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May 2025

May 10, 2025

What’s in the Encyclical that Inspired Pope Leo’s Name?

I was thrilled to see that Pope Leo XIV is indeed a Rerum Novarum guy, which...

January 2024

January 31, 2024

Fun Stuff: The Immediate Book Meme

It is with great joy that I observe Darwin Catholic and Wine-Dark Sea have brought...

August 2023

August 29, 2023

What’s Going on with the French Ban on Abayas in Public Schools?

H/T to Jonathan Turley for the heads up on the new ban on abayas in...

December 2022

December 28, 2022

‘Where are You Really From?’

I have a friend born and raised in Orangeburg, SC. She speaks with a strong...

December 10, 2022

Serious Answers to ‘Why the Far Right is Fixated on Drag Queens’

Sometimes The Atlantic runs thoughtfully-researched articles from varying points of view, so I was curious to...

December 02, 2022

A Movie Not to Miss: Devotion

Last month my movie-night girl and I went to see Top Gun: Maverick at the second-run...

October 2022

October 26, 2022

Could the Pope Be Black?

This week I volunteered to answer a question posed to the Catholic Channel writers: Could...

September 2022

September 09, 2022

Her Majesty’s Final Inkblot Test

Something that astonished me, but shouldn't have, is just how divided Twitter has been over...

May 2022

May 01, 2022

Free Speech is . . . Free

I'm cracking up at the assertion that we somehow need a government agency, with a...

April 2022

April 29, 2022

Twitter Fears?

I'm completely mystified concerning what it is people fear if too much freedom-of-speech should come...

March 2022

March 12, 2022

Propaganda, Censorship, and Free Speech

The war to eradicate Ukraine is becoming a war to eradicate freedom of speech. When...

March 03, 2022

Catholic Thinking on Ukraine

This is a quick run-through of some of what I'm seeing in terms of reactions...

February 2022

February 16, 2022

Culture War and Civil War

Hypothesis: Black Lives Matter riots, Antifa riots, Jan 6, and the Canadian trucker convoy --...

December 2021

December 01, 2021

So. About Those Right-Wing Extremists.

This morning I gave up on insomnia and watched Eric Zemmour's 10-minute long YouTube announcement...

October 2021

October 28, 2021

Oh Geez. Integralism? Seriously?

This morning Rod Dreher delivered on his daily promise to keep me entertained by shedding...

September 2021

September 29, 2021

The Pitfalls of Using Legal Precedent to Support Your Argument

There are quite a few hot-button topics being litigated right now, with varying results. Whether...

September 19, 2021

Thinking About Images of Mary

In my goofing off today: "The First Instagram Filter" from Jeff Miller at The Curt...

January 2021

January 08, 2021

Allowing Jesus to Heal Your Rhetorical Disease

This morning after half a cup of coffee, what I wanted to write was a...

November 2020

November 11, 2020

A Week in Politics and Church Scandals

Happy Veteran's Day! My favorite veteran-related post (from my own archives -- many other people...

October 2020

October 27, 2020

Mind the Triumphalism re: #ACB

Suggested Bible verse for conservatives who are raucously celebrating the confirmation Amy Coney Barrett: Proverbs...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

How to Defeat AI Disinformation Campaigns

At The Atlantic: "The Supply of Disinformation Will Soon Be Infinite" explains the advances in machine-generated propaganda....

September 18, 2020

YOU! Can Prevent Election Interference by Foreign Social Media Trolls

Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub has an educational quizlet online, testing whether you can tell...

August 2020

August 31, 2020

Not Everything is Political

Today I was alarmed to find myself needing write this. So let me explain something, again,...

June 2020

June 23, 2020

The Innocence of St. Junípero Serra

As statues are being torn down or vandalized around the country, the Catholic Church is...

June 05, 2020

Quit Making Racism the Young Man’s Burden

Today I saw an otherwise lovely, if a tad anodyne, church statement on recent events,...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

On Police Brutality, Civil Unrest, and Resisting Simplified Narratives

Last night during the protesting and looting in Minneapolis, I viewed a few of the...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Usury vs. Contraception: Do Doctrines Die by Difficulty?

Melinda Selmys asks, "Is Contraception the New Usury?" and poses a variation on an old...

March 24, 2018

When There’s No Easy Narrative on Gun Violence

Several friends shared this sad but inspiring story of a heroic French police officer who...

August 2017

August 16, 2017

Linking Around: Violent Racism and Christian Conversion

Following up from yesterday's brief blurb on Joseph Pearce's autobiography, over at the Register you...

August 15, 2017

Speaking of White Supremacists . . .

. . . it is possible for people to change. Joseph Pearce's autobiography Race...