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Simple and easy to understand

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Forget “Lucifer”

If you *really* want to risk the everlasting fires of hell, become a fan of...

March 2015

March 05, 2015

Good News from Korea and Some Reflections on Bums

A reader writes: I just thought I'd send you a quick note. I'm in Korea...

December 2014

December 26, 2014

Something for the Feast of Stephen

The difference between the values exalted by a Christian civilization: And those of a post-Christian...

November 2014

November 06, 2014

The Importance of Possessions While Homeless

Because owning property is bound up with our dignity as human beings.

November 05, 2014

Baltimore Parish guards dignity of city’s homeless, poor

Christian charity lived right.

October 2014

October 25, 2014

Shock!: Rich tend to be stingy, poor tend to be generous

Only in America is this news. “Among the rich you will never find a really...

October 09, 2014

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig on Ayn Rand and her Christian devotees

There are few things more indicative of the advanced state of disease in "conservative" Christian...

September 2014

September 20, 2014

So, so important to punish the poor

Ours is society that never flags in its diligence for inventing new and creative ways...

September 06, 2014

Erick Erickson and St. Peter

Erick Erickson Declares Minimum Wage Workers are "Mostly People Who Failed At Life" No. Really....

September 05, 2014

Giving the homeless a home is often cheaper …

than leaving them on the streets. If your response is "Well then the obvious thing...

August 2014

August 04, 2014

Against Punishing the Poor

Over at the Register, we are discussing the strange habit many American communities have of...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

LA joins NY and 50 other cities to ban feeding homeless

It's so very important to punish the poor. If they didn't have it coming, then...

June 06, 2014

I had the pleasure of meeting David Quinn in Ireland a few years back

His take on Tuam seems just about right: At some point, Christianity here became more...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

The Amazing Thing About Stories Like This…

...is that the same people who perpetually complain that state social safety nets deprive us...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

A smart and moving letter…

...to a professional state parasite who follows the enemy of God Ayn Rand in dividing...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

When you elect a Pope from the Global South

...which is, by the way, where the Church is experiencing explosive growth, the North has...

February 18, 2014

It’s not enough that the poor are punished with homelessness

The state makes sure that they are also punished with hypothermia and, if all goes...

November 2013

November 23, 2013

Jesus vs. FOX, FOX vs. Atheists

Jesus: Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would...

November 20, 2013

One way you attach a huge bullseye to your chest and beg God to smite you

is to, like Hawaii Democrat State Rep. Tom Brower, roam the streets looking for homeless...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

Why the Party of Romney Lost and Will Keep Losing Till it Gets a Clue

From Cracked: Here is an infographic that ran in the Wall Street Journal talking about...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

One Nation Under Mammon

...with liberty for the rich and powerful and theft from the rest of us. Twinkie...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

Being Poor and on Food Stamps Sucks

This seemingly obvious truth gets forgotten in the culture war rhetoric that is so eager...

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