Ellen Kolb

The Mandate Takes a Hit. That’s Not Enough.

Nine months after taking office, five months after assuring the Little Sisters of the Poor that they could quit fearing fines, the Administration of President Donald Trump has announced a rollback of the HHS contraceptive mandate. I’m pleased that the President has followed through on a commitment he could have carried out his first dayContinue reading “The Mandate Takes a Hit. That’s Not Enough.”

Open Book: “Confessions of a Twentieth-Century Pilgrim”

For this month’s Open Book link-up, I offer Confessions of a Twentieth-Century Pilgrim by Malcolm Muggeridge (Harper & Row, 1988). I’m reaching back to my own bookshelf to pick up this short treat for the first time in many years. It’s not a full-dress autobiography (see Chronicles of Wasted Time for that). Instead, Confessions is a brief surveyContinue reading “Open Book: “Confessions of a Twentieth-Century Pilgrim””

OpenBook: On the Hail Mary

Peter Ingemi, in his blogging persona as Da Tech Guy, is a Massachusetts-based writer and political reporter whose blog is a staple for conservatives in the region. The writers Ingemi welcomes on his blog (a group that includes me) all get fair warning before coming on board that the boss is unapologetically Catholic. In hisContinue reading “OpenBook: On the Hail Mary”