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Ed Condon’s recap of With Love, Meghan is hilariously and tragically true down to every detail. I just… cringe.
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Anyone else thinking of getting off social media (I’m looking at you Instagram)??! The more I think about it, the more I don’t love how it makes me feel, among other things. Writing here has been a breath of fresh air and I’d love to pour all my energy into this space. What has it been like for those who’ve taken the plunge and said goodbye to the gram? Especially if you have a Substack page.
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What do IVF and euthanasia have in common? The involve life and death—and big potential profits. Hear about it on this week’s Home Front podcast.
And there’s more, as always: The demographic crisis of American Catholicism, and the problem— THE problem— the Church must confront.
Boiling myself a big pot of potatoes. It will last me a week. Filling, lots of nutrients, low calorie. Cheap. Don’t sleep on potatoes.
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Yesterday we took the bus to town and visited Jo-Ann Fabrics — which is going bankrupt and will close soon. While my wife shopped, I sat and read a book, and I overheard a conversation between an elderly cashier and a customer.
“Will you be alright, you know, losing this job?”
“Oh yes,” the cashier said. “I have a pension from my old caree…
Someone reposted one of my articles stating that they disagreed with me. A few days later, they became a paid subscriber.
We need this sort of culture in the intellectual world—respecting each other’s ideas even when you disagree with them.
