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A Dominican Friar Found My Book “Pious, Intellectually Robust, and Personal”

Last week I had a Jesuit reviewer for my book, and now I’m delighted to add a Dominican.  Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P. has written about my book for Dominicana, and here’s what he had to say: The great strength of her presentation is that Libresco manages to show how our philosophical and theological prejudices [Read More...]

The Undiversity of Clinical Trials and Anti-Islam Groups

Here’s what I’ve been covering in the world of data at FiveThirtyEight this week:   A Few People Lead Many Of The Anti-Muslim Groups In The U.S. [T]he simple count of anti-Islam groups can be deceptive. Growth in anti-Muslim groups seems to be driven as much by a few key leaders founding multiple organizations as [Read More...]

The People Who Made My Book Exist [Radio Readings]

You can listen to “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streamed Saturday at 5pm ET and tomorrow (Sun) at 1pm.  And it’s now available to download and stream. Every week, I put up a “Radio Readings” post, so you can track down the books, articles, and (this week) productivity tools that I cite on the show. So, [Read More...]

7QT: Strange Shakespeare and Hallucinogenic Honey

— 1 — We already had roses and a cat in contention, but I think Pedro may win for best picture with my new book, Arriving At Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers That Even I Can Offer so far.  He took this at a Brazilian Congressional hearing that he was speaking at. I’d love to see more [Read More...]

Watch EWTN News Nightly Tonight to See Me and My Book

I’m headed over to EWTN’s DC studios this afternoon to tape a short segment on Arriving at Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer and you can watch it tonight on EWTN News Nightly at 6p ET or when it’s replayed at 9p ET. And, in the meantime, here’s an excerpt of one of [Read More...]

Arriving at Amen Arrives Today!

I tried to stay up to watch the order button for kindle go live at midnight last night, until I realized that Amazon is located in Seattle and might be timing its midnight accordingly. But, lo, today is finally launch day, and the book is available to order.  A few copies shipped early, so, once yours [Read More...]

Here’s what a Jesuit Priest has to say about my book!

Tomorrow’s the official debut date of Arriving At Amen: Seven Catholic Prayers that Even I Can Offer, my book on learning prayer as a foreign language, relying on secular analogies and sources of  beauty to make sense of Catholic spirituality.  And the first published review is already out! Fr. David C. Paternostro, SJ took a look [Read More...]

What Duties Come With Wealth? [Radio Readings]

Looking for the Ideological Turing Test results? I could still use about 15 more participants, particularly in the second round, so please recruit your friends to play. You can listen to “Fights in Good Faith,” my weekly radio program, streamed Saturday at 5pm ET and tomorrow (Sun) at 1pm.  And it’s now available to download and stream. Every [Read More...]

HIV Successes and Space Launch Failures

Here’s what I’ve been covering at FiveThirtyEight this past week (and, coming up this week, I’ve got a piece in the works that gives me the chance to mention rinderpest!)   The U.K.’s New At-Home HIV Test Is Better Than Anything We Have In The U.S. In the U.K., checking your HIV status is now [Read More...]

7QT: Avengers, Revengers, and Re-stagers

— 1 — Guess where I was last night? After the movie, a couple girls asked to take a picture with me and then said, “Are you a student at Georgetown, too?” “Nope!” I said, “I’m an adult!” And this is what adults do: — 2 — In other fictional universe news, I tend to [Read More...]