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November 2015

November 22, 2015

Refugees and Bart Simpson’s Paradox

In the summer of 2002, Brent Scowcroft published an opinion piece in the Wall Street...

September 2015

September 04, 2015

Kim Davis and the Wild Leap of Faith

To all appearances, when Kim Davis, claiming to act “Under God’s authority,” imposed a ban...

May 2013

May 12, 2013

My Mother: Muse and Proxy Fighter

Last Thursday at the office, right in the middle of her work day, my mother...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

For the Love of Conspiracy Theorists

Though not religious in any conventional way, Rick, my best friend, believes strongly in a...

April 11, 2013

But They Couldn’t Call Her A Kike

In 2005, Cindy Sheehan, mother of a soldier slain in Iraq, was becoming the official...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

My Mother Likes Pope Francis

This statement might not sound worthy of a lede, much less a headline. But I...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Father of Mine: A Lenten Reflection

If you grew up in an average occidental family, chances are excellent that at some...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

A Plea for Responsible Gun Non-Ownership

"We can't tolerate this anymore" has got to rank among the scariest expressions in the...

December 16, 2012

Can A Mass Murder Mean A Church-World Truce?

Only something unthinkably bad could make Slate and National Catholic Register cover the same story...

June 2012

June 05, 2012

The Paranoid Style of Church Politics

In 2010, InsideCatholic.com director Deal W. Hudson asked, "Is It Time for A Catholic Tea...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Scales Falling from the Eyes: A Retention Experience

Eyes are basically testicles that sit in the middle of your head. Show either too...

February 17, 2012

The Bishops: Players Once More

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan denies that the bishops have become "bullies who are now trying to...

February 14, 2012

The Catholic Liberal’s Lament

Is Obama a moron, or evil Lord Sauron? Here Catholic opinion's divided: His accomodations of...

February 11, 2012

Obama’s Compromise: Something for Everyone?

Here's an old joke: Sometime in the 1930s, one Jew spots another Jew scanning an...

February 09, 2012

Trojan War A-Comin’?

In the battle over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Catholics are sitting on...

February 02, 2012

Here Comes Everybody? Don’t Bet on It

According to an old aphorism, a little anti-Semitism is good for Jews. Since the Obama...

January 2012

January 20, 2012

To Gingrich: A Little Less Honesty on Race, Please

The people in my mother's family, on the whole, have always been warm-hearted, decent and...

November 2011

November 04, 2011

Herman Cain: the Candidate Who Cried “Liberal Racism”

Apparently, Iowans don't give a hoot whether or not Herman Cain has ever sexually harassed...

November 02, 2011

Lesson from Obama’s HHS: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

St. Teresa of Avila is reported to have snapped at God: "If this is how...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Why All My Facebook Friends Are Right-Wingers

In an essay for Salon's "Life Stories" section, Kim Brooks asks: "Is my Facebook page...

August 2011

August 17, 2011

Rick Perry and the Politics of Treating ’em Ugly

Even conservatives are coming down on brand-new presidential candidate Rick Perry for accusing Ben Bernanke...

August 02, 2011

Big Revolutionaries Don’t Cry

Of all the responses to Joe Biden's alleged comparison of Tea Party Republicans to terrorists,...

August 01, 2011

Obama’s Base Boos

Ross Douthat is a good sport. In today's column, he dissects President Obama's mistakes with...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Halperin Calls Prez You-Know-What

MSNBC's Mark Halperin drew an indefinite suspension for calling President Obama...well, something he hadn't oughta...

June 16, 2011

Barack Obama: Bully and Cad?

Remember back when right-wing bloggers were terrifying each other, predicting that President Obama would build...

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