Topic: combox

Taylor Marshall has a very direct and heart-felt post about the vitriol that some “trads” have shown since the election of Pope Francis. Marshall had put all his “chips” in say ... discuss

Former PE teacher Carla Hale It would be easier for everyone if, like Rainbow Sash, we all wore some form of distinctive clothing to signify to the Catholic Church leadership what sins we were ... discuss

A couple of years ago I tackled a topic (modesty in dress for women) that had become a “third rail” of the Catholic blogosphere — a topic that had a tendency to burn any St. Blogger ... discuss

There's an arrogant little troll polluting the combox at Wesley Smith's blog Human Exceptionalism who  became all indignant and resorted to calling me, in effect, a stupid whiner because I said h ... discuss

The Atlantic has an interesting article on gendercide - the selective abortion usually of female fetuses because they're female - in some cultures. Balanced and fair, for the most part, the article is ... discuss

Wow, I can't believe it's been a little over 2 weeks since the March for Life.  Life has been zooming by lately.  I guess it does all the time, but it just seems more so now for some reason. ... discuss

We here at man with black hat have received quite a reaction to our piece entitled “Every Matter Under Heaven” from last Tuesday. We drew attention to plans underway by Michael Voris of ChurchMili ... discuss

"One does not simply 'get' on a blogroll"Father Longenecker posted his list of requirements today to earn a slot on his blogroll: If your blog or the one you recommended isn’t there it’s not becau ... discuss

The Rosica post sure has received a lot of traffic over the past couple of days.  Check this post out from Vox Cantoris. Thomas Rosica, Basilian Priest, head of Salt + Light Television, and President ... discuss

  Brothers and sisters: Peace be with you. The question at hand is uncommon among Catholics and uncharacteristic of me, but I would like to ask it of you and get your opinion. Do you think w ... discuss

[Vice-President Joe] Biden is not wrong on gay and abortion, Jesus NEVER took a stand on either of these issues.  Jesus only talked about love and a belief in him, you people better ta ... discuss

I’ve talked about this here a little bit before, but most of the debate is over at Elizabeth Hillgrove’s blog where she has a whole category for all things bikini related. Click here and s ... discuss

Brethren, Peace and Good to all of you. A recent conversation in the combox motivates me to answer the question: What is the Mind of the Church?" I got a quick answer from the New Catholic Dictionary: ... discuss

You know Hallie Lord's book?You know how the book trailer was banned on YouTube? (Because we Catholic women are outrageous and must be banned.)You know how Hallie and other contributors (such as  ... discuss

A couple of weeks ago I chronicled my boredom with media, with our talking-head culture, and most particularly with the predictability of what passes for punditry, these days. Most of the people to wh ... discuss

Brethren: Peace and Good to all of you in Jesus' name. I've switched to Disqus (http://www.disqus.com) away from Blogger for combox management. I believe you'll find this exciting because now you wi ... discuss

I am very happy to post the first installment of my discussion with Ray, who has been interested in my posts on atheism and ethics. For some more background on how this discussion started, please see ... discuss

Brethren: Peace and Good to all.Today while sitting at Mass, it occurred to me that more than six months have passed since the new translation of the Mass in English made its debut last Advent. I also ... discuss

This Prolifeblogs combox discussion brought up the subject of abortion in cases of rape, when a brave woman spoke up: ... discuss

Recently, a commentator at the traditionalist blog Rorate Caeli did a piece on the Holy See's recent announcement of improving oversight with the annulment process. Father Peter Stravinskas once told ... discuss

In my post on how the euthanasia movement robs other people of autonomy in the name of their own, a genial atheist engaged me in the combox. Thanks for stopping by, Reasonable Gentleman. I hope you co ... discuss

In resurrecting a former Tuesday feature highlighting little-known participants in the Catholic blogosphere, why would we here at mwbh pick one that is affiliated with the "Catholic Channel" on Patheo ... discuss

This stems from a discussion in the combox. The universal and ordinary Magisterium is infallible, otherwise almost nothing is: This is the way infallibility operates most of the time, with extrao ... discuss

Today Father James Martin and our own Max Lindenman have created some biting satire (I might call Fr. Martin’s piece more of a parody) and I think both of them will tickle your funnybone while a ... discuss

Deacon Greg Kandra is an old-school newsman; his decades at CBS News has honed his ability to sniff out a story — particularly a human-interest story sure to tug at the heart strings or impart a ... discuss

Two stories collected from the web by bioethics.com caught my attention today. The first one pertains to stem cell research and the other to genetic engineering.The stem cell story comes from the Chic ... discuss

Stacy Trasancos has a great blog called Accepting Abundance. She's a scientist and a homemaker and a convert to the Catholic faith. She has an interesting mathematical analysis about contraception.If ... discuss

I’m a card carrying Democrat, the daughter of a union shop steward, New Deal and Civil Rights and Camelot all the way. In 2008 I let my son’s enthusiasm for you and all you represented woo me away ... discuss

Right now, there’s a lot of guffawing and name-calling over Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke’s testimony before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Monday.  Among othe ... discuss

The TV has been filled with sad news all week. First, the school shooting in Ohio; then the devastating tornadoes; not to mention the madness in Syria and our soldiers being targeted in Afghanistan. ... discuss

Well, my week of guest bloggers has passed, and I offer all of them my heartfelt thanks for their enormous output, their engagement in the comboxes, and their generosity in sharing their gifts with us ... discuss

Diane at is Te-Deum blog is breaking the news:The Obama Administration has mandated that all food stores in the United States selling refrigerated goods, MUST sell beef!There is an exemption for veget ... discuss

I don't own the copyright. Two days after record-breaking hordes of people, the majority of them under 25, marched in freezing rain in Washington, DC — between four and five hundred thousand; that ... discuss

Two Tebow pieces of interest to Tebow fans:First up, Joseph Bottum, who made a big hit with his Christmas-themed Amazon Single (a short ebook) Dakota Christmas, has published another one, this time on ... discuss

What is a “theocracy”? The term itself was coined by Flavius Josephus in Against Apion to describe the kingdom of Israel (2:17), although the word is probably more descriptive of Judea under the S ... discuss

I am trying not to come off as a hypocrite with this post. Mark Shea is known to point out other people's faults in their walk with the Lord and in trying to live a Catholic life, and here I am, point ... discuss

When is having "jurisdiction" like not having "jurisdiction"? When having it ... DON'T ... MEAN ... DIDDLEY! when the rubber meets the proverbial road.If you've been following the discussion at What D ... discuss

Would he were alive ... and American .... One of the things that frustrates me about the American two-party system is that there’s no viable third party a Catholic can join without rationalizin ... discuss

Wherever Christianity has had some cultural influence, torture has been increasingly regarded as intrinsically evil.  Because it’s still perceived to be useful, though, arguments increasingly t ... discuss

So yesterday I was adding a quote from Richard Collins of Linen on the Hedgerow to my sidebar widget, “What They’re Saying about OTA”.  To be taken seriously by other writers who are (or sh ... discuss

Booklists abound in Blogland! This makes me beatifically happy!Jen Fulwiler asked a number of bloggers, including moi, to recommend "just one book" for 2012. Find her compilation of recommendations he ... discuss

If [Denver Broncos quarterback Tim] Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscr ... discuss

Says One Canadian Poor Choicer: So I'll give another reason, the one we all know but don't say. Are you ready? It's earth shattering. We don't debate because we already won. My friends in busines ... discuss

When I go back to Ohio, people hold hands in church a lot, especially during the Lord's Prayer. Then for the "big finish," they all raise up their hands while still holding on. Somehow it's not comple ... discuss

With all there is to read on the Penn State/Sandusky story, here are two excellent pieces that should rise to the top of the pile:Read Mark Shea on Betrayal and the Power of a Relationship: te>But tho ... discuss

If you read in the same Catholic blogging circle I do, it must seem that the only Catholic dissidents in the world are political liberals out to make the Church an arm of the Democrat Party. Th ... discuss

On October 1 on The Impractical Catholic I posted the news out of Rockford, Illinois that the state Department of Public Health had suspended the license of the Northern Illinois Women’s Center, an ... discuss

Joe Heschmeyer’s post on “the dog that didn’t bark” is turning out (for me, at least) to be a gift that keeps giving. If you’ll remember — if not, just follow the link — Joe’s post was ... discuss

I have to stop blogging and start writing two columns and an introduction to a book, but I wanted to just encourage you to be aware of two important stories, and perhaps take the time to make a phone ... discuss

 Thanks to Jennifer Fulwiler, a fellow Texan, for hosting 7 Quick Takes Friday over at Conversion Diary.com 1 - I broke my vow, made in 2009, to not engage combox trolls. T ... discuss

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Simcha Fisher, in her delightfully droll way, has put together a list of things Catholics can do on comboxes without committing a sin. Overall, she makes the very valid points that to be charitabl ... discuss

Before you read any further, please refer to my comment policy. You’ll note that there’s only one rule: Be clean and polite! But while cleanliness is pretty obvious even to the most jaded, p ... discuss

Sunday is a great day for praying -- and laughing. I'm not sure what precipitated Fr. Z's "Litany for the Conversion of Internet Thugs" but it is, as he says, "For private use only, when truly ir ... discuss

This is a difficult post for me to write because it deals with prayer, and prayer is the least consistent aspect of my spiritual life. Then why write about it? Because I read Dr. Randall Smith’s e ... discuss

Several days ago, I received a comment for one of my articles, which had nothing to do with the subject matter, but was a rather incoherent appeal to assist some poor person in Haiti. This individual ... discuss

...I have the following words to say: Carmelites seem to like it... get it? Michael Voris Chapel Veils Denim Skirts "Cry" Rooms NFP Father Black Dog John Corapi 'Gay' Marriage Canon 915 ... discuss

Believe me, I've done it and it hasn't been pretty. When I first discovered social media three years ago and found internet discussion boards I jumped in and learned the thrill of debate. Only it wasn ... discuss

If anything, the responses I got to “The Golden Calf of Scientism” on The Impractical Catholic have provided some good blogging material. One reply, in fact, dovetails nicely with a reply Jennife ... discuss

We hear a lot about the nationwide obesity problem, with children not getting enough healthy food in their diets, not exercising enough, sitting around playing video games too much. Obviously you momm ... discuss

Morticia at Traditional Christianity linked to a post I wrote last December, "Assemble Your Baby, Plan Your Life, Die Like a Computer" and she picked up something I did not.  The Indian surrogat ... discuss

In one of my tabs I'm creating a list of professional organizations for Catholics in many fields.   If you know of a group that should be included, feel free to use the combox to let me know ... discuss

Don't forget to go to To Love Honor and Vacuum to check out more Wifey Wednesday posts! You know how Joan of Arc got visits from Heaven? She was told to go ask the king for some guys to help with a ... discuss

Yesterday, in a fit of pure mischief, I did what I normally don’t — I tossed a couple of hand grenades in a combox full of New Atheists. Since the combox belonged to a regular journal article and ... discuss

A correspondent sent me a post written by “Tur8infan” of Alpha & Omega Ministries (James White — yes, I believe, that James White — Director). This writer takes a Catholic apologist named Bry ... discuss

Very strange ... I made a couple of minor corrections, and it re-published. This is probably due to the issues Blogger was having last weekend (5/13/11). Ah, well, here it is again: Do enough readi ... discuss

A correspondent sent me a post written by “Tur8infan” of Alpha & Omega Ministries (James White — yes, I believe, that James White — Director). This writer takes a Catholic apologist named Bry ... discuss

via Coming HomeToday I received this email and prayer from a post-abortive mother, whose story is tragically the norm in Obstetrics. This is as damning an assessment about OB/Gyn as I have ever seen. ... discuss

Yesterday, in a fit of pure mischief, I did what I normally don’t — I tossed a couple of hand grenades in a combox full of New Atheists. Since the combox belonged to a regular journal article and ... discuss

Do enough reading around the Catholic blogosphere, and you’ll see some anonymous “Bright” who’s left a sneering comparison between belief in God and belief in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, f ... discuss

Jackie Gingrich Cushman, daughter of former Speaker of the House (and potential Presidential candidate) Newt Gingrich, is out to clear her father's name. There has been considerable misinformation abo ... discuss

I just received a note in my email, a comment on a two-year-old post to this blog about why I believe in God, from someone who identified himself as an atheist.He didn't like my arguments, and wanted ... discuss

So Development and Peace...when are you going to prove you get it? Catholic Bishops, when are you going to require that they do get it? Fr. Raymond de Souza: Its vision and mission statements say n ... discuss

Over at the National Catholic Distorter, Thomas C. Fox links us to an essay on the Australian website Catholica by Joe Rigert, a “veteran investigative journalist”, and sociologist and former Ben ... discuss

Last year, in “What does God want?”, I wrote about the problem of two atheist arguments that depend on an equivocal understanding of God wanting or willing. On Wednesday, I got into a dog pile on ... discuss

The opening volleys of the “Lies & Lila” battle were almost deafening. Now, it’s settled down to riflemen in single-shot mode, with the occasional rattle of a machine gun. But it’s still a ba ... discuss

Father Jerabek wrote a very thoughtful comment in response to Mark Shea's excellent column Augustine vs. the Priscillianists: There have always been people in the pro-life movement who used immoral m ... discuss

Professor Margaret Somerville of McGill University argues that the most dangerous idea in the world today is that human beings are not special compared with lower animals and even robots. I believe sh ... discuss

I thought some of the readers here at After Abortion would be interested in this post from my own blog Abortion in Washington.It concerns a 15-year old girl who was taken out of school for an abortion ... discuss

In the combox of a post on my own blog I've been arguing about whether liberals or conservatives are more violent. Here's yet another example to weaken his position: Reports of conservative violence ... discuss

Jean at Catholic Fire tagged me with this New Year meme.What was your favorite movie in 2005?I don't think I've seen a 2005 movie yet. The last movie I saw at the movies was the Passion of the Christ ... discuss

This Prolifeblogs combox discussion brought up the subject of abortion in cases of rape, when a brave woman spoke up: We are so under represented in the media because it is corrupt and a brainwashing ... discuss

In case anyone reads this that has had an abortion please do see the Testimony of Roe of Roe vs Wade and many other testimonies at Testimonies. Here is a recent article of a testimony I found at LifeS ... discuss

This Prolifeblogs combox discussion brought up the subject of abortion in cases of rape, when a brave woman spoke up:We are so under represented in the media because it is corrupt and a brainwashing t ... discuss

In this post's combox, this question was raised. It isn't the first time I've been asked this. It's worth posting the answer, though, given the amount of blogging I've been doing here, the ire and an ... discuss

I found this test at Thoughts of a Regular Guy and decided to turn it into a meme. So here goes:1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen?The History Channel, Discovery, or a Cardinals Baseb ... discuss

anne cameron, a Bread n Roses regular asked some interesting questions in my combox regarding the fetus.I thought I’d use a blog post to answer her question—not to pick on her—but because the an ... discuss

I don't know the answer, but Mark Shea seems to think the issue is a slam dunk "NO":I eagerly await the finely parsed exegeses in my comboxes explaining, not only that castration is acceptable for rap ... discuss

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.2) Italicize those you would like to read. (If it were given to you as a gift or if you had the money to buy it.)3) Put the books you LOVE in red or un ... discuss

Esther tagged me for this meme.Just write down what you did first today…* The first thing I thought today: “What time is it?”* The first thing I ate today: Juice Plus+ Complete * The first thin ... discuss

I have seen this on three blogs now - first at Ebeth's, then later at Therese's and Karen's. Each time I have been intrigued by it, but didn't seem to have the time to do it, but I seem to now, so her ... discuss

I remember the TV commercials that claimed that 4 out of 5 dentists recommended Trident sugarless gum for their patients who choose gum. I always thought that five dentists was a very small survey sa ... discuss

Marjorie Campbell writes at InsideCatholic:On January 21, Coach Rick Majerus of Saint Louis University told a pressing radio interviewer during a pro-Hillary Clinton rally, "I'm pro-choice personally. ... discuss

I have been tagged with a meme by Catholic Mom Here are the rules: Those tagged will share 5 things they love about Jesus. Those tagged will tag 5 other bloggers. Those tagged will provide a link i ... discuss

The Gift of TrollsJen reminds us that it is all in how we look at things.... At one point I was tempted to write a post reminding certain commentors that behind every blog is a real person with real f ... discuss

There have been a number of articles written in the wake of the $600M abuse settlement in the diocese of Los Angeles. Some believe that this is simply a mugging, and it's not doing anything for the ... discuss

There's an interesting debate going on in the combox at Jimmy Akin's site, under the heading \"Why Doesn't the Church Bar Pro-Abort Politicians\".  Many people are trying to figure out the strategy o ... discuss

Kathryn Lopez considers the next steps:Matthew Spalding of the Heritage Foundation says: "The recent elections confirm a strong nationwide consensus that favors protecting marriage and opposes its jud ... discuss

This is probably the most compelling true account of recovery and healing from being raped that I think I have ever read. As mentioned by Gregaria on Drusilla's combox here at Heirs in Hope. ... discuss

Some people we know decided to raise chickens and have their own supply of fresh eggs. After some early disappointments, they have had more success than they anticipated.Therefore, I have in my refrig ... discuss

The first part of this was posted originally at 8:29 PM May 6, 2006. Addendum: Was asked in the combox if I ever called it what it is.. Sin. Yes, I have. There is a point however, that a person los ... discuss

Whaddya think, folks? Still must wait till I speak with Emily upon her return to decide if this is what she wants, but thought I'd solicit feedback in advance (i.e, it isn't official yet, folks). Al ... discuss

Jean at Catholic Fire tagged me with this New Year meme. What was your favorite movie in 2005? I don't think I've seen a 2005 movie yet. The last movie I saw at the movies was the Passion of the Ch ... discuss

Lively discussions going on at Em's post A Hard Pill To Swallow, about why the birth control pill has been abandoned by former users. The question was raised: if we object to The Pill, why don't we s ... discuss

Due to the frenzied pace and sheer volume of comments on Katelyn Sills' blog, I am extracting this relevant bit of info from the combox. Someone who identified herself as a junior at Loretto posted ( ... discuss

Get it here! Amy Welborn posted this quote by Bishop Wuerl: Anytime a local bishop denies Communion to a politician because of his stand on abortion, the decision can have "national ramifications ... discuss