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A Catholic researcher is doing a study and would very much appreciate a few minutes of your time to help out: You are invited to participate in an online study examining Catholic and Protestant attitudes toward integrating religious faith and counseling. The study is completely anonymous. The study does not assume that you have been…

…if you were in any way inspired by this blog to contribute to relief, The Truth Laid Bear wants you to log it here. (No, not just for this blog, but for the total blog-effort) By the way, the Diocese of Lafayette is seeing a lot of displaced persons…Here’s the link to what they’re doing…

An NCR profile of Sen. Rick Santorum Following George W. Bush’s 2004 victory, there was considerable talk in conservative circles of a Santorum 2008 presidential bid. Today, Santorum downplays the speculation, saying that familial and senatorial obligations preclude him from spending the time in Iowa and New Hampshire that would be necessary to launch a…

Michelle Malkin has put up a good post with a number of links to stories and information about areas along the Gulf Coast affected Speaking of these communities, I saw, I think on CNN, a reporter who’d toured one of them. She repeatedly and consistently referred to it as "Christian Pass." I’m thinking…Lady, you’re there.…

A new shrine area at Our Lady of Snows The statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe – as the Mexican version of the Virgin Mary is known – and its surroundings make up one of the many devotional areas at the 225-acre shrine, which has been run by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious…

Accepts about 11,000, declares that’s it…about half of what was projected. Update: Reopened…this from the Lone Star Times, which is liveblogging from the Astrodome.

Trying to place the children… An estimated 170,000 public school students in Louisiana and Mississippi have been displaced from their schools because of hurricane damage. School districts in areas at the edge of the storm report being deluged with requests from parents, desperate to get their children into classes and back to some semblance of…

Are you starting to change your driving habits? Going to stay home this weekend instead of a trip you’d planned? Getting serious about carpooling? Personally, I’m pushing for the expansion of the  tele-commuting revolution. Why should, say, an editor have to go into the office every day? Be efficient in your meeting-scheduling (because face time…

September 1, 2004 , a 3-day siege began at a school in Beslan, Russia: Stepping through the blackened shell of Beslan School No. 1, thousands of people were shown on television as they carried roses and candles into the gymnasium where more than 1,000 hostages were herded on the first day of school last year.…

Because for most of us, this whole experience is mediated through the, uh..media, it’s interesting to look at what they’re saying about it and how they’re presenting it. A good digest is the TVNewser Earlier this week, NBC’s Brian Williams turned to a co-worker and started a sentence: "When we get back to the states…"…
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