User:Scooge/sandbox/The Anchoress

The Anchoress is one of the top political blogs, and one of the most prominent Roman Catholic blogs on the internet. It resided for a couple of years on First Things, and has recently moved to Patheos, where its author, Elizabeth Scalia, is the editor of the Roman Catholic "portal."

The Anchoress focuses on politics, current events, New York Yankees baseball, pop culture, and Roman Catholic issues. Scalia uses her own name for published articles (e.g., on Pajamas Media) and for public appearances, but is known more often as The Anchoress among bloggers and in the online world.

[Awards she's won--or leave that in as First Things quote?] In 2009, The Anchoress moved her blog to become part of the blogging stable at First Things magazine. [quote/cite]

The Anchoress has been described by CBS News' Public Eye as "one of the blogosphere's most mysterious and interesting voices." [citation] Scalia's writing is, as with many bloggers, highly idiosyncratic; her posts range from discussions that are downright gritty or urban in nature (such as a lighthearted takeoff on The Vagina Monologues [cite]), to the deeper meanings within the rosary [cite].

The blog name and internet handle "The Anchoress" is derived from the term Anchorite, and appears to underscore the contemplative side of her nature. Scalia sometimes focuses on pro-life issues, but endorsed Rudy Giuliani as a U.S. presidential candidate in 2008, despite his pro-choice positions (and was criticized for this by other pro-lifers).

Scalia is, in her personal life, married. She has two sons, and will blog about family milestones as readily as she will life on the upper East Coast.