A decade of failing to persuade the New York Times to pay attention to Leonard Leo

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5. I take issue with the notion that Catholics are (always) taboo.

Catholic clergy certainly are not. The days of harassment over reporting on pedophile priests are long gone. Reporting of that sort is everywhere. Times has done a lot of it. Seems to be a certain slice of Catholics that is taboo: Catholics with money, right-wing Catholics with money. They are indeed a frightening group. Among the greatest threats to our liberty.

I worked in media, and journo types are for the most part irreligious. A relative of mine, clergy, did an interview and remarked to me that the journo knew absolutely nothing about religion. "Why is he a religion reporter when he knows nothing about it?" I said that journos are always given subjects they know nothing about. They're expected to learn on the job.

This story includes a link to another story on efforts to canonize Leo's daughter. Lord.