Rachel Lu is a senior contributor at <i>The Federalist</i>, and also contributes to <i>Crisis Magazine</i> and <i>Ricochet</i>. She teaches philosophy at the University of St. Thomas.
I’ve been a Catholic school mom for all of six months. My son started kindergarten last September, at our parish school. I’m a convert, so Catholic school played no role whatsoever in my childhood. It feels a little like I’ve started school for the first time (and...
I’m sorry to say that I’ve never been to the March for Life. I wish I had made it when I was still single. Nowadays, with small kids, road trips are tough. But I still try to do my part to participate from afar. Here are some ideas:...
I love exercise. No, really. After long hours of my kids treating me like playground equipment, it feels great to get my heart pumping and my limbs moving in some kind of natural fashion. I feel revved up afterwards, and then at night I feel righteously tired. Exercise rocks. Despite...
We’re in what I sometimes regard as “the least wonderful time of the year.” Christmas is over. Spring is far, far away. The snow is has gotten dirty and brown, and is piling up so that the whole world feels like one, big, dirty attic. Cheer up, though! Just...
Frank Weathers says he’s done apologizing for Halloween. I’m way ahead of him. I never started. Halloween is a great holiday! I think it’s ridiculous that so many people think they’re pious for boycotting what should be a wonderful spiritual and evangelical opportunity. Plus, a lot...
As a dedicated football fan, I hate being told that “it’s just a game.” Sure, football is a game. So is electoral politics. So were the gladiatorial contests that once made Christian martyrs. Games can be serious business. But this much is true: you don’t want your fanhood...
