Anyone who has ventured into the Catholic blogosphere recently is aware that speculation about the motu proprio has been at a fever pitch for months. One wag has even posted a list of the Top Ten signs that someone is in the grip of "motu-mania," including: "You have a calendar with all the likely feast days that the motu proprio might be issued marked," and, "You have written 500 blog posts, and 480 of them have been about the motu proprio."<\/p>\n
Wow I have been elevated to "wag" in a John Allen Jr. column<\/a>! I am so excited and this is a lifelong dream to be described as a wag. Wagdom has long evaded me. I was actually once a wog – that is someone who had not yet crossed the equator aboard a Navy ship. But I am now a trusty Shellback six times over and now to be a wag in addition makes me quite happy.<\/p>\n Doubtless Mr. Allen came across my list previously when Amy Welborn linked to it. Interestingly Amy today in a post said<\/a>:<\/p>\n Secondly, the citation of the "wag" who provided the top-10 list. Well, the"wag" was the Curt Jester and it is a shame that in this piece he can’t be credited by name and a link<\/a>, especially since the Catholic blogosphere, despite its general bias against NCR(eporter) has played a role in whatever presence NCR(eporter)’s website has, primarily through its links and discussions of Allen’s reporting. Fair is fair.<\/p>\n She makes a good point and I have reviewed two of John Allen Jr’s book positively and the Catholic blogosphere has been quite favorable to his consistently fair reporting. Our grudge against the NCReporter is that he is pretty much the exception.<\/p>\n