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June 2019

June 22, 2019

Free the Detainees

In The New York Times we are reading that “chaotic scene of sickness and filth...

June 20, 2019

Government Behind the Mask

Suppose you’re a government in the United States, and you want to censor someone. But...

June 17, 2019

A Blank Check for Waging War

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is going on the theory that the Authorization for Use...

June 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders Tacks Distributist

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s plan to establish worker ownership in United States corporations is still...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Iran, Venezuela, and the Just War Doctrine

There’s talk that the United States will be going to war in either Iran, Venezuela,...

May 16, 2019

We Are All Guilty of Abortion

As the New York Times reports, “Alabama’s governor on Wednesday signed into law a measure...

May 10, 2019

Catholic Teaching and Taxes

Senate Democrats in Illinois have “approved legislation for a state graduated income tax, a top...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

A Good Friday Reflection

On Good Friday we remember that God subjected himself to the evil of humanity, and...

April 15, 2019

Killing Hurts

Occasionally your humble servant makes reference to the fact that the United States is not...

March 2019

March 24, 2019

A Kind of Theft

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump berated “Detroit automakers for closing plants and sending...

March 15, 2019

Moses’ Seat

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

The Value of Motherhood

$96,261.00 That’s what the annual salary of a homemaker would be if she was compensated...

February 09, 2019

For Democracy to Work, Politicians Must Believe in It

“The Church values the democratic system inasmuch as it ensures the participation of citizens in...

January 2019

January 23, 2019

The People Should Elect the Bishops (Part II)

At the end of last month your humble servant wrote an article entitled “The People...

January 08, 2019

A Wall for Universal Healthcare

As of this writing President Trump just finished his televised speech, and the partial government...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

The People Should Elect the Bishop

I’m going to have to step out of my comfort zone here. Christian Democracy is...

December 18, 2018

Overturning the Repealed

Here’s a trivia question for you. Has a statutory provision ever been successfully challenged on...

December 01, 2018

An Advent Reflection

The United States simply won’t last forever. It is an idea with an expiration date,...

November 2018

November 11, 2018

Better Than Minimum Wage

Larry Kudlow, the “White House’s top economic adviser said” the other day “that he opposes...

October 2018

October 24, 2018

The Catholic Vote

The midterm elections are upon us, and once again we are hearing that we Catholics...

October 07, 2018

What’s Wrong With Socialism? (Part 6)

In setting forth his objections to Socialism in Quadragesimo anno [1], Pope Pius XI touched...

September 2018

September 29, 2018

Truth or Politics

“Rape is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury...

September 14, 2018

What’s Wrong with Socialism? (Part 5)

In the last offering in this series [1], your humble servant related how by 1931...

September 02, 2018

If He Did It

I hope you’re sitting down, because I have some earth shattering news about the pope....

August 2018

August 22, 2018

That’s Not Subsidiarity

With the convictions of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen topping the news, it may have...

August 15, 2018

Christian Democracy Radio: Priestly Predators and Other Issues

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August 14, 2018

Politics Is the Religion of the Devil

Sometimes your humble servant says that politics is the religion of Satan. That’s hyperbole, of...

August 11, 2018

What’s Wrong with Socialism? (Part 4)

When Pope Pius XI wrote his encyclical Quadragesimo anno [1] in 1931, forty years after...

August 07, 2018

What’s Wrong with Socialism? (Part 3)

In the last offering in this series [1] your humble servant promised to explore Pope...

August 03, 2018

The New Teaching on Capital Punishment Isn’t so New

Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the new Section 2267 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church:...