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February 2015

February 18, 2015

Why It’s Wrong to Tell Someone to Pray Away the Gay

"Pray away the gay" is bad theology whether or not you can provide a biblical...

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 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...

December 2014

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 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 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...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

Losing Control of the Church

What does Cardinal Burke's image of the church as a rudderless ship tells us about...