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Carl’s Cuts: Bishops, Biden, Boorstein, and bold music choices

January 21, 2021 Carl E. Olson 35

• Those who have no idea what “Carl’s Cuts” are must be forgiven, as it has been nearly three—three!—years since the last edition of this rare but, um, interesting exercise in scattershot commentary. Much has […]

Carl’s Cuts

Carl’s Cuts: On Schmemann’s Lent, Billy Graham’s death, Madeleine L’Engle’s “Wrinkle”, and Cardinal Cupich’s column

March 12, 2018 Carl E. Olson 14

Confessions, observations, and animadversions on this, that, and the other. […]

Carl’s Cuts

Carl’s Cuts: Hefner the Modern Man, filial corrections, uncomfortable and out-of-bounds topics

September 28, 2017 Carl E. Olson 12

And don’t forget some poetry from Chaucer and a classy new jazz cut. […]

Carl’s Cuts

Ash Wednesday, Lent, “black pope”, discernment, doctrine, Jansenism, fake news

March 1, 2017 Carl E. Olson 0

• Is it bad form to confess that I haven’t been to an Ash Wednesday service since 2003? Not to worry: my pastor knows all about it. And he hasn’t been to one since probably […]

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On dogma, “Amoris Laetitia”, immigration, bishops, and much more

February 14, 2017 Carl E. Olson 1

• So much to discuss, and I won’t come close to getting to it all. But, first, I suggest we observe a moment of respect for Dogma, which is so often treated shabbily and disdainfully, […]

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    Father Jerry J. Pokorsky March 6, 2021 3
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Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a very moving reflection for today’s feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, focusing on how a devotion to the Blessed Mother under this particular title can comfort and aid sorrowing mothers: […]

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