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Get. A. Freaking. Grip.

By Adam Minihan | September 21, 2014

Your chance to do a Work of Mercy

By Adam Minihan | September 20, 2014

A reader writes:I would be deeply grateful if you could post this opportunity for a work of mercy…I don’t know any details, only that some FB friends and old classmates of mine need help burying their aunt. Thanks very much.Go team!works

Prayer Requests and Praise Report

By Adam Minihan | September 20, 2014

A reader writes about Baby Hugh, for whom you guys have been praying:Baby Hugh went home with his parents yesterday. He’s nursing, albeit slowly, but the new drug he’s on seems to be suppressing the seizures for which no definite cause can so far be assigned, but many other conditions have been ruled out by…

Mass Slaughter? Whooptidoo.

By Adam Minihan | September 20, 2014

A leader in gun culture offers rationales for maintaining the status quo so tortured that even he does not undertand them and finally winds up so pretzeled in his logic that he agrees with his interlocutor:Meanwhile, another day, another family slaughtered. The death toll is now eight, six of them children. To which gun culture…

So, so important to punish the poor

By Adam Minihan | September 20, 2014

Ours is society that never flags in its diligence for inventing new and creative ways to punish poor people for the crime of being weak and vulnerable and reminding of the fragility of our own live. We hate them for that and can never forgive them for it.So, for instance, we create laws banning hungry…

Question and Answer

By Adam Minihan | September 20, 2014

A reader asks:Why hasn’t there been a more concerted effort of outreach to bring in more black people into the Church ?We’re Catholics. There hasn’t been a concerted effort of outreach to bring anybody into the Church. When people ask if I believe in organized religion, I say, “No. I’m a Catholic.”

Go Not to the Elves for Counsel…

By Adam Minihan | September 19, 2014

…for they will say both Yes and No.

The Pickle of Private Judgment

By Adam Minihan | September 19, 2014

…is under discussion over at the Register.

What it feels like to be a Chestertonian

By Adam Minihan | September 19, 2014

Help Asia Bibi

By Adam Minihan | September 19, 2014

LAHORE: Today the appeal case of Asia Bibi adjourned for October 16,2014.The Court has given last chance to lawyers of the both side for final arguments.Advocate Sardar Mushtaq Gill, Human Rights Defender and Chief of LEAD ,who has recently pledged to do all he can to help free Asia Bibi, was present in the court…