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May 2017

May 19, 2017

Donald Trump: America’s Death Rattle

I did not think Donald Trump would be impeached; in a way, I still don’t....

May 18, 2017

Anarchism and Catholicism: An Introduction

“Anarchy,” a scary word to many, doesn’t get much used in Catholic circles. It seems...

May 17, 2017

Be as Job

Job confounds. A book in which God allows “the satan” to overwhelm a righteous man,...

May 16, 2017

Don’t Let Mike Pence Speak at Notre Dame

As a man who has quite literally left the Catholic Church, it’s hard to imagine...

May 11, 2017

Ecclesiastes Is All We Need

Everything, absolutely everything, you consider important, all the goods to which you lay claim—it’s all...

May 10, 2017

How to Avoid Cafeteria Catholicism and Champagne Socialism

In my own conversion, Catholicism was attractive precisely because it provided guidance; it made sense...

May 09, 2017

The Thing about First Things

During my senior year of college, I took over our campus’s right-leaning paper, The Fenwick...

May 08, 2017

Pope Francis Revisited

Will we read him with suspicion, or shall we honor him in love?

April 2017

April 04, 2017

Responsio ad Herr Journalist Polemikerque Rod Dreher Louisianae

“Hail Muse! et cetera.” – George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS “Yeah them my...

April 02, 2017

Ideas Don’t Have Consequences

The title is patently false; let’s get that out of the way. I’ve used it...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

The Devil and the Details

When you tell a lie, you keep it as simple as possible (not, of course,...

March 30, 2017

Christians, Muslims, and Jews, Oh My!

The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and...

March 29, 2017

Against Consolation

From Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy to the myriad works on self-help today, consolation is taken...

March 28, 2017

The Little Things

There’s a song from a show from my youth, Hey Arnold, called “The Simple Things.”...

March 27, 2017

Francis, My Pope

I am thankful for Pope Francis’ deep faith and joyous persona, for the hope he...

March 13, 2017

Will the Poor Always Be with Us?

It’s not uncommon, when you’re someone interested in “social justice,” to have this pericope thrown...

March 12, 2017

The First Are Always Last

Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last. (Matthew 20:16) A...

March 03, 2017

Catholicism is Struggle

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, etc. I have the pleasure of taking part in...

March 01, 2017

Pray at Your Own Peril

When I first began practicing the Faith (poorly), I printed out some Bible verses during...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

The Nothingness of Lent

Lent, East and West, begins with a supposition: we are broken beings in need of...

February 26, 2017

Being Forgiven

Last night the deacon’s homily emphasized the reciprocal nature of forgiveness: we forgive so that...

February 25, 2017

Our Daily Bread

Not the Eucharist. I recall being in third grade, given an assignment to visualize the...

February 22, 2017

Empty Traditionalism

Whoever is versed in the jargon does not have to say what he thinks, does...

February 16, 2017

The Sensuous Catholic Body

This one will be short, because my point is singular: American Catholics must avoid the...

February 15, 2017

A Catholic Leftism?

Lots of people seem to think the “Catholic Left” is a contradiction in terms. Surely...

February 15, 2017

“Yes”

I can’t shake this feeling: Mary said “yes.” She said “yes.” She said, as the...

February 13, 2017

We Are All Extremists

Extremism is a popular topic these days. For the “Right,” it’s of the Islamic variety;...

February 10, 2017

Imagining Unity with the Churches of the East

This post is by a new friend of mine, Ben Martin, a PhD student in...

February 09, 2017

We Stand Accused

Times are, to read the news, bleak. And if I needed any additional confirmation, my...

February 08, 2017

Beware the But(t)

This is a continuation of my recent “Catholic first” shtick (though I suppose that’s always...

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