Back from blog-cation! Sorry for the drought, loyal readers, last week just too annoying for words and left me too little time for Index-ing, sigh. But there's plenty to catch up on...

...for example, yet another church and state controversy, something we just love around here. This time, it's a flap over John Kerry's worthiness as a Catholic. There was some speculation whether the Archdiocese of Boston would make any Easter noise yesterday over Kerry receiving Communion, what with his liberal stances on abortion, stem cell research, etc. It amounted to nothing, but the Catholic Church hasn't been shy about politicking in the pews lately, between its opposition to the same-sex marriage issue to some radical anti-abortion sermonizing -- is it any wonder I had such a good time at Trinity Episcopal yesterday instead?