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November 2016

November 21, 2016

How Donald Trump unified millions of Americans

Ross Douthat reflects. In the end, Donald Trump spoke strongly about immigrants. Muslim, Hispanic or...

November 12, 2016

George Weigel hits the mark

This piece pretty much reflects my views about the election. Yay, she lost! Oh no,...

November 10, 2016

Remember when we laughed at those right wing Secessionists?

The ones in Texas and some other parts of the country who were floating notions...

November 10, 2016

Stop that

Daily Kos throws a fit. Again, on Monday a growing consensus among talking heads and...

November 10, 2016

Protests all over the place

In 2001, I saw the first major protests against an elected president. As George Bush...

November 09, 2016

Trump’s speech

If it continues like this, it might not be so bad. There are issues I...

November 09, 2016

If you think Trump won because of a bunch of white, racist deplorables

You're why Trump won. After listening to some of the media pundits today invoke skin...

November 09, 2016

Trump wins

I was wrong. On both counts. Well, on one. At least per the electoral college,...

November 07, 2016

The way Catholics should really vote

Here. Note what is and isn't listed, what is and isn't said. Any layperson trying...

November 06, 2016

There is no joy in being right about the FBI investigation

When you assumed the worst and end up being right. I said nothing would...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Political loyalty illustrated

Right now the Democrats, as well as the media, are on overdrive trying to get some...

October 28, 2016

FBI reopens investigation into Clinton emails

Eh. At this point I think anything short of a video tape of Hillary axe...

October 28, 2016

Foolishness

Can look different in hindsight. Remember in 2012 when President Obama mocked Mitt Romney during...

October 27, 2016

How to make America great again

First of all depends on whether you believe it was great to begin with. Assuming...

August 2016

August 15, 2016

It might be time to reassess your movement

When everything your critics say about it seems to be coming true. So Donald Trump...

August 02, 2016

Yes it’s another Papal interview

So coming back from Poland, Pope Francis reiterated his belief in a global war. This...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Stand at the back of the line

So the buzz is about a Black Lives Matter organizer caught telling white people to move...

July 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton officially makes history

OK. It's not like we didn't see it coming, and it isn't as if the...

July 21, 2016

We can pray for peace

But sometimes that involves praying for a quick end to conflict. Not just praying that...

July 15, 2016

Prayers for Turkey

In news that might or might not be related to anything else going on in...