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December 2018

December 27, 2018

Let’s (not) politicize the Feast of the Holy Innocents!

Let's start with the fact that I am not a fan of the near-constant drumbeat...

December 24, 2018

Time for a Christmas Truce

What's the True Meaning of Christmas? Seems like, lately, it's about bickering about said True...

December 17, 2018

In which Democrats seem to have learned the wrong lesson from Obamacare politics

The "right" lesson is, of course, that in order to ensure one's signature reform is...

December 16, 2018

Flight 93 and the time that history didn’t end

You know, if I looked around in my blog archives, I'd probably find a post...

December 12, 2018

Let me tell you about multiemployer pensions (and a whole host of related gripes)

That's what I've been writing about at Forbes. I had planned to do a couple...

December 07, 2018

Atheist professor explains the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception

OK, now I've seen it all from twitter. As Campus Reform (and other sources) reported,...

December 06, 2018

George Bush and the Communion of Saints

Did you watch the Bush funeral yesterday? I didn't in real time, but thanks to...

November 2018

November 28, 2018

Kaiserschmarrn with cranberry sauce

The above is not my photo; it's just an image pulled from Wikimedia Commons but...

November 27, 2018

No, there’s no such thing as “humanistic” genetically-engineered humans

In the news yesterday, a Chinese researcher claimed to have produced the first genetically-engineered human...

November 25, 2018

“Girls Rule, Boys Drool”, part Nth

Ann Althouse regularly observes that if a data item tends to show men better off...

November 24, 2018

Cardinal Cupich, Please stay home

In (Catholic) news this week: "Cupich named to organizing group of Vatican's February meeting on...

November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving (two links)

Happy Thanksgiving! While the turkey is in the oven, here are links to my two...

November 20, 2018

Are teens being deceived into transgenderism?

At the National Review yesterday, "Autistic Children Pushed to Become Transgender?" which itself links to...

November 15, 2018

Pope, Bishops to Catholics: You’re on your own

You'll understand if I'm a bit grumpy today, after several days of watching the latest...

November 12, 2018

So, how ya doin’?

Yeah, this is just an open thread for regular readers. Catch me up on how...

November 12, 2018

Do the bishops deserve our trust?

So, readers, I had intended to write up something on the Youth Synod, but there...

November 11, 2018

Armistice Day thoughts: learning the wrong lessons

Here's an initial comment: the more I blog, the less I know. That is, I...

November 09, 2018

“Make Germany Great Again”? Or maybe just “Married Again”

If you, like me, have been meaning to check in on how Germany's doing with...

November 08, 2018

When does anti-racism turn into Scarlet Letter-labelling?

This is an article from the Tribune a week ago that I'd been meaning to write...

November 07, 2018

The one in which Illinois is f’ed

Very few things about this election were a surprise. The Democrats took the House -...

November 06, 2018

Happy Election Day! Please Don’t Vote

That is, don't pull that (mostly metaphorical) lever for any candidate in any race where...

November 04, 2018

On watching First Man

Finally got around to seeing this movie today. Here are a couple random thoughts: It...

November 02, 2018

Voter disenfranchisement? Not in this case

Here's an article I'm going to share with you because I saw it on twitter...

November 02, 2018

Defining democracy

Here's a sort of pre-Election Day post meant as a conversation-starter. Consider the rhetoric you've...

October 2018

October 31, 2018

My last Halloween costume

Yup. My youngest is now in 6th grade. Inspired by youtube videos he'd been watching,...

October 31, 2018

What I think about birthright citizenship

Yeah, a more conventional blogpost title would be something like, "what you should think about...

October 27, 2018

Antisemitism: the stupidest prejudice

It's Saturday, midafternoon, and the latest reports are that the shooter at the Tree of...

October 26, 2018

6 Super-Scary Halloween Costumes for the Political/Policy Nerd

As you know, readers, when I'm not blogging here, I'm writing at Forbes.com. My latest...

October 25, 2018

In which I vent again

"Millennials are awful and they never volunteer and they think travel sports is more important...

October 23, 2018

Fighting Climate Change “like we fought the Nazis”?

How do we fight climate change? My money's on carbon capture (though I know there's...