The Elephant in the Living Room. Wednesday, September 10, 2003. What is the larger context that drives these three issues? Why do I care personally? Why do I keep waging the progressive battle on these fronts? If we looked at all the arguments, homosex.

Monday, June 02, 2003.

Friday, January 02, 2004. Over the past several weeks, my email inbox has been flooded with spam invitations to view pornographic images of Paris Hilton, the somewhat attractive, though too young, daughter of the hotel mogul. Hilton has appeared on a television program called The Simple Life. And the emails advertise that she is engaged in sex acts with an old boyfriend. I always delete these emails as soon as I realize what they are, and I have not viewed the links.

Women and elected married men were included too. Friday, September 12, 2003. Sorry for the length - but this is well worth the effort. I believe that there were other Apostles than the Twelve, and that Apostolic Succession includes these other Apostles. Conservatives sometimes make a circular argument about Apostolic succession.

Monday, September 29, 2003. Because progressive Roman Catholics often raise questions such as women and married priests, blessing gay unions, the use of contraception by married couples, readmittance of divorced and remarried Catholics to communion, and so forth, conservatives often state that the progressive is waging a cultural war that assaults the traditional family. It seems that the conservative is almost arguing that the progressive wants. I come from a large and relatively healthy Catholic family.