Collecting My Thoughts

When I hear the word "grab" in church it just doesn't feel right. "Grab a communion cup," or "Grab your Bible a...

Today is the anniversary of the convening of Vatican II, October 11, 1962. 60th anniversaries don't get the hoop-la of 50th, but the doc...

I listen to a Catholic call-in radio talk show, and in August I heard a question that sounded like the man had been to one of those “gasli...

You’re nothing but a yeasty, milk-livered maggot pie; Oh yeah? Take that, you paunchy, rump-fed pignut.

As I've noted before, except for some Freshman composition, I didn't take anything in college that could be called "English,...

Today's new word is IRENIC Number one on my list of New Year's Resolutions for 2009 was to learn a new word a day--or maybe a week. ...

The week I couldn't read Finnish is a daunting language. In Finland, you're better off to try Swedish, their second language--at l...

Thursday Thirteen--13 fudge phrases in American English. English is a marvelously flexible language--has about 2 million words because it bo...

Adverbosity I'm a sucker for qualifiers--"sort of," "rather," "just," "quite," and "too....

3966 A common language In developing her theme on why Americans can't afford to lose their common language , Peggy Noonan lost me with...

3458 Catching up on education There was an item in USAToday Feb. 7 reporting that 15% of high school students passed Advanced Placement i...