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November 2019

November 13, 2019

Make Women Slaves Again

For a long time, the open misogyny of so many people in the pro-life movement...

October 2019

October 08, 2019

Maybe It’s Okay That Man Should Be Alone

I'll get back to talking about wanking and what-not in a while. For now, I...

August 2019

August 06, 2019

To Wank or Not To Wank

Bob considers himself to be a compulsive masturbator. His daily routine once he gets out...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Fault on His Side: Addiction and Culpability Pt 2

One of the things that made it difficult for me to end my relationship with...

February 25, 2019

Fault on My Side: How Alcoholism and Abuse Warp Culpability

One of the commenters on my previous post suggested that I should make my next...

February 12, 2019

Enabling Abusers: On Divorce and Remarriage

About a year and a half ago, my older children came to me and told...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

The Seductive Illusion of Objectivity

This is not a defence of relativism. It is a challenge to the concept of...

October 19, 2018

No, Simcha, Dissent is Not Tantamount to Rape

Simcha Fisher recently published an article comparing dissenting from the Catholic church’s position on things...

October 12, 2018

5 Things I’m Obsessed With (Other Than Power)

Apparently my old friend Austin Ruse has joined the chorus of people who think that...

October 12, 2018

A Tale of Two Priests: On Authority

In the past two days, I received correspondence from two different Catholic priests reacting to...

October 02, 2018

Crossing the Rubicon: Why I Will No Longer Enable the Catholic Hierarchy

A while ago, one of my atheist commenters observed that watching me grapple with my...

September 2018

September 24, 2018

Just Believe Women?

About a week ago, I became aware that someone named Kavanaugh had been accused of...

July 2018

July 30, 2018

Is It A Sin to be Scandalized by Abuse?

Yet again, the Church is being rocked by a clerical abuse scandal. And yet again,...

June 2018

June 18, 2018

The Myth of the Self-Made Man

I apparently don’t understand success. The formula for it is not, as I suggested, hard...

June 07, 2018

Privilege Does Not Mean You Are Bad

Alright, so you’re white. And also male. You’re successful, but you’ve worked hard all your...

May 2018

May 15, 2018

The Abuses of Hell

I’ve been away for a while, but I wanted to get back to the discussion...

April 2018

April 21, 2018

Love Your Ideological Enemies

Over the past couple of weeks, there’s been an unusual amount of drama in my...

April 02, 2018

My Baby’s Keeper? NFP and Postpartum Depression

Recently, I blogged about the existence of social conditions which make it more difficult for...

March 2018

March 25, 2018

Is Contraception the New Usury?

If you happen to be neck-deep in the controversy over whether artificial birth control is...

February 2018

February 26, 2018

A Hell of One’s Own: Why Mortal Sin Really is Mortal

Recently, I’ve been re-reading my book of philosophical dramas, Eros & Thanatos, and it’s...

February 13, 2018

Discernment In Black & White

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex and Is One Of These Virtues Not Like...

February 13, 2018

Is One Of These Virtues Not Like The Others?

Previously in My Introduction To Geh Sex I talked about my experiences with sex education...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

Two Things We Mistakenly Believe Are Ours

At the heart of the Church’s social teaching there are two essential insights into the...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Spiritual Warfare: a Strategist’s Guide

In general, I have my reservations about the image of “spiritual warfare,” not because it’s...

December 21, 2017

Baby It’s Cold in Phase 2: On Chastity Culture and Consent

It’s that time of year again – the annual season of arguing about whether “Baby...

November 2017

November 17, 2017

Should I Trust My Conscience?

One of the most common frustrations that I hear from Catholics who are recovering from...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Traditional Marriage: A Cure For Rape Culture?

There’s been a lot of talk over the last week or so about the ethics...

October 23, 2017

A Modest Proposal: On Rape Prevention

One of the most frustrating things about discussing rape prevention is that there is often...

September 2017

September 15, 2017

Mommy Wars vs. Culture Wars Fight

There are a large number of people who avoid church for exactly the same reason...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

Poverty Is Not What Austin Ruse Wants You to Think It Is

The poor of America are living large off the public purse: they own plasma TVs...

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