The Benefit of Panic
“Woman is less qualified [than man] for moral behavior. For the woman contains more liquid than the man, and it is a property of liquid to take things up easily and to hold onto...
Author: Kyle Cupp
Weekend Geekery Contest
Recast The Lord of the Rings movies with actors and actresses from Joss Whedon television shows. Bonus points for explaining your selections. Strive to cast at least nine characters, but submissions of any size...
For the Love of Sex and Marriage
On the front page, Tod Kelly is ready for the country to have it out over same sex marriage, and he’s optimistic that the proponents will win. I suspect a mostly universal acceptance of...
How My City’s Traffic Lights Require Cyclists to Break the Law
Unless it’s brutally hot or there’s lightning in the air, I ride my bicycle to and from work. I’ve been regularly doing this for the past few years in an effort to save money. ...
Moments in Parenting When You Don’t Know What to Say
As the boy is still a little too young to participate in everything that occurs at Mass, we let him draw pictures while he listens to the readings, homily, and prayers. He likes to...
Don’t Call North Carolina’s Amendment 1 a Ban!
So says Ryan T. Anderson at National Review, splitting hairs and missing the point: Today’s vote in North Carolina is not about banning anything. Nothing will be made illegal as a result. In all...
A Rational, Religious Mind
Alex Knapp summarizes the reason why many Christians reject the science of evolution: For some Christians, evolution would, if true, completely shatter the doctrine of Original Sin. After all, if humans evolved, then there...
What Would Approving of Homosexuality Mean for the Roman Catholic Church?
For one thing, it would have to give up its claim to infallibility. Over at Vox Nova, I explain briefly what other changes the church would have to make, how the lives of gay...
Not Exactly ‘The Notebook’
My wife and I were conversing the other day about growing old, losing our wits, forgetting ourselves and others while doing our best to remain in love. She asked me, in a voice seeking...
