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February 2015

February 06, 2015

Netflix Is Making a Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Series: Here Is What It Should Do

First, Zelda must be the lead character and have more lines and screen time than...

February 05, 2015

Ten Bible Scenes That Should Be Made into LEGO Sets

Now that Doctor Who is getting official Lego treatment, it's time that the good book--inspired...

February 03, 2015

HBO Should Finish ‘Game of Thrones’ without Delay

HBO might be on track to tell a better story than George R.R. Martin.

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Andrew Sullivan to Stop Blogging

I owe a lot to Sullivan for where I am today as a writer.

January 26, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Childhood Toys Edition

What toys from your childhood do you most wish you had with you today?

January 24, 2015

Sometimes the Old Ways Are Best: Archery Edition

Meet Lars Anderson. He can split a moving arrow with one of his own. I've...

January 21, 2015

House GOP Drops Plans to Debate, Vote on Anti-Abortion Bill

I'm not surprised. Maintaining power matters more to the GOP than restricting abortion. The latter...

January 21, 2015

Ending Poverty in America

These few policies would go a long way.

January 19, 2015

Mindless Monday Question: Awful Film Adaptation Edition

What movie adaptation of a book left you the most angry, frustrated, or disappointed?

January 14, 2015

Radical Dependency: A Newborn’s and Our Own

What if, instead of glorifying the autonomous individual and demeaning the poor and dependent, we...

January 13, 2015

Ranking Hayao Miyazaki Characters

The pop culture website io9 has a post ranking the greatest characters from Hayao Miyazaki...

January 07, 2015

The Catholic Version of the Men’s Rights Movement

If women pursuing their rights, fighting systematic oppression and marginalization, and gaining influence in the...

January 05, 2015

Forbes Writer Says Pope Francis Uses Anti-Christian Language of Modern Pagan Green Religion

Steve Moore apparently wants a Church that focuses exclusively on the spiritual aspects of the...

January 05, 2015

Downplaying the Pope’s Upcoming Encyclical on the Environment

Robert George says that Pope Francis doesn't know whether climate change is anthropogenic, presenting the...

January 02, 2015

All Philosophy Is Contextual, So Every Philosopher Must Be Read in Context

However immaculate their logic, however focused they are on the pursuit of truth--philosophers reason in...

January 01, 2015

How Mary Affirmed the Impossible

Mary couldn't make intellectual sense of the angelic announcement (we kid ourselves if we think...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Parenting ProTip

Never show a child something fun that you are not willing to show that child...

December 30, 2014

Deriving Morals, Laws, and Policy Ideas from the Bible

The conflict of interpretations is hardly unique to the Bible or to religion. People simply...

December 19, 2014

How the Hobbit Movies Should Have Ended: A LEGO Version Featuring Hello Kitty

And lo, Hello Kitty came before them, riding upon an eagle and holding the Sword...

December 18, 2014

If Ayn Rand Reviewed Children’s Movies

Mallory Ortberg makes the world a better place with this awesomely hilarious piece in The...

December 17, 2014

Thomas Sowell Wants You to Disregard Moral Principles When American Security Is at Stake

Sowell has an ethics here--it's an ethics based on fear, fantasy, deference to military power,...

December 16, 2014

Torture Is Who We Are

Torture and its justification are part of our American heritage. America too could have crucified...

December 15, 2014

Responding to Climate Change, Some Catholic Bishops Call for a New Financial and Economic Order

In an effort to mitigate climate change, Catholic bishops from around the globe have called...

December 15, 2014

Dick Cheney Has No Problem with Torturing Innocent People

All that matters to this disgraceful man is achieving our objectives. Getting the bad guys....

December 12, 2014

The Purpose of Private Property

Catholicism understands and judges the ownership of private property with respect to its social function,...

December 11, 2014

Blaming Pacifism for Our Embrace of Torture? Are You Serious?

With apparently no worthier individuals or ideologies to blame for widespread acceptance of torture, Matthew...

December 11, 2014

Franciscan University Honored Michael Hayden; Now It Should Speak Out Against Him

Hayden was a known torture-promoter when FUS honored him, and he remains so today, defending...

December 11, 2014

Homilists for the Homeless

If you're looking for a Christmas gift of the spiritual writing variety, the Homilists for...

December 10, 2014

Should Christians Still Recite the Pledge of Allegiance?

The United States of America receives no special graces or blessings that keep it mostly...

December 10, 2014

Making Millions Off of CIA Torture

Who were the two psychologists who devised the CIA torture program?

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