Is this bad news for the president? Thanks to Max for pointing out that chest hair may be making a comeback! At least, over at Salon Tracy Clark-Flory is defending the hirsute and for that I say hurrah! Let the men look like men, says I! I see a man with hair on his chest and I think (or rather feel, because this is where my rational, feminist brain checks out): You man, me Jane. It’s not that hairiness necessarily... Read more
Every stinking year, I wish Deacon Greg Kandra a “Happy Birthday,” on June 6th. And every stinking year, he kindly informs me, “thank you, my birthday is on the 8th.” And every stinking year, when June 8th rolls around, I forget to wish him a Happy Birthday. I usually remember again on the 9th, because that’s Buster’s birthday, and as I wrap his gift I think, “oh, no! Greg’s birthday!” This year, Max Lindenman — who has only just arrived... Read more
I rarely recommend subscribing to RSS feeds, because I know what it’s like to get enough email, but I am going to urge you to subscribe to Theologian (and Patheos columnist) Tim Muldoon — at least over the summer — as he continues to plumb the theological depths in consideration of gay marriage. He started out wondering if Christianity was having a Gamaliel moment on the matter. This week, he thinks about what does true violence to the spirit, and... Read more
It has been a while since we’ve taken a look at what our nun pals are up to — and they’ve been very busy; Dominicans traveling and partying; Passionists partying and building. Who knew the cloisters were so busy? Or so much fun? So, over in Summit, where the Dominican Nuns have perfected the art of soap and hand creme and lip balm making, they’ve come out with two new soap products: Our Cleansing Facial Soap has been in “test... Read more
By all accounts, Bishop Robert Finn is a very good man, but it seems he is a very good man who made a very big — huge; astounding — mistake: Creepy is one thing. The question remained: was [Father Shawn] Ratigan’s behavior criminal? Based on the evidence available at the time, nobody could have said in good conscience that it was. [. . .] Julie Hess, St. Patrick’s principal, was able to fuse a mosaic of apparent non-events into a... Read more
Seems yesterday was my day for writing about female journalists. Last night I was late to the Anthony Weiner/Andrew Breitbart story, barely having time to observe Barbara Walters diminish herself by allowing her hate to overrule her sense. Before that, I was filing my latest column for First Things, which looks at how Maureen Dowd — whose whole career, latterly, has been about stone-throwing and filtering hate through pop-references — has so ruined her pitching mechanics that even when she... Read more
I know, I know; I am the only blogger in the world, it seems, who is not writing about Anthony Weiner. Mea Culpa — Mondays are my busiest day, and today I didn’t even get to go to Adoration, so you know it was just unmanageably busy. I didn’t even see the news when it broke! You guys know more than I do. But according to Ed Driscoll, it was a late-afternoon of awesome political theater! Watch video here. Pelosi... Read more
A couple days ago I awoke with my memory ringing back a hymn from my childhood that I had not heard in likely 42 years, and which I could not find on google. Happily, a twitter-follower, HeyJulieo found the hymn, with the melody I remember, in the 1966 Parish Mass Book – St. Joseph Edition. Can we please have this wonderful, singable, instructive and reverent hymn back? Please? Read more
It’s summer! When you have three baskets of tee shirts to fold, you’ll thank me! – – – – – – UPDATE: And Julie has a video to help you tie your shoes Read more
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