National Catholic Register Bloggers feed from Simcha Fisher

Psst, Episcopalians! Over here!

2013-05-21

By Simcha Fisher | You may remember The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. When she took office in 2006, she was interviewed by the New York Times, and had the following exchange: Q: How many...

My Profession

2013-05-17

By Simcha Fisher | In her illuminating post the other day, Jennifer Fulwiler describes going to a party where she knew hardly anyone, and conducting a little social experiment: for the first half, she introduced herself as a stay-at-home mom,...

BHO, OBE

2013-05-16

By Simcha Fisher | I woke up this morning to an angry -- oddly, almost a tearfully angry -- letter, protesting my blatant racism, my inappropriately partisan tone, and my meanypants attitude in a post I wrote some eight months ago. This was back...

Beep Beep Yesh

2013-05-14

By Simcha Fisher | So you're in your car, you've got the windows down, and you feel like doing some very mild rocking out in your dorky, parentish way. But of course the kids are also in the car. What to do? Some people just make the kiddies...

Humblesse Oblige

2013-05-10

By Simcha Fisher | On Thursday morning, I had the following thought process. Raise your hand if you can relate: Let’s see, Thursday, Thursday. Almost done with the week. Let’s see, Facebook, Facebook. Ha, look at that cat . . Oh, poor...

Translating Bergoglio

2013-05-9

By Simcha Fisher | Can you believe it's only been about two months since Pope Francis was elected? We've been getting to know him through his papal homilies, and books about him are starting to appear on the shelves. Pray For Me: The Life and...

The Joy of Not Being Sold Anything

2013-05-7

By Simcha Fisher | We have a huge billboard on our property, and I can see it from my kitchen and bedroom window. It's not an offensive image, and I'm so used to it, it barely registers. I'm actually glad it's there, because the billboard...

Putting a Bird on It

2013-05-3

By Simcha Fisher | My grandfather was in the habit of casually using God's name in vain. This bugged my mother no end, especially when my grandfather came to live with her. Finally, one day, he used the Holy Name one time too often, and my...

Good Movies You May Have Missed: Attack the Block

2013-05-2

By Simcha Fisher | Last night, we watched the 2011 sci-fi thriller Attack the Block (from the producers of Shaun of the Dead). I loved it! I can't remember the last time a movie was so satisfying. It's not meant for kids or young teens. it...

Comic Books: the Good, the Bad, and the #&%^@

2013-04-30

By Simcha Fisher | Saturday, May 4th, is Free Comic Book Day, and I haven't decided whether or not to tell the kids. It's a little nutty that so many parents in the video felt the need to make a special effort to pass on...

Scat Free

2013-04-26

By Simcha Fisher | Yesterday was the birthday of the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald. I Googled "queen of jazz" to see if that's really how she's known; but I already knew that that's what she was. My sister and I grew up wearing grooves in our...

Ten Things to Do Instead of Wallowing

2013-04-25

By Simcha Fisher | As Catholics and as citizens, we have a responsibility to be well-informed about the news, because we have a responsibility to do the right things: write to our congressmen, elect the right (or the least disastrous)...

The Theology of the Bathroom

2013-04-23

By Simcha Fisher | Not wanting to be one of those overbearing feminist types who always doubts the words of men who are wiser far than I, let me demurely defer to the great scholar of gender studies, Dave Barry. I can't find the exact quotation,...

So Long, and Thanks for All the Intersex Fish

2013-04-18

By Simcha Fisher | Do a few stretches, and then wrap your brain around these three facts: Hormonal contraceptives contribute significantly to water pollution. Ethinyl estradiol, the active ingredient in most birth control pills, is very...

Who Is to Blame for Kermit Gosnell?

2013-04-16

By Simcha Fisher | Maybe you've heard: what Kermit Gosnell did? It's pro-lifers' fault. Jezebel says "[Gosnell's] business was able to thrive because of limited access to reproductive choice, not because of reproductive choice...