NYC had nearly 90,000 abortions last year?!
John Wilson, a guy who I love to talk with, has an op-ed in the New York Post about the abortion rate in New York City. According to the city…
I Want My SCOTUS TV….
If Elena Kagan can get the Supreme Court on TV, I would be so stoked. I may never leave my house again. I agree with every word. A hat tip…
Replacing McChrystal: Not the Problem
Roliing Stone’s Michael Hastings has an insightful point in his follow up to the who General McChrystal mess. It is the epitome of the senselessness of war. Here is the…
We All Build Fences
Fences, the gripping play by August Wilson was the first Broadway Play that I had ever seen. Being the son of lower middle class Irish immigrant stock, a trip to…
Catholic Health Care, Sexual Abuse and the Nuns Visitation
John Allen has a great primer on the Catholic Health Care debate reminding us that both the sexual abuse crisis and the recent visitation of women religious will play a…
Seminary Application: Question #1: Are You Gay?
The New York Times has an unbelievable story today about the seminary application process and the concentration on whether someone is homosexual or not. Here’s a snip with a few…
146 Was Her Number…A Child Sold for Sex
This weekend I was invited to an art auction for an organization called Love 146 which is focused on the issue of human trafficking. The name of the organization comes…
Buffalo Welcomes Barack – How Do We Welcome Others to Our Communities?
I thought about going down to stand and watch the motorcade as President Obama made his way to talk to workers specifically about the state of the economy–in particular as…
Attack of the Cardinal
The British Tablet has this blockbuster where Cardinal Christoph Schönborn calls for reform of the curia, suggests the Pope is already working on it and then (gasp!) says the church…
Two Sides of the Same Church?
Semi-mocking what many would call “the one true church” Nick Kristof took aim at the Catholic Church’s hierarchy this weekend. He details two members of our church, a priest and…