text: A very shallow and convenient indictment, this McArticle, alongside some equally uninformed commentary. Virtually no credible or (ironically) relevant information regarding the impetus for what is described as "restoration-ism" survived the editorial cut. And the ever-present tendency for folks influenced by Friar Anthony to reduce the examen to a "Sisyphus dress up" caricature (thus dismissing the earnest and serious work of R.Cdl. Burke out of hand among others) reeks of disingenuous intent. I am not a restorationist Catholic. However, my personal involvement with those lay and clergy who would "self-identify" with even such a transparent misnomer, clashes significantly with the populist mentality of the column.