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April 2019

April 08, 2019

Wheelchairgate and “can’t” vs. “won’t”

So here's the latest in the "Jane the Actuary has aging parents" saga: wheelchairgate. Dad,...

April 01, 2019

The joys of aging (/sarc)

You know, I go back and forth on whether I write about my parents and...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

So let’s talk about anti-vaxxers, shall we?

So, apropos of nothing, let's think about anti-vaxxers for a bit, shall we? It seems...

March 26, 2019

Just when you think the Jussie Smollett case can’t make Chicago any more of a laughingstock . . .

In the news today at the Chicago Tribune (and pretty much everywhere else): "Mayor Emanuel...

March 21, 2019

The German Reformation, Part 2?

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther famously nailed his 95 theses to the church door...

March 21, 2019

A squandered inheritance

Yes, I get that it's just a parable, but some years, when the Prodigal Son...

March 16, 2019

More on Alienated America – and New Zealand?

So I wrote the other day about a book called Alienated America, the primary thesis...

March 15, 2019

In which, no, I am not a New Zealander

Remember when, back after the Charlie Hebdo attack, everyone changed their profile pictures and said,...

March 05, 2019

Secularism and community: a few words on Alienated America

So I just finished Tim Carney's Alienated America, and have a few rambly thoughts. To...

March 01, 2019

What I’m writing elsewhere

On The Federalist: "Illinois Considers Another Terrifying Law Allowing Infanticide" -- look, I don't write...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Mayor Santa Claus and other post-election thoughts

Chicago had a mayoral election last night. It was a very strange election (yes, 14...

February 24, 2019

“All Hail the King!” Notes from a Boy Scout outing

Or, "how I spent my weekend." For eight years, I have, for one weekend a...

February 18, 2019

It’s time for Chicago politics!

Are you following the mayoral election in Chicago? It's a crazy scenario, with 14 candidates,...

February 15, 2019

The story of the “third sex” bathrooms that . . . weren’t

What, you ask, is the "third sex" or "third gender"? It depends. In Oregon, it's...

February 13, 2019

Outrage. Clicks. Readers, I have questions.

Hey, readers! I just linked to my most recently published Federalist article, and have also,...

February 13, 2019

On Baby Doe and Ralph Northam

In 1982, a child was born in Bloomington, Indiana, with a condition called a tracheoesophageal...

February 07, 2019

Now it’s my turn to mock the Green New Deal

Let me start with a story or two about World War II. One visit home,...

February 06, 2019

Feelings don’t care about your facts!

Yes, I know, the Ben Shapiro meme is "facts don't care about your feelings." But...

February 03, 2019

How to tell it’s Annual Catholic Appeal Time

This post has been updated since its original publication to reflect analysis of the Pastoral...

February 01, 2019

Sacrificing babies

To recap: in my prior post, I wrote about the new New York law, and...

January 2019

January 30, 2019

In the news: more wins for abortion supporters

Meanwhile, while we've been arguing about whether or not the Covington kids were innocent, or...

January 27, 2019

From the library: Winning the Peace by Nicolaus Mills

Subtitled The Marshall Plan & America's Coming of Age as a Superpower. Folks, I had...

January 21, 2019

Russia meddled. Media companies profitted. What will you do?

Readers, I typed this up back just before Christmas, but didn't publish it. Seems even...

January 21, 2019

It’s MLK Day. Who should I hate?

That's the way this works, isn't it? After all, on Saturday afternoon and evening, twitter...

January 19, 2019

Reports are swirling that Trump is planning on proposing a DACA/TPS extension in exchange for...

January 17, 2019

Hubris (Trump, Pelosi, etc.)

Readers, sometimes I write because I think I have something that's worth sharing. This isn't...

January 14, 2019

What does it mean to be pro-open borders, and why does it matter?

Here's an Eric Zorn column from a couple days ago, partially reprinted in Sunday's Trib: ...

January 11, 2019

What next on the Catholic sexual abuse crisis?

Oh, man, I started the day with the firm resolve to figure out the...

January 11, 2019

What if Trump doesn’t care?

So we are now actually arriving at that point at which government workers are about...

January 09, 2019

The new generation is ruining X, outdoors edition

In the Atlantic the other day (well, actually two weeks ago or thereabouts), "Five Ways...

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