DarwinCatholic

Thanks to Jen for hosting! 1. This past month I've been teaching an acting class for homeschoolers, using Shakespeare as our texts. ...

It always annoys me when I am confronted with a form which demands to know my "race or ethnicity" and offers no "mixed" ...

It's not unusual for people attempting to smooth over a contentious discussion to say that they'd of course be willing to get togeth...

A few weeks ago, a family we're close to had a birthday party for their three-year-old daughter, and for a present I'd picked up a c...

There's been much discussion of late about what other country's health care apparatus the US should consider emulating, and in such ...

(Necessary disclaimer: I am not pregnant.) It's been a matter of concern to me lately that I can't seem to keep my eyes open. Eithe...

It's been eight years since I read The Secret History but this paragraph still strikes me as the epitome of style. Hampden College, as ...

The nation (or at least, that portion of it which follows the news cycle) suddenly found itself in one of these "national conversations...

It has an address: 2910 Ratterman Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211. Front view. I've never seen the garage look so nice. My dad's house i...

Though hardened by fifteen years service on the Fruit & Vegetable Clean-up Team, Kurt felt a tightening in his gut as cleanup vehicles f...

I posted a while back about the publication of Alphonse , a graphic novel written by Matthew Lickona and drawn by Chris Gugliotti. I'v...

As you contemplate the end of your weekend, you might want:

That mainstream American culture is something of a train wreck is hardly news at this point, and that regard there's a certain wisdom to...

Some of the greatest tv news coverage ever: Monty Python's documentary on the Piranha brothers, Doug and Dinsdale. But for those pressed...

I may have to turn in my Catholic Geek card for this admission, but I still haven't finished reading Caritas in Veritate , I'm only ...

Fr. Fox, the best blogging priest on the 'nets, posted his recent talks for a homeschooling conference. Go and read; perusing Fr. Fox...

Some good friends of ours are hosting a 12-year-old orphan from Columbia for the summer, so we here in the Darwin clan have all been doing o...

Sometimes you run across an argument which strikes you as wrong in such a way as to crystallize and clarify your thinking on a topic. Such a...