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May 2017

May 04, 2017

Atheists Have “National Day of Reason,” But American Atheism is Irrational

Today is something called "National Reason Day," on the atheist calendar. The National Day of...

April 2017

April 16, 2017

Liberal Theologian’s Lenient Easter Sermon Makes a Mockery of Lent

Remember when Easter sermons used to demand discipline of us? Yeah, me neither. Pope Francis...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

February 14th is a Very Problematic Holiday For Many

Derrida liked to gleefully disseminate the news that the ancient Greek word for medicine (pharmakon) also means poison....

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing of Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils

I have reached a point of exhaustion with politics, just as any respectably abnormal person should. The...

July 2016

July 21, 2016

Ted Cruz: A Temporary Hero and the Momentary Dread Overlord of Our Hearts of Darkness

"They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when...

July 19, 2016

Analyzing Steve Skojec’s Poop Slinging at the Pope: A Running Commentary

I exhort you — be zealous to do all things in harmony with God, with the...

June 2016

June 24, 2016

Churchill’s Dream of a United States of Europe Dies with Brexit

The structure of the United States of Europe, if well and truly built, will be...

June 19, 2016

Don’t Click on Father’s Day Clickbait – Click Here Instead

There are always people who will have silly objections to things bloggers write, but "This...

May 2016

May 07, 2016

Trump Sounds Like Derrida When Talking to Woodward about Lincoln & Nixon

That philosophy died yesterday, since Hegel or Marx, Nietzsche, or Heidegger, and that philosophy should...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

This Attack Ad Against Donald Trump is the Most Hilarious Political Ad of this Presidential Primary Season

Comedy, even when it is unintentional, is frequently revelatory. Attack ads are a fun genre for...

April 06, 2016

Siskel & Ebert Give Protestants Two Thumbs Down, Way Down

"If you want to understand the Jewish conception of sacrifice, go to a Roman Catholic...

February 2016

February 01, 2016

Forget the Iowa Caucus, Focus on Hidalgo: Donaldo Trumpez Wants to Make Mexico Great Again!

Donaldo Trumpez promises to build a wall to keep Americans out. He says he's tired...

December 2015

December 29, 2015

Priest from Philippines Should’ve Been Suspended for Singing not Hoverboard

The Filipino priest's liturgical sin had more to do with harmony than locomotion. I...

December 22, 2015

5 Reasons Why the Jesuits are More Like the First Order than the Jedi Knights

I gave in to the merchandising juggernaut that is Star Wars VII on Saturday. There...

December 02, 2015

On Noses and the Incarnation

"For the Son of God became man so that we might become God." --St....

November 2015

November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving: An American Celebration of a Deadly Sin?

I'm spiritual but not religious about Thanksgiving. I show up only once a year, go...

October 2015

October 27, 2015

What if the Worldwide Jesuit Conspiracy is REAL?

There are plenty of unbalanced Catholic commentators on the Jesuit papacy. Their conspiracy theories, not...

October 19, 2015

BREAKING–Pope Francis to Announce he Converted to Anglicanism

You really do wonder sometimes: I wonder how the non-clerical Christian world would have reacted...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

15 Books I’d Ban for Banned Books Week

Matthew Schmitz came up with a peculiar way of celebrating Banned Books Week. He devised...

September 26, 2015

Pope Francis Inspires Kenny Rogers to Fold’Em Like Boehner

The big news yesterday was the House Speaker resigning after setting up the first ever...

September 03, 2015

What’s the Most Epic Book Genre Mislabel in Publishing History?

Have you ever noticed how nearly every book you've ever picked up that's not self-published...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

A Pixellated-Camouflage Bible for the Deus Absconditus in Your Life!

Not long after the pope condemned told those in the weapons industry they shouldn't consider...

June 08, 2015

Fools & Clowns: Why Sergio Bermudez Remains a Lewd Catholic

This is a guest post. Sergio Bermudez is a human being. He went to College...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

In Monologue: Did You Notice Atheists Don’t Have No Songs?

In the video below Steve Martin claims atheists might have nothing metaphysically and musically. What...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

Famous Atheists Who Aren’t Atheist: Hold off on Papism David Brooks!

Did you know that Sartre was a Jew, Camus intended to become a Protestant, Warhol...

April 09, 2015

So You Think Moses Can’t Liturgical Dance? Forget #SalonChristianitySecrets!

Twitter might be abuzz with #SalonChristianitySecrets inspired by a Religion Dispatches piece on Holy Saturday...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Deneen, MacIntyre, Schindler, Dreher? For John Zmirak I’m Ahead of Them All!

John Zmirak is a Catholic intellectual of limited credibility. He has an MFA, surprisingly enough...

February 2015

February 19, 2015

Cardinal Burke Dissents: Ashed Foreheads are a Sign of Feminization

This post might be labeled "comedy," but it's serious. Its seriousness flows from a frivolous...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

God, Interviewed!

I've had some fun doing interviews for Cosmos and at Ethika Politika. Below is something...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

Blessed are the Cheesecake Makers

Here's a delicious story I spotted in my facebook newsfeed this morning: The brief AP...