The Joy of the Truth

A lot of buzz has been going around about the attempts made by Vermont and Ohio state legislatures to remove "sexting" (sending out naked pictures of others by cell phone) from the list of felonies that could label someone a sexual predator. Some...

In my teaching and writing for the diocese, I very often warn parents against the isolated "teen culture." The modern school system encourages adolescents to learn socialization from each other. I often declare, "I don't know who thought that letting...

As do many Catholic families, my wife and I are struggling a bit about whether or not to involve our children in the Santa Clause tradition. Our oldest daughter will be three in February, so she is just getting old enough to start hearing people say,...

Bullying has become an issue that is growing in the public eye. I was bullied as a child - from elementary school all the way through high school. While in my experience I would have to say that news reports about the "damage" caused by bullying are a...

A book review of Tom Lutz's book Doing Nothing: a History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America makes the statement, Sure, it might seem that the young man who sits at home in his bedroom all day refusing to hold a traditional job appears...