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September 2016

September 22, 2016

Damon Linker Answers the Liberal Critics of Trump & the New Nationalism

Damon Linker, who is best-known for defecting from First Things towards the center-left (you can...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Don’t Look to Secularism if You Want to Bathe in a Kinder, Gentler World

The problem of violence is an inherently human problem. It is unavoidable, because violence is...

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...

August 17, 2016

Slavoj Žižek: There’s a Special Place in Hell for Clinton Consensus Supporters

I write about politics again not because I have any hopes (nor fears) about what...

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...

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...

May 2016

May 21, 2016

The Democratic Clown Bus Parks Alongside the GOP Clown Bus . . .

It was so much fun for the Democrats to ridicule the GOP "clown car" that...

May 20, 2016

This is How Corrupt Our Political System Is

There were numerous objections to my proposal for Catholics to vote for Donald Trump. Good...

May 04, 2016

Catholics4Trump: Donald Trump’s Presumptive Nomination is Good News for Catholics

The electorate these days is thinking apocalyptically. This presidential election cycle is too much even for the strongest...

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...

February 2016

February 12, 2016

Catholic Vote’s Socialism Freakout Highlights the Necessity of Clearly Defined Terms

On behalf of the Catholic Church, I would like to apologize. I apologize for our...

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 14, 2015

Politics is Traditional for the Councils of the Church

For the councils of the church, politics is traditional. After Vatican Council II, many people...

December 07, 2015

Was Vatican 1 Shockingly More Political Than Vatican 2?

Catholic History is stranger than you think. [Léger] spoke to me with excitement about his...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

The Anti-Abortion Supermajority: Beyond the Abortion Wars

Charles C. Camosy is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Fordham University. He has published...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Playing Mad Libs with Laudato Si’ & the Politics of Identity

What if you took recent articles and replaced some words as you would in Mad...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Just Another Atheist Jewish Catholic: An Interview With Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com and a consulting editor at the University of...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

Netanyahu Understands the Inquisition Better than Zmirak (Who is Closer to Cruz)

The Black Legend of the Inquisition persists because it takes popular opinion a couple of...

February 2015

February 04, 2015

Last Temptation of Christ & American Christian Responses to ISIS

The season of Lent is almost upon us. We are traditionally invited to practice ascesis. That...

October 2014

October 17, 2014

Disproportionate Influence: Catholicism and the #HongKongProtests

This is the second installment of my interview with Dr. Justin Tse. It concentrates upon...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Joseph Ratzinger, Socialist

The title of this post, identifying Joseph Ratzinger with Socialism is exaggerated on purpose, or...

July 25, 2014

Conversation with Patrick Deneen About Catholic NeoCons

I've gone done an interview with Patrick Deneen of the political science department at Notre...

April 2014

April 17, 2014

Catholiclandia: Solidarity Means Carrying One Another's Burden

Maundy Thursday usually has people twittering about whose carefully cultivated stinky feet will get...

April 10, 2014

Why Be So Harsh on George Weigel? Because of What Weigel Said.

I've penned an Immigration Manifesto with Sam Rocha over at Ethika Politika. Our displeasure with...

July 2013

July 03, 2013

American Idol: Religious Freedom

That something went wrong with the post-conciliar Church is a truism of both left and...