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August 2019

August 27, 2019
Almost exactly a month ago now, I wrote about the alleged Marian apparitions happening in...
August 27, 2019
  Sometimes I don't write about something that's important, because I feel I have nothing...
August 26, 2019
I got to meet a friend for the first time this weekend. We'd corresponded online...
August 23, 2019
At the end of last week, there was a kerfuffle on  Twitter, when some Catholic...
August 21, 2019
  Guys, I have a friend who is in desperate need of help. I've been...
August 20, 2019
  I have been thinking about suffering all day. I was copyediting the beautiful guest...
August 20, 2019
(This post is part three in a planned four-part series by my courageous friend Celia...
August 19, 2019
This happened a couple of months ago, in Spring. I was downtown, here in Steubenville,...
August 17, 2019
Did you ever read something that seemed darkly funny right up until you realized it...
August 16, 2019
  I was walking home from the grocery store earlier this week, when I saw...
August 15, 2019
  (This post is part two in a four-part series on addiction by my friend...
August 15, 2019
Today is the solemnity of the Assumption. When I look at my facebook and Twitter...
August 13, 2019
(This post is part one in a guest series on addiction by my friend Celia...
August 12, 2019
I saw a blog post circling Facebook the other day, and it's been on my...
August 12, 2019
When I was Rose's age, in the first and second grade, I attended Saint Michael's...
August 09, 2019
There is a non-denominational Protestant church near my house, in the LaBelle neighborhood, and that...
August 08, 2019
You've no doubt heard about the record-setting ICE raids that took place yesterday: 680 workers...
August 05, 2019
I guess it's time for a flashback to the 90s. Politicians are claiming that video...
August 05, 2019
  It's been a rough week. There's plenty of horror going on in the world...
August 03, 2019
    As I write this, I am waiting for the final body count of...
August 03, 2019
  I read an article in The Mighty the other day that made me so...
August 01, 2019
  Hi gang, This is the monthly post I hate the most, where I remind...
August 01, 2019
  More than a year ago now, I had a dream. And I don't think...

July 2019

July 28, 2019
An alert reader appeared in my messages the other day, with a link to a...
July 26, 2019
It might have been the first act in a terrible ghost story, but it wasn't....
July 24, 2019
I have made no secret of the fact that I am a huge fan of...
July 24, 2019
  I'm sure by now you've heard that the  Wyoming Valley West school district in...
July 23, 2019
I used to know a well-to-do woman of the neighborhood, a Catholic stay-at-home mom with...
July 20, 2019
  July is the hottest month. July is the month where you'd rather be anywhere...
July 18, 2019
  First of all, for those of you who weren't sure, yes, racism is a...
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