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Behaving Badly at Marquette University
There are no heroes in this story, only knaves and fools. Oh yes, and some victims of…
Public Morality’s Last Stop
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a story about a London fund manager who was given a…
Christmas in Harvard Square
In the past I’ve posted different Christmas carols and other liturgical pieces that capture well the particular sentiments…
Advent for Artists
After years of premature Christmas celebrations, even evangelicals are learning to reclaim Advent, the season of preparation.…
First Links—12.18.14
Heaven Nick DePascal, Poets Forty Portraits in Forty Years Nicholas Nixon & Susan Minot, New York Times…
Ought We Anoint the Dying?
Anointing the sick, including the dying, is one of the traditional seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.…
Jeroboam in Early Modernity
In a 2006 article in Past & Present, Jonathan Sheehan traces the origins of the modern contrast…
Trent and Sacrifice
Like another, better-known Jesuit, Robert Daly has a disarming way about him. What do you do with…
Anti-Patriarchal Patriarchs
Nancy Jay’s analysis of the patriarchal narratives in Throughout Your Generations Forever is vitiated (to use a solid…
Diversity Broadened at Wisconsin
Last May, the University of Wisconsin-Madison issued a document drafted by the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee,…
Our Chartres
P ainting a building is tricky. The smallest differences in hue, saturation, and sheen can alter the…
Keeping the Mass in Christmas
In Maryland, the Montgomery County School board has stripped Christmas, as well as all religious holidays, from…
Underground Faith
Here’s a post about two advertisements I happened to see while riding the New York City subway…
Marriage with Benefits
The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning by simcha fisher our sunday visitor, 128 pages, $9.95 As…
The State Finds Against Parson Brown
NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS On the Complaint of…
