http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=402 An occasional journal of ideas and work by Michael Fitzgerald Fri, 22 May 2026 07:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=402#comment-307088 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:46:13 +0000 http://mffitzgerald.com/wordpress/?p=402#comment-307088 You know, I long ago left the church and lost sympathy with its straitened, orthodox approach to many areas of life. But what Wolff is doing here is just the latest incarnation of a grand old American tradition of Catholic-hating. Oh, yeah--I do take some personal offense, too. I had four uncles who were priests and who were models in their lives not only of human weakness but also of profound personal integrity. Wolff's "commentary"--it really shouldn't be dignified with that term--is vile, slanderous, and the product of a shocking ignorance for someone as putatively smart as he is. You know, I long ago left the church and lost sympathy with its straitened, orthodox approach to many areas of life. But what Wolff is doing here is just the latest incarnation of a grand old American tradition of Catholic-hating. Oh, yeah–I do take some personal offense, too. I had four uncles who were priests and who were models in their lives not only of human weakness but also of profound personal integrity. Wolff’s “commentary”–it really shouldn’t be dignified with that term–is vile, slanderous, and the product of a shocking ignorance for someone as putatively smart as he is.

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