The Dilemma of Being Catholic...

In the Washington Post’s On Faith blog, author Donna Frietas has begun a series of blog posts under the title “The Stubborn Catholic,” which propose to tackle the moral quandary of staying in the Church despite the revelations of systemic rape, betrayal and abuse committed by priests...

What’s a Classic Rocker to do?...

It was by pure coincidence that PSoul and I both planned posts about song lyrics today. I haven’t bought or downloaded music since college. My very favorite jams were recorded before I was born, by bands of men who did dogknowswhat with their hoardes of hippie girl groupies. I’m embarassed...

His Other Woman, My Other Mother: An Ove...

Stepmother =/= Wicked. via cepatri55 @ flickr I was five years old when I realized everything was going wrong. I don’t remember the words that were hurled from Mom to Dad and back again, but I remember being scared and burying my nose in a book called Henrietta Operator. It was about a platypus...