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Zealous and Active Friendships Through New Media
If you have visited this site before then you know that periodically I like to take the time to encourage my readers to get involved in new media, beyond simple passive engagement. I do so not because...
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Ross Douthat and the Joys of Secular Heresy
Tuesday evening I attended a talk by well-known author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, who discussed his new book, “Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics”. It was an interesting...
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Basking in the News Cycle
Good morning to you, gentle reader. While you were sleeping, Greek election results came in and seem to point to a political party that will continue on the road mapped out by Brussels and Berlin, but...
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Passing the Torch in New Media: The Example of St. Dominic
Across the world right now, people are focused on the Olympic Games taking place in London. Estimates released this morning by the BBC indicate that around 4 billion people worldwide have seen at...
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All The Lonely People: Eleanor Rigby and Edith Stein
If you spend any time getting into deeper conversations with people on social media, you rather quickly discover, if you were not already aware of it, that the world is absolutely chock-full of people...
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Wipe Out II: When New Media Attacks
Today I have a brief follow-up to the piece I wrote yesterday – which you can read here – about the botched restoration of a fresco of Christ at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Mercy, in the town of...
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Social Media and the Sluggard
If you’re a regular reader of these pages you know that I often look at new and social media in the same light that I do art, film, and so on, questioning whether there are some problems we need to be...
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Putting It Mildly
If like me you are a blogger who does not blog for a living, then you know that statistically speaking, you live for feedback and followers, when it comes to your blog posts, rather than for clicks and...
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Steve Nelson: An Appreciation
As many of my regular readers know, earlier this year I was asked to become a regular guest on the Catholic Weekend show on SQPN. Having listened to a number of SQPN shows over the past several years,...
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Blog Post 1,000
Verily, these are fine arguments which you cite, and I do not see why you do not commit them to writing. - Castiglione, Book of the Courtier, Vol. III. Yes, you read the title of this blog post...
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Scribbles from the Courtier
Taking a page from the multi-talented Margaret Perry over at 10kP, I felt it only fair to try to placate my readers with a few notes until I find a bit more time to write a proper blog post. Looking...
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CNMC Boston: More Than A Meeting
With apologies for the admittedly dreadful pun, I want to share with my regular readers that I have been invited to participate in this year’s Catholic New Media Conference (“CNMC”) in Boston. The...
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Saying Farewell: A Friend Ascends Mount Carmel
I write this post with somewhat mixed emotions, because this is probably the last blog post of mine my friend Channing Dale, blogger and hostess of the “This Catholic Life” podcast, will ever read...
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Making The List: I’m #11!!!
Much to surprise, Monday night on From The Right (FTR) internet radio I learnt that I was voted #11 on the “2013 Sexiest Conservative Men in New Media” list. Great big thank-you’s to sponsor FTR...
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A Gala Evening with the Media Research Center
Last evening I had the great pleasure and privilege of being invited to live-tweet from the Media Research Center’s annual Gala here in Washington. I thank Scooter Schaefer and everyone at the MRC for...
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Flying Up to Boston: CNMC 2013
Tomorrow morning I head to Boston to speak at this weekend’s Catholic New Media Conference (“CNMC”), sponsored by the Catholic new media pioneers over at the Star Quest Production Network (“SQPN”)....
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CNMC 2013: Relationships Matter
Now that I’m back from the Catholic New Media Conference in Boston, I have quite a bit to think about. It is something of an understatement to say that I accumulated a great deal of information this...
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This Thursday 11/14: I Stand with Thomas Peters Day
As regular readers of this blog and listeners to the show are no doubt well-aware, blogger, author, and speaker Thomas Peters was critically injured in a swimming accident in July, from which he is...
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Media and the Message | #IStandWithThomasPeters
I want to take the opportunity of this post to thank my readers, listeners, and followers for their support on #IStandWithThomasPeters Day on social media this past Thursday. The outpouring of masses...
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Tomorrow: Celebrate SQPN’s Catholic Weekend Episode 200!
Tomorrow, Saturday November 30th, beginning around 10am Eastern, we will be recording the 200th episode of the Catholic Weekend show on SQPN, and I hope you can join us! Catholic Weekend is a...
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