"Making men behave," and more

• "How my parish youth group helped me leave the Catholic faith." It's not the spectacular stuff but well-meant little concessions to modern American society, going along to get along, that do it. Listen. All these high-school youth events. They’re just parents deluding themselves into thinking their kids are on the right track, when really it’s that the kids don’t have anything else to do, so they show up at this stuff. And then, shock shock! The kids grow up and move out, do their own thing, and we find out who they really are.
• Dalrock: "Making men behave." Focus on the Family goes me-too on feminism. This isn’t just bad theology; it goes against what secular scientists observe as well.
• City-commuter household hint: Rubbing alcohol and an old towel or washcloth take chewing gum off the soles of dress shoes.