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March 2017

March 09, 2017

“Something Absolutely Modern” – The Insincere Convert from Brideshead Revisited

He was something absolutely modern. And his insincerity was stunning. Oh, true, he wanted...

February 2017

February 02, 2017

Textualism vs. The Living Constitution: Justice Scalia, Judge Gorsuch and the Vital Question for Supreme Court Justices

The die is cast. Neil Gorsuch, a federal judge from the United States Court of Appeals (10th...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Memento Mori: Hope In a Year Heavy With Death

Saint Francis in Meditation by Francisco de Zurbarán ----------- "If you wish to live well, spend...

December 19, 2016

Advent: The Greatest Resistance Story of All Time

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness by Caravaggio I have the most curious habit....

November 2016

November 30, 2016

A Reminder to Apologists For a Ruthless Man (On the Death of Fidel Castro)

Fidel Castro, 1959 It has been a surreal week. Fidel Castro, revolutionary, president and dictator...

November 14, 2016

The Kiss of Limitless Grace: On My Daughter’s First Reconciliation

The Return of the Prodigal Son by James Tissot She was so excited. Seven...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

How This Catholic Guy Will Approach The Election

And so it has come down to this. On the first Tuesday after the first...

October 13, 2016

Dear Mr. Podesta: An Open Letter to the Clinton Campaign on Anti-Catholic Emails

Dear Mr. Podesta, I hope you are well. I understand that the political season has...

October 06, 2016

The Horrible Grace of King Lear

King Lear & the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce "I don't want...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

The Unheroic Heroism of the Disciples

You Could Not Watch One Hour With Me by James Tissot Just think of...

September 21, 2016

As a Physician, Here Is Why I Oppose Euthanasia

The Doctor by Luke Fildes "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for...

September 08, 2016

“Don’t Lose Sunday to Monday”: On My Imperfect Art of Keeping Peace During Stressful Times

It was a four day vacation at summer's end. My wife, my two daughters and...

September 02, 2016

What Winston Churchill Taught Me About Leadership

It was quite curious. They were both British Conservatives. They were both addressing the House...

August 2016

August 17, 2016

Why I Choked Up Over a Michael Phelps Commercial

Okay. Okay. I choked up over a Michael Phelps commercial. There. I admitted it. But...

August 11, 2016

Michael Phelps’ Greatest Conquest

Oh, you saw it. Didn't you? Look here and let me refresh your memory....

August 02, 2016

What This John Cusack Movie Taught Me About Fate and Freewill

It was Christmas in New York when it happened. The gently brooding Jonathan Trager...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

“Until My Last Breath” – The Tragedy & Hope of Father Jacques Hamel

"Jesus Wept" by James Tissot "I'll work until my last breath," he laughed....

July 19, 2016

St. Thomas More’s “Horrible Moral Squint”

"Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” - Matthew...

July 07, 2016

Alton Sterling, Philando Castile & What Nuns Taught Me About This Messed Up World

“The tragedy in a man’s life is what dies inside of him while he lives.”...

July 03, 2016

Why It’s Okay to Feel Ill At Ease

I see it sometimes...when others don't. Of course, this is likely because it is in...

June 2016

June 16, 2016

Don’t Despair

"I will even be so indecently frivolous to burst into song, and say to...young pessimists:...

June 08, 2016

What Pope Benedict XVI & G.K. Chesterton Understood (But Science Misses) About Mystery

G.K. Chesterton I've been thinking. Does Science like Mystery? I mean, really and truly embrace...

May 2016

May 26, 2016

Who Gave the Year’s Best Commencement Address?… Justice Antonin Scalia

"Thirty-six is a lot of graduations." That's how he began. It was June of...

May 17, 2016

Why Conscience Matters: The Little Sisters of the Poor & the Cuban Dissident

On May 16, 2016, the Supreme Court unanimously handed a victory to the Little...

May 10, 2016

What’s Wrong With the World?… I Am.

The Return of the Prodigal Son by James Tissot Do you want to be depressed?...

May 04, 2016

How Evelyn Waugh Taught Me To Cope With Modern Times

"Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless." - G.K. Chesterton...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

What Happens When Catholic Kids Help Catholic Kids

"To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them." - St....

April 21, 2016

What This Nine-Year-Old Boy Saw In Prince

I was only nine years old at the time. There I was, standing in the...

April 21, 2016

The Pope, Amoris Laetitia & the Doggedness of Truth

It has been nearly two weeks since Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of...

April 13, 2016

Mother Teresa: The Saint of the Darkness

“If I ever become a saint, I will surely be one of ‘darkness.’ ” -...

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