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Reality Is Optional 26 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm

Dig this bit from an insane article in Der Spiegel. Intersex people, that is, those who are born neither exclusively male nor exclusively female, form one of the most invisible groups in our society....

I Am Thy Lord The State And Thou Shalt Have No Things Before Me 26 Aug 2013 | 01:53 am

(T)he New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that Christian photographers cannot decline to participate in gay-marriage commitment ceremonies, even though that state does not have gay marriage and the court a...

Rest Until You Feel Better 24 Aug 2013 | 10:43 pm

It's been a crazy month and a half or so here in the Catican Compound. Kids going back to college, others finishing summer school, plenty of turmoil at work, volunteering at Catholic Charities, home p...

Sound Advice 23 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm

If your sandwich smells bad, don't eat it. You're welcome.

The Proper Context For Counter-Zimmermans 22 Aug 2013 | 08:39 pm

As I've blogged before, the whole Zimmerman racialism thing was like leaning into a left hook. With so many counterexamples out there to be thrown in their faces, it was just ratcheting up the "No, yo...

A Trayvontastic Pandora's Box 21 Aug 2013 | 07:25 pm

... or maybe a Zimmerman Boomerang, given the most recent interracial crime to get the headlines. White Aussie Chris Lane was gunned down by a group of black thugs, apparently just for fun. This prov...

A Cat Pianist 20 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm

This is absolutely brilliant.

Smart Diplomacy 19 Aug 2013 | 09:03 pm

Nothing to see here. Move along. CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two ot...

Review: English Premier League Soccer on NBC Sports 18 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm

... it's about as bad as I'd anticipated. It's a huge step down from Foxsoccer.tv. NBC has paid $250M for the rights to the English Premier League. They carry all of the games on NBC sports and NBC S...

Taking A Break 18 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am

It's been a rough couple of weeks here in the Catican. No trauma or crises, just way more work than normal and no time to recharge. That ended last night when I delivered a talk I'd been preparing. It...

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