her shots. I tried and tried to catch her, but we lived in a... Read more
No interview with Michael Coren. Couldn’t get Skype to work properly. Looks like I took a shower for nothing! Read more
Once again, not really a post about modesty, but about responsibility. Later today, I’ll be doing a brief spot talking about modesty on the Michael Coren show The Arena. It will be via Skype. I have a bad internet connection, I will be home alone with three kids age five and under, and I don’t have any clean walls to use as a backdrop for my talking head. Also: talking about modesty on TV? Are you freaking kidding me? WHAT... Read more
I love Mark Shea. I don’t agree with everything he says, and I don’t always agree with the way he says the things I agree with. But when he apologizes, he apologizes. Take note, everybody who’s ever sinned! I also know through personal experience that he is a generous man to the core. I understand that sometimes the Holy Spirit makes our sins stand out to us in high relief; but I hope that Mr. Shea will also have his... Read more
I Have to Sit Down
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