Some of my most enjoyable reads are about the craft of writing. Here’s one.
The Best Writing Tip I've Ever Read
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These are the only thoughts on Pope Francis I feel capable of writing publicly with any confidence.
The Both/And Pope
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We’re publishing an article on Canada tomorrow. I often run our copy through LLMs like ChatGPT as a last-ditch spelling/error check. It’s good at catching typos. But it sometimes hallucinates fake fact-checking problems because it can’t believe how dumb things have gotten!
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Have felt 😬😬😬 about the dupe machine that is Quince for awhile now — appreciate this very clear case for why that’s a problem ⬇️
What's the Deal with Quince?
Wrote about indulgence: what is and isn’t, how a week in the Netherlands has nurtured my sense of it, why we desperately need to indulge in curiosity, and where it shows up in the NBA playoffs.
Indulgence
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Waking a pope, the Becciu Test, and Francis and the Freemasons
Among white voters.
Here's the Democrat's coalition:
People who never attend church.
Especially those with an associate's degree or more.
Here's the Republican coalition:
People who attend church once a year or more.
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Catholic Workers keeping the “Gospel of mercy at the center” - h/t to Cardinal Re’s funeral homily
“The Gospel of mercy at the center”: Pope Francis
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hi is this where i write things to you? i’m new here. also i’m confused because i’ve been scrolling/exploring here for two hours and i feel kinder and alive-er instead of meaner and deader. is this really how it is here? if so i am very grateful. thanks for letting me into your substack party.
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“He wants to be the greatest of all time. From the very beginning, that’s been his goal: to be the best offense, best defensive player."
Here's my story on Travis Hunter, the #Jaguars and a valuable lesson for all downtrodden teams in today's NFL:
'He wants to be the greatest of all time:' One bold trade, Travis Hunter and why the Jacksonville Jaguars nailed this
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A good response to Michael Warren Davis’s recent defense of Eastern Orthodoxy over Eastern Catholicism.
More Orthodox Than the Ersadox: An Eastern Catholic Response
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It is me, the one who wants children to feel bad
Grateful that there was beautiful Latin Sacred music at the Pope’s Funeral!
The Latin-Heavy Novus Ordo Funeral of Pope Francis
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Today's newsletter starts out kind of snarky but there's plenty of data and footnotes, feels a little bit like a vintage FiveThirtyEight post from 2009.
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“A Night to Remember” an award-winning 1958 black-and-white movie about the sinking of the Titanic.
The noble “women-and-children first” ethos that guided the loading of the lifeboats contrasts sharply with, among other things, today’s sports.
Way back in 1943, C.S. Lewis foresaw a world where biological males brazenly elbow women aside, …
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At the buzzer.
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I always have problems with the “no whining” crowd. Complaint is a very biblically supported human reaction to suffering. Jesus Himself “complained” about His suffering, as did many other people, who brought their complaints to God in prayer. There’s a whole book called Lamentations. The problem is not complaint, the problem is how we complain.
‘No whining’ - Papal door sign attracts attention during apartment sealing
I’ve been in such a rough mind the last week or two. All of my internal frustrations boiling at the surface. Nothing new. Just a storm that I have to ride though (again).
If you want to keep something in prayer? Pray a parish reaches out about having me out with The Project. That would go a long way to helping me.
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« Post-medieval western Christianity somehow lost track of Easter. Sure, the feast itself is still celebrated, and Holy Week is still taken seriously in some places, but Easter is a noonday shadow of its former self. »
Modern Celebrations of Easter Are Woefully Inadequate
American Citizens Being detained on a roadway!!! Not border
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Apologies to readers of Weird Catholic: my homily was sent out on the Weird Catholic list instead of the Owl Among the Ruins list. I try not to cross those stream since subscribers of one may not be interested in the other.
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Full Day 3 NFC North Analysis inside from McGinn.
Packers, Lions, Vikings, Bears do everything in their power to assist their franchise quarterbacks this year.
NFC North Rounds 4-7 Analysis: Lions, Vikings, Packers, Bears all draft with their Franchise QBs top of mind
How do we contend with the fact that voters seem to dislike the Democratic Party at levels not seen in my lifetime? Do we just stay the course and hope that Trump's unpopularity lifts Democrats back into power? Do we acknowledge that maybe building the biggest tent possible by being everything to everyone isn't working?
the Democratic voters are the ones who hate the Democrats though; they have no current outlet other than our side because Trump has rejected them; plus, they register NPA for a reason; our side needs a coherent message imo then after Trump alienates them further, our side is the only game in town; Joe Biden levels of turnout would have easily won the election for Harris(our voters stayed on their couch
This isn’t specific to what is going on with Trump being POTUS now or in his first term but just with anyone as POTUS, Democratic or Republican.
Take for instance the Occupy Wall Street movement. It started back in September 2011 but then fizzled out at some point. This was an example of a left wing populist movement that the Democratic Party as a whole failed to capitalize on and instead focused on ensuring President Obama would be re-elected. Sure, Elizabeth Warren unseated Scott Brown in the …
I agree that focusing on the moment right now while Trump is in office matters.
However, what happens when Trump is out of office? What's the Democratic Party's plan after that? Trump may give Democrats plenty of options for getting elected now but so did Bush Jr in his 2nd term.
I just want this to not just be about winning elections now with Trump as a catalyst.
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After a lifetime of spending money there; yes I will for the rest of my life work harder not to.
Guess having to work every day has interfered with his ketamine diet.
If they stopped now, we could just have a recession instead of a Greater Depression!
