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Ferguson always manages to discover himself at the head of the next great cause; how convenient for him, and for whole countries.

What propelled a ginned up controversy into a media frenzy wasn’t that the Bishops opposed Obama—again; it was that “even progressive Catholics” were up in arms about it.

Intended to highlight the “ ridiculousness of our reproductive policy initiatives in Oklahoma.”

“We are all Catholics now.”

The first episode of my new Bloggingheads show.

AP’s Kathy Matheson 1, conservative blogger Terry Mattingly 0.

Yes, your colleagues would laugh if you went out to protest. Marie Antoinette laughed too, until she found herself smiling up from the bottom of a wicker basket.

The anti-gay marriage money machine must work quickly or there will be a lot of June marriages.

What of protestants and Jews who believe it’s an obligation of their religion to practice contraception?

I’m not an unbeliever. No way. My theology is fuzzy, a bit of a smorgasbord—Emerson and Tolstoy and Jesus and Augustine. I would be happily worshipping with Quakers if I could find any; the “inner light” makes so much sense to me. The truth is, I respect faith. I love the sacrificial love God inspires in human beings. I worship the Creator of an amazingly beautiful, diverse, and exciting planet. It’s obvious the hand of God is everywhere and always has been. Is that enough common ground for peace between us? Don’t answer. I’m afraid it’s not.