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August 2017

August 25, 2017

Best response to the lunacy of ESPN

"It doesn't matter, but it means a lot." My resident sports aficionado. Yeah. It doesn't matter...

August 25, 2017

Only fools and Catholics think it will end with Confederate Statues

It has been going on for years. Entire generations have been raised to believe America...

August 24, 2017

Exploiting racism cheapens racism

So Colin Kaepernick now has the NAACP and civil rights activists joining in his job...

August 21, 2017

Why I’m no fan of modern talk show style punditry

In case you haven't heard, there's an eclipse today. We're in Ohio, so we'll see...

August 21, 2017

I will not condone violence against White Supremacists

As long as this continues to be the default approach to dialogue in modern America:...

August 17, 2017

This is how you fight evil

Words can't express how much I love this man. And he's not a bad sousaphone...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

The Transgender Ban

Or simply rolling back the military's Transgender policy enacted by President Obama. Is it merely...

July 25, 2017

Ross Douthat reflects on Charlie Gard

Here. As I said, I understand that people of goodwill can disagree. But I still...

June 2017

June 14, 2017

I am afraid of terrorism

Of course I am. Terrorism isn't just crime. Crime is bad of course, but crime...

June 09, 2017

Remember the attack on Pearl Harbor only killed about 2400 servicemen

Barely a drop in the bucket compared to auto accident deaths, even in 1941. More...

June 01, 2017

Of Kathy Griffin

I will say little, except that she is gone from CNN. She occupied, in my...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

Being Christian in the age of Gianforte

Means not doing what Greg Gianforte did. Nonetheless, again, to make this into some indictment...

May 18, 2017

The next battle in the sexual revolution

Open marriages! GetReligion looks at the NYT Magazine's tackling of this minor, but growing, movement....

May 08, 2017

It’s time to tear down the Washington Monument

Why should we have a monument in our capital named for a hypocritical racist slave...

May 07, 2017

The strangest thing I’ve watched in years

So last night we were relaxing. Long couple of weeks. No particular plans, we enjoyed...

April 2017

April 06, 2017

Optimistic soda commercial causes outrage

Yep. A different time. It's almost as if we no longer want that harmonious...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

I suggest a new strategy

In the wake of the terrorist attack at London yesterday, I got to thinking. It's...

March 14, 2017

Thanks Mr. Obvious

There is a reason I read Jonah Goldberg. I don't always agree, but I admit...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

Come back to shore

Oh Christian Conservatives. You're foundering. I can't speak for the secular brood of conservatives. And...

February 20, 2017

A Presidents’ Day observation

That actually has to do with Presidents' Day, in a way. This clip...

February 15, 2017

God wills it!

Or Deus Vult for you sticklers out there. To read some anti-Trump Catholics, you'd think...

February 08, 2017

Was there something wrong with this?

I keep getting hits about the Budweiser Superbowl ad. What was the problem? To me,...

February 03, 2017

Two weeks in

And I can't help but think of this scene when I consider the current state...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

Alternative truths we’ve grown to love

As detailed by fellow Patheos contributor Dr. Gregory Popcak. Yep. Many things that pass for accepted scientific...

January 24, 2017

Since apparently size does matter

At least to some, a question: Where were all these women almost 20 years ago?...

January 22, 2017

The lesson Trump opponents refuse to learn

Here. There is nothing in this piece that is wrong. Everything in this is true....

January 21, 2017

Friends don’t let celebrities attend Women’s Marches

Madonna becomes a lightning rod for those who want to distract from the Women's March....

January 21, 2017

Why Trump won

There is no video in existence that explains it better than this: Caution: If...

January 20, 2017

That’s peaceful transfer of power

With respect to those interviewed who excuse or defend the violence, I personally like the...

January 18, 2017

Feminist priorities

Demonstrated. I've often said that for being pro-choice, most seem to prefer one choice...