“Simply allow for the possibility that our generation is a herd, just like the others, and stampedes, just like the others . . . allow for the likelihood that in certain areas our generation is just as dumb as all the others” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 124).
Reimagining Revoice as a Servant of Mammon
Introduction: You know what? Revoice is a micro-aggression. It is all starting to come into focus for me now. Now it is kind of a big conference, with big names attached, and so that makes it a macroaggression also. And big money is likely involved, about which more a bit later on, and so that …
Where the Price is Right
“We live in a time when the government assumes way too much regulatory responsibility for food and drugs, and we should recognize that this does not eliminate the idea of a free market price. It just moves the free market price from the food and drugs, where it ought to be, and creates a free …
Not That There’s Anything Wrong with That
“Whole grains are a great delivery module for getting nutritional value down to the sewer treatment plant” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 120).
A Primer on the Fourth of July
What is celebrated on the Fourth of July? Two things. The formal reason for our celebration is the establishment of our nation in the Declaration of Independence, coupled with the successful completion of the war, coupled in turn with the adoption of our Constitution, which secured that independence. The second reason has to do with …
How, Not What
“We sin with food all the time, and God still doesn’t care what we eat. Mastering that distinction is crucial” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 119).
Wrong Way
“It is the mark of [a] certain kind of dogmatic mind that the farther away from the evidence he gets, the more certain he gets” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 115).
The UnRoeveling of America
Introduction: The American Civil War was actually a war between distinct regions. It was a clash of cultures, a war between the several states. There were certain regions—the border states like Maryland—where the populations within the same territory were truly divided, and where it was not uncommon for one brother to fight for one side …
DIY
Camel Bisque
“And speaking of finicky diets, these are the people who strain at gnats and eat the camel. And to make it perfectly plain, swallowing unclean camels is a dietary issue” (Confessions of a Food Catholic, p. 110).