the factlikeness of orgasm studies — too bad for educated catholic women

Tired of sex research? No, me either. But I am a little tired of the thrill media gets reporting how some group doesn’t measure up to some other group. And by group, I mean women. And by women, I mean smart women or feminist women or successful women or any other kind of woman who appears [...]

presidential candidate summaries on the issues show that conservatives are screwed

The pundits keep telling us Senator Obama and Senator Clinton are identical on the issues. So I went over to On The Issues and waded through their extensive list of votes and quotes broken down by issue. Know what? The pundits are right. Mostly.
ON THE ISSUES
In the summary, On the Issues rates each senator as [...]

the sueppel murder: scandal for the faithful

Other posts on the Sueppel murders:
revisiting the sueppel murder: append wikipedia
the sueppel murder: scandal for the faithful
the sueppel murder: avoiding facts, avoiding scandal
the sueppel murder: anger is evil not crazy
the sueppel murder: rivalry and redemptive violence
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Hushing Up The Questions
As the Diocese of Davenport seeks to heal the remaining family of Steven Sueppel, they have forgotten [...]

energize your faith through questions, not answers

A new author at Cross Left has a post that has helped me frame a contrast I see between my more traditional Christian friends and my more progressive ones. More than that, it helped explain why my faith sometimes dies, only to return at the moment the answers all fall apart.
In excusing god, bluegrassrambling (David H.) writes
If I [...]

bill maher’s apology was better than the pope’s apology

Subtle. Brilliant. Manipulative. Not Bill Maher. The Pope.
Pope Benedict XVI has come to America and apologized for the sexual abuse perpetrated by Catholic priests. He may have apologized for the truly heinous sin of the bishops’ coverup, too, but I’m not really sure. In fact, I’m not exactly sure what he said, because his logic [...]

why are the polygamist men hiding?

Don’t get distracted by the polygamists’ argument.
Although it’s easy to use the seizure at the Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas to voice religious beliefs, this seizure of children has nothing to do with religion. It’s not about having multiple wives but about making wives of minors. It’s not about freedom of religion but pedophilia.
Why are the FLDS polygamist men hiding? [...]

christian-righting the secular world

Those Savage Kids
My daughter is quite aggressive. She likes to hit and can escalate quickly into a joyful frenzy of “Spiderman stopping the Bad Guy” by wrangling her brother to the floor and then bounding away arms raised in triumph. Yeah, I’m working on channeling that enthusiasm into creative pursuits and maybe labor (when I [...]

better erections through science: the viagra quiz

I just got done watching a special presentation of ABC World News. “Special” because it was brought to me with limited commercial interruptions due to a single sponsor. Strangely, Charles Gibson didn’t say who the sponsor was.
You Must Engorge That Flaccid Growth
So I watched. My daughter was asking for a new water slide, my son was shaking [...]

the sueppel murder: avoiding facts, avoiding scandal

Other posts on the Sueppel murders:
revisiting the sueppel murder: append wikipedia
the sueppel murder: scandal for the faithful
the sueppel murder: avoiding facts, avoiding scandal
the sueppel murder: anger is evil not crazy
the sueppel murder: rivalry and redemptive violence
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The Catholic Church, ever one for passing up truth to avoid scandal, met me up close and personal recently. A [...]

the sueppel murder: anger is evil not crazy

Other posts on the Sueppel murders:
revisiting the sueppel murder: append wikipedia
the sueppel murder: scandal for the faithful
the sueppel murder: avoiding facts, avoiding scandal
the sueppel murder: anger is evil not crazy
the sueppel murder: rivalry and redemptive violence
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The Catholic Messenger arrived today in the mail. That’s the weekly paper from the Diocese of Davenport, where I’m a [...]