DarwinCatholic

Every so often the government reports on the increasing cost of raising children. This latest one tells us that the average cost of raisin...

This map (details visible as you mouse-over all the details on each state) is a fascinating piece of data visualization, as well as showing...

Every so often I'll see a news story and think, "That smells wrong, it can't be true." At which point, I have a compulsiv...

With the protests (and riots) going on in Furguson, MO, there's been a lot of discussion going on about policing and race relations. On...

I had so many things to write about. I could have told you about my fabulous family vacation, a week with my mom and my five siblings and th...

On his flight back from Korea, Pope Francis gave one of his airplane interviews which have such a tendency to make headlines. If you hear a...

It's the last day of vacation -- a week in a big vacation house with all MrsDarwin's siblings and their families. It's been a g...

The Darwin clan is on vacation with extended family, and the living is easy. The youngest member of the family, however, was not living eas...

This was an interesting piece , about the plight of Black Democrats legislators in the South, though as much for what it leaves unsaid and u...

There's a John Allen analysis piece being linked to frequently at the moment examining the question of why the Vatican is taking a ...

We're busy and sleep deprived here at the Darwin household, but here's a strange and fascinating story for your Friday: In parts of ...

Calling Stillwater readers!  I'm stuck on a dumb point: I can't think up a name for the meme inspired by Ian and Sophia's dis...

Once an author turns a book loose upon the world, there's no telling what readers will do with it. This seems to be even more so the ca...

Last night I broke a streak of nights with five hours sleep, went to bed without writing, and got more than eight hours sleep. It was great...

I just finished listening to The Fellowship of the Ring on audiobook. This was, somehow, an odd experience, because it's a book that I...

I found this article on long term social mobility rather interesting . It's a semi-review of The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the Histo...

There's been a peculiar political battle playing out lately over Paul Ryan's latest proposals to reduce poverty. Noah Smith provide...

I've got a history piece up today at The Federalist about (what else) World War One . One hundred years later, World War I still prov...

Various venues are covering today as the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. An interesting aspect of the war is that it's...

This is not the NFP post I was going to write for Natural Family Planning Awareness Week. I had an insight yesterday, something that I tho...