The Dodgers’ Flip-Flip-Flop
The Los Angeles Dodgers recently demonstrated exactly how to give themselves a PR nightmare while also revealing the power of the Alphabet Mafia.
Catholic Parents’ Deadly Compromise
Catholics have been conditioned to compromise on their morals and expectations for Catholic institutions for a really long time.
Poland Responds to Gay Pride
Since the European Union elections in May, Poland has entered a summer marching season. More precisely, there are traditional religious processions, on the one hand, and LGBT “pride” parades on the other. The former boast millions of participants, in particular, the nationwide Corpus Christi holiday held in every parish; the latter attract thousands and, usually, … Read more
They Spat on My Wife Last Saturday in Paris
We had spent the morning with our children at the magnificent Sacré-Cœur Basilica, where we attended Mass. Then we went for a long walk in Père Lachaise, the remarkable cemetery where, among others, are buried Chopin and Jim Morrison. We visited both of their graves. After a very long and blistering hot morning, we boarded … Read more
Bishop Tobin Attacked for Speaking a Plain Truth
A few days ago, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence sent out a message that within living memory absolutely no mother or father, liberal or conservative, Christian or Jewish or secular, or anyone old or young would have considered to be controversial. He said, gently, that it was not good for parents to take their children … Read more
Gay Pride: A Politically Incorrect Dialogue
CRANSTON: I detect a certain weirdness about the annual “gay pride” parades in our city. TURNER: These celebrations seem appropriate to me, at this turning point, after centuries of branding homosexuality as abnormal. CRANSTON: If we extend the concept of “normality” too far, the meaning becomes hopelessly diluted. The result is that hardly anything is … Read more
The Few, the Proud…the Diverse
When I was a child, I thought that living through a degenerate period would be great fun – one big party. Guns blazing, fast cars, beautiful girls, plenty of adult beverages – at least that was my idea of it from having watched movies about the Roaring Twenties with James Cagney. Now, as an aging … Read more
The Few, the Proud, the Damned
One way I teach my students to work with language is by showing them how to play with it — just as a psych professor teaches future therapists and ex-wives how to play with people’s minds. Sometimes I combine the methods proper to both disciplines — for instance, when I keep a straight face explaining … Read more