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The Playgrounds of War

May 12 13 • Daniel Greenfield • 0 comments

A tolerant society is as rigidly moralistic as the most stereotypical band of puritans.

Can Liberty Be Salvaged in America?

May 12 13 • John Kirkwood • 3 comments

It’s time we stopped crouching to the enemy.

Transfiguration (Dedicated to the precious women who profoundly regret their abortions) How like this little fetus, Holy God, You writhed, enwombed in suffocating pain, Until sharp instruments unpumped your blood And left your form transfigured to a stain. How like a loving mother’s natal pine Your prayer, encrypted as a primal groan, Umbilical from heaven’s […]

(Trying to) Love Our Moms Like Jesus Loves Mary

May 12 13 • Jennifer Rainey • 4 comments

Around Mother’s Day, all of the card and flower commercials will say something to this effect: “Your mother was in labor with you for 2½ weeks, so now you should thank her by spending $19.95 on our Flowers-by-Mail.” They tell us that we should honor our moms at least once a year. We all know […]

Religious Beliefs of Four Brothers Prompts Challenge to the HHS Mandate

May 11 13 • Thomas More Law Center • 0 comments

This week the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan challenging the Obama Administration’s HHS Mandate. The lawsuit was brought on behalf four brothers, Terrence, John, James and Christopher Nagle and their family-owned business, M&N Plastics, Inc. The case has been assigned to […]

What I Love About You, Mom

May 11 13 • Lisa Hendey • 0 comments

Imagine giving your mother a gift that is born of the emotions in your own heart and hand-created simply for her, to share not only the love you feel, but the many ways in which she has touched and shaped your life. You may think you’re not creative enough to come up with such a […]

Weekly Wits: 5/10/13

May 10 13 • Cartoon Editor • 0 comments

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What Should We Confess?

May 10 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 0 comments

Wrapping up our series on the sacrament of confession, I’d like to deal with what I feel to be are the two most important parts. Frequently two questions are asked with this sacrament: What should we confess, and how often should we confess it? Due to poor catechesis (or worse) there are some who advocate that you should […]

A Case Against Abstinence

May 10 13 • Stephanie Calis • 0 comments

I don’t really like abstinence. Wait. What? I certainly think restraint is valuable–I resist the kind of trips where you go to Target for two things and come out with ten. I try not to eat meat on Fridays. I teach Natural Family Planning (NFP). In some cases, however, particularly the case of sexuality, abstinence […]

No One Prays Like a Mom

May 10 13 • Jake Frost • 0 comments

God gives Moms big hearts because He knows they’re going to need them. Especially when the Mom in question happens to live in a family full of jokesters. Take our family, where the Jokester-in-Chief is none other than Dad himself. One time Mom went down to the basement to do a load of laundry and […]

Poem: “To Uncle Clive”

May 10 13 • Matthew B. Rose • 0 comments

To Uncle Clive “At my first coming into the world I had been (implicitly) warned never to trust a Papist, and at my first coming into the English Faculty (explicitly) never to trust a philologist. Tolkien was both” – C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy You stubborn fool! You biased fool! Why did you not […]

How to Create a Simple Facebook Campaign for Your Business

May 10 13 • Ryan Eggenberger • 0 comments

I manage several social media accounts for various clients. From time to time, I get to help promote different products, events, and campaigns in order to get the word out. In addition to my client’s social media accounts, I have my own Twitter and Facebook account for EntreCatholic, my personal blog. While my Twitter account is […]

Naming the Gosnell Babies

May 10 13 • Fr. Frank Pavone • 0 comments

The trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell is about much more than the man himself. In a painful way, it brings America face to face with abortion, which, as the defense argued, is “bloody” and “real.” For those who have had abortions, it brings them again in touch with a pain that is never really far […]

Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah

May 10 13 • Patti Maguire Armstrong • 0 comments

When you fall in love, you want to spend as much time together as possible and learn all you can about your loved one. For author Chris Stepien, his ebook Three Days: The Search for the Boy Messiah was about love. His love of God led Stepien to want to know him better. His love […]

My Inheritance

May 9 13 • Dr. Gary L. Welton • 1 comment

The great 20th century novelist Chaim Potok wrote, in his novel, My Name Is Asher Lev, “You have a gift, Asher Lev. You have a responsibility.” My Mom had a gift of 89 years, 89 years to live her life; 89 years to meet her goals; 89 years. This gift of time, for Mom, for […]

Tactful Response to Untactful Garb

May 9 13 • Marybeth Hicks • 2 comments

To: Marybeth From: Irritated Aunt My 13-year-old son will be confirmed in a solemn ceremony at our church. We have invited our extended families to join us for the confirmation and, afterward, for a nice dinner in our son’s honor. We would like everyone to dress appropriately (and modestly) for the occasion, but I’m certain […]

Great Expectations

May 9 13 • J. R. Baldwin • 0 comments

The Huffington Post must have known the publication of “My Wife Is Expecting Twins and I Am Not Happy About It” would cause waves. Tsunami-level waves, where people were aghast to read paragraphs like this one: Two blessings, two bundles of joy. How could you not be happy, you ask? Of course I’m sympathetic to […]

The Blessed Mother: from Accepting the Teachings to Loving the Lady

May 9 13 • Allison Howell • 0 comments

When I stood before the altar at the Easter vigil eight years ago and answered, “I do (believe all that the Holy Catholic Church teaches to be true),” I meant it. I loved the Eucharist; I loved the communion of saints; I loved the unbroken line of popes; I loved the entire Hebrew Scriptures. Marian […]

Plan B and Your Fifteen Year Old

May 9 13 • Victoria Garaitonandia Gisondi • 1 comment

A few days ago the FDA announced its decision to lower the age for access to over-the-counter emergency birth control from 17 to 15. It used to be that if minors needed speed-dial abortions they would have to see a doctor for a prescription. Since most minors can’t get to the doctor without a parent being […]

The Excitement at Mass

May 8 13 • Parenting is Funny • 0 comments

My husband is so lucky that we only have girls. Whenever we’re out someplace public like the zoo, Legoland, a grocery store, or church, and a child has to go to the bathroom, it’s automatically the female parent who has to take her. Lucky me. This especially came in handy (for my husband) at church […]

Desiring Human Acceptance

May 8 13 • Mark Davis Pickup • 6 comments

On a number of occasions I have written about the loneliness of disability. I suppose readers might be apt to think loneliness is not unique to people with severe disabilities, and they are right. Most lonely people are not disabled. You don’t even need to be alone to be lonely; a person can be lonely in a crowded […]

UN Delegates Grow Weary of Abortion Agenda

May 8 13 • Stefano Gennarini, J.D. • 0 comments

Late-night fatigue dogged UN delegates last Friday as abortion advocates had overstayed their welcome. A resolution on migration stalled all week and no one even cheered when it finally passed. Proponents of abortion and sexual rights stifled debate at this year’s Commission on Population and Development, known as CPD46. While the commission addressed something as […]

Is it the Book or is it Me?

May 8 13 • Jennifer Fitz • 0 comments

Forget diet secrets and extreme makeovers. Struggling homeschool moms have a more pressing question on the mind: Will a new curriculum solve my problems? Maybe I’ve been using the wrong book. Maybe, like the catalog promises, my kids really can learn the state capitals, speak fluent Spanish, and master organic chemistry, all for just $189.95. […]

Tabb’s Poetry XVIII

May 8 13 • John B. Tabb • 0 comments

Five poems by John B. Tabb.

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