I followed this link and found this classic Q and A with Reverend Schori:

Q: How many members of the Episcopal Church are there in this country?

A: About 2.2 million. It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children

I'm a Mormon, and thus not as well educated as our Episcopal friends, but perhaps I can explain.  Yes, we do have more kids than average.

Why?

(1) They're a gift from God.

(2) It's a great compliment that God would give us stewardship over some of his children. Accepting that responsibility carries with it great duties (for which we will be held accountable).

(3) We like them (most of the time).

(4) No children, no grandchildren.

(5) Someone has to help pay the Social Security for those old, childless Episcopalians (think of it as voluntary income redistribution from Mormons to Episcopalians). 

BTW:  Mormons think that Paul was awesome.

Have fun!!  I nominate you and Felicia as Ricochet travel correspondents.

Just when I get completely cynical someone posts something like this. I even have a granddaughter named Tatum.

Way to go, Jon, you've revived some of my faith in human beings.

I spent nearly 25 years working for one of those big, evil corporations. Yes, they're bureaucratic. People occasionally can skate away from  responsibility for their actions.

But more often than not people were held responsible for their failures (including demotions and firings)--they were also awarded for their successes. It was imperfect, but then everything is.

As far as I can tell, IRS higher-ups regularly receive large bonuses, but none of them ever seem to be held responsible for their screw-ups (except for the guy who was going to retire in a week or two).

Guys like him make me ashamed to be a lawyer.

Mormon here:  I do believe in the reality of Satan.  Our theology teaches that he is real.  Nothing I've seen in the world gives me any reason to deny his existence.

Was the Pope performing an exorcism?  I have no idea, but unlike Jay Carney, if the Pope says he wasn't, I accept his statement. His credibility is very high.

I suppose some may have reached that conclusion, but by far the greatest source of single-parent families is women bearing illegitimate children.

I hope all is not lost, but that 60 percent number was 45 percent a little over a decade ago.  This is not a positive trend.

Doc:  If and when you get subpoenaed by Congress, I hope you send a  letter telling them you intend to rely on the Second Amendment.

Isn't she the one who said she's not good at math?  I'm shocked that she didn't decide to rely on the Second Amendment.

Eliana Johnson at NRO is reporting that the Issa committee immediately issued a subpoena.  Whether they can get it served in time remains to be seen.

When high government officials plead the fifth, I think we can conclude (1) it's an official scandal and (2) it's time for a special counsel.

It's an excellent story.

I thought the Democrats were the party of science?  

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse did his own version of this rant on the Senate floor yesterday.

Is there anyone here who can apologize on behalf of Rhode Island?

You can put me in the same camp as Schrodinger's Cat.

For a supposedly rational people, it's baffling why 60% of Americans consider it morally OK to have a child out of wedlock.  Social science hasn't proven many things, but it has shown beyond all doubt that, on average, kids raised in single-parent have have much higher chances of experiencing a broad range of negative life experiences (including much higher poverty rates).

Totally aside from religion, one can only wonder why making a decision so deleterious to another human being is empty of moral implications for sixty percent of us.  I would call it a moral failure of the highest order.

Sigh!

Query:  Would it have been a problem for my 501(c)(4) application if I disclosed that my group prayed that the good Lord would temper the plagues of Egypt and remove other great pestilences from the earth, including the IRS?

If Texas gets to leave, then Utah, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Idaho should be allowed to accompany ya'll.  Obama got 25%, 28%, 33%, and 33% respectively.  I think we've proven our conservative bona fides.  

They can make 46 stars look good, and our five would look good in a circular pattern (maybe we could join Israel and go with a six-pointed star). With Israel, the population of our new country would be about 42-43 million.  I think we'd be able to punch well above our weight.

If it were my restaurant, it would be fresh:  because I have the greatest incentive to (1) get customers to come back and (2) to not make them sick.  This is not a problem that requires EU regulations to solve.

I also trust that cooks in good restaurants won't spit in the soup.  That too is a "problem" that doesn't require government intervention.