HeyJaredPhil Lawler's Substack
Reflections on restoration from a veteran Catholic journalist.
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- Sep 26, 2026
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Weekly Summary 9/26/26 (opens the original)
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If you’re visiting for the first time, please take a moment to read about me and my goals for this Substack. If you’re a regular reader, why not pass this post along to a friend?<a href="https://pflawler.substack.com/p/weekly-summary-82226-36c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MDg1NDI4OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEzMjgzNjYyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODg2MTYwMzYsImV4cCI6MTc5MTIwODAzNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2MDc5OTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.d0zAnOftyx4-hIaF0PbnDiciRq
The Nanny-state inspector cometh (opens the original)
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A baby is born, and the government sends a representative to investigate. Is that an advance in postpartum care, or in the power of the Nanny State? Leila and I discuss that question and more (surrogacy wars, AI threats, Hannah-Jones flunks her test, etc.) on this week’s Home Front podcast.ShareShow NotesState intrusion after baby is bo
[DRAFT] A Massachusetts bishop instructs his priests... (opens the original)
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[NOTE: The draft letter below was not written by, or for, any bishop. That’s the bad news. The good news is that there is no copyright on this post, and any bishop is free to use it.]<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="2184"
The Spirit is moving in California (opens the original)
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Ordinarily my prayer life is quite conventional. I do not levitate, speak in tongues, or claim extraordinary revelations. But twice in my life, I have been seized by a very strong and totally unexpected feeling about the place in which I was praying.The first such occasion came when I was on a press junket in Taiwan, booked into a spanking-new hotel in Taipei. On my first night there, before crawling into bed, exhausted from the long overseas flight, I knelt to say a few prayers. Almost immediat
Weekly Summary 9/19/26 (opens the original)
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If you’re visiting for the first time, please take a moment to read about me and my goals for this Substack. If you’re a regular reader, why not pass this post along to a friend?<a href="https://pflawler.substack.com/p/weekly-summary-82226-36c?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MDg1NDI4OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEzMjgzNjYyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODg2MTYwMzYsImV4cCI6MTc5MTIwODAzNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2MDc5OTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.d0zA
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