Also the only people who ever cared about 'Red Scare' to begin with are the same people who probably greenlight these sorts of pieces (Vanity Fair had one too)
Probably the biggest culture shock I've had about Catholicism is not any of the weird preoccupations that cradle Catholics have, but the fact that other youngish converts so often expect me to know and care about this seemingly endless rogues' gallery of freakish nobodies.
The divide in viewpoints/interests/passion between American adults converts to Catholicism and American cradle Catholic adults is really fascinating to me.
