text: While I can agree that Catholic converts tend to be more militant than cradle Catholics....so what?   They too have a right to their views.  
  
  The irony here that MSW (still) doesn't get: he's just as outspoken as the converts about who may call themselves Catholic.   How so?   Nearly every one of MSW's columns focuses on that very topic.    The message?   Only some of us have the right to speak up, and I wish I were the Catholic columnist for the NYT.
  
  As for Finnegans Wake, Joyce never said that HCE had anything to do with Catholicism.   Before one pats self on the back for being a great writer, it helps to get your facts straight.