Hotter Than New Love

Last week, our family was blessed to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in LaCrosse, WI.  The shrine was founded by Cardinal Raymond L. Burke, himself a Wisconsin native.  Nestled gently in the hills of LaCrosse, my impression of the Shrine was, “everything is done very well.”  From the most intricate details of [...]

Coffee is the life blood of the graduate student life.  Like raccoons scurrying around in the garbage for the last McNugget, grad students will go to any length to find the coffee – especially if it’s free.  Often, the only thing going through a grad student’s mind is, “get coffee, get coffee, get coffee.” Unfortunately, [...]

You may or may have not noticed that Hotter Than New Love has added a new advertiser; Mystic Monk Coffee. Mystic Monk coffee is some of the best I’ve ever had and the fact that it is roasted by Carmelite monks is an awesome bonus!  I especially enjoy the fact that they offer organic coffees [...]

Last week we heard crowing from Catholyc professors, opining and generally complaining about Speaker Boehner’s visit to the “Catholic” University of America (quotes mine).  The general consensus from the Catholic “academics” (quotes mine again) was that the house plan (the Ryan plan) was not sensitive enough to the needs of the poor.  For a while [...]

Our family does not own a TV.  After reading John Senior’s The Restoration of Christian Culture, my wife and I decided that the TV was something we didn’t want in our home.  We’ve had several offers for a free TV, one from my generous cousin, another from my wife’s parents.  Each time, we turned the [...]

It is no small coincidence that today, Divine Mercy Sunday, was chosen for John Paul II’s beatification. Pope John Paul II was such a moving and inspiring man, especially to my generation.  He was the most well traveled Pope in the history of the Church and more saints were canonized during his pontificate than all [...]