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June 2016

June 15, 2016

Life Lessons I Learned From My Characters: Catullus

This is the third part in my "Things I Learned From My Characters" series. Catullus...

June 12, 2016

Since When Is An Act of Terrorism an Act of God?

A terrible thing happened in Orlando last night. I'm sure most of you already know;...

June 09, 2016

Brock Turner is Not a Monster

I've been reading a lot of stuff on the internet about the Stanford rapist –...

June 07, 2016

Reading Amoris Laetitia

My usual habit when reading Vatican documents is to blaze through the first couple chapters,...

June 07, 2016

Spiritual Gaslighting

Gaslighting is one of those terms that I see cropping up occasionally on the internet,...

May 2016

May 29, 2016

Life Lessons I Learned From My Characters: Germanicus

I'm doing a series of posts in which I give some of the most useful...

May 28, 2016

Life Lessons I’ve Learned From My Characters: Juvenal

One of the great joys of being an author is you get to stand outside...

May 28, 2016

The Social Justice Movement’s Modest Proposal

Yesterday, I talked about the failure of the pro-life movement in upholding the sanctity of...

May 27, 2016

The Decline and Fall of the Pro-Life Movement

It's been some time since I was actively involved in the pro-life movement. The workload...

May 10, 2016

Get Your Ducks in a Row

So the sad part of the story is that my ducks from last year mysteriously...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Michael Voris, Austin Ruse and The Problem of Detraction

Yesterday, Michael Voris published a mostly very moving post in which he reveals that his...

April 13, 2016

Cock-blocking for Jesus: A Modest Proposal for Christian Men Who are Concerned About Trans Bathroom Rights

Amid all of the talk about laws preventing trans people from using washrooms and change-rooms...

April 13, 2016

Vocation of Forgiveness

Scapegoating, as we see it, is a way of escaping from our own responsibilities by...

April 10, 2016

Amoris Laetitia Needs to Give Sinners More Stick, Less Carrot, Yeah?

There is an oversimplification of the story of the rich young man that I often...

March 2016

March 20, 2016

St. Joseph versus Toxic Masculinity

I should have written this yesterday, for the feast of St. Joseph, but it didn't...

March 19, 2016

Do Pediatricians Believe that Transgender Affirmation is Child Abuse?

"The American College of Pediatricians has released an in-depth report stating that the move to...

March 18, 2016

You’re Not Pro-Life if You’re Not Pro-Child

Today, the back-payment came for my Canada Child Tax Benefit for Malachi, and out of...

March 14, 2016

Memento Mori: Zombies in the Collective Unconscious

So I've been binge-watching The Walking Dead recently, and naturally my mind has turned to...

March 09, 2016

I’m Giving Away Free Books!

Hello people! So here's the deal, I've found out that for various nefarious marketing-type reasons,...

March 08, 2016

Let’s Play Theodicy: Another Run at the Problem of Evil

I promised a while back to talk about the sufferings of innocent people who are...

March 04, 2016

Does God Want People To Be Unequal?

One of the phrases that I’ve seen tossed around a lot this election cycle is...

March 03, 2016

Beauty Policing: The Consequences of Transgender Bathroom Politics

Libby Anne has a good article on Transgender bathroom use over on the Atheist channel...

February 2016

February 27, 2016

Does God Make Mistakes? (And are Trans People One of Them?)

One of the questions that people often ask when talking about trans issues is “Do...

February 26, 2016

Just How Clear is the Church’s Teaching About Trans People?

One of the comments that I often hear about the Catholic approach to transgender and...

February 24, 2016

Q Conference Denver

I'm going to be writing and blogging about trans and gender stuff again over the...

February 19, 2016

Lesser Evil: A Merciful Monstrosity?

Yesterday, Pope Francis alluded to the lesser evil argument in relation to contraception and the...

February 17, 2016

Dagnabbit! ‘Dat Pesky Socialist Wabbit!

I've been challenged by a gentleman writing under the name of Dagnabbit to respond to...

February 15, 2016

John Paul II, Intimate Friendship, and the Fluidity of Philia and Eros

The BBC has an interesting story today on an “intense” friendship between John Paul II...

February 15, 2016

A World Without Evil

One of my correspondents recently asked me about the problem of suffering, specifically as it...

February 15, 2016

How to Practice the Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy Online

Many people, aware that online spaces can provide occasions for sin, give up social media...

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