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April 2020

April 22, 2020

Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?

People think I really care about socialism. So this post will undoubtedly be misread as...

January 2020

January 10, 2020

Some Elementary Catholic Moral Reasoning

Two days ago in this space we made clear, yet again, that anybody who thinks...

November 2018

November 06, 2018

Simcha Fisher Gets It

She writes "The GOP is forcing me to stop them because they won’t stop themselves":...

November 06, 2018

Prayer for an Election

Lord God, as the election approaches, we seek to better understand the issues and concerns...

February 2018

February 23, 2018

Why Don’t you Talk about Theology Instead of Politics, Mark?

I'm always talking about theology. With the exception of the silly posts such as this...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

Trump backs down on wall, funds Planned Parenthood

And here's the Planned Parenthood part of the deal. Another huge win for the Prolife...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

The Founders would have this humble public servant’s guts for garters

Curiously, this modest man of the people cancelled his meetings with the public claiming "security...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Well, it’s December 19

Perhaps if I confidently predict there is no *way* the Electoral College will actually vote...

November 2016

November 11, 2016

Trump willing to keep parts of Obamacare

Interesting. I genuinely wonder how he's going to govern. I think he's actually further to...

November 11, 2016

21 States do not have rules against faithless Electors in the Electoral College

If those guys meet on 12/19 and say, "Screw it. Hillary is president" that would...

November 10, 2016

Proposal to Ban Muslims Disappears from Trump’s website

This is interesting. One of the marks of the Artist of the Deal is that...

November 09, 2016

This is a good start

Thank you for recalling Lincoln's Second Inaugural, Mr. Trump. A good and magnanimous way to...

November 08, 2016

Jesus is Lord, not politics

So, as I wrote to the folks in Sydney, I'm trusting God whatever the outcome...

November 01, 2016

John Crosby from Franciscan University…

...talks sense to Catholics about this election.

October 2016

October 25, 2016

Matt Swaim will host a Third Party Debate tonight at 8 PM Eastern…

...between Mike Maturen and Joe Schriner. Imagine it! A debate between decent people about ideas!

October 20, 2016

Autopsy on the Debate

Ezra Klein sums things up very well: As far as abortion went, the candidates did...

October 19, 2016

The Catholic Truth Society of Great Britain asked me to write a piece…

...on why you should vote anyway. Here it is, complete with neat pictures of the...

October 13, 2016

One of the stranger arguments against voting third party…

...is the notion that you are somehow morally obliged to not waste your vote on...

October 13, 2016

If you want your vote to count, vote third party

A mathematical analysis. Don't buy the hooey about how you have to vote for a...

October 05, 2016

Minnesota Bishops Put out a Good Statement

MN Bishops' Election Year Statement from Minnesota Catholic Conference on Vimeo. No Robert Downey, Jr....

October 04, 2016

Shorter Veep Debate

Kaine pledged to stand by and do nothing while people stab babies in the brain...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Ezra Klein Nails It

Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and the coherence gap: https://t.co/p6tkZ77YIQ— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 27, 2016...

September 27, 2016

Funniest Headline of the Debate

Trump Struggles; Clinton Clings to Facts and Figures Reminds me of the old Soviet joke...

September 14, 2016

An Open Letter to Tim Kaine

When a Catholic pol has to get out there and Win One for the Team,...

August 2016

August 11, 2016

Conversation with a Friend Who Supports Hillary

As is, I hope, clear by now I support the legitimacy of voting for Hillary...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Bravo to First Things!

A good article urging Catholics to resist ethno-nationalism!

July 06, 2016

Reader Brock Smith sums things up pretty well…

He writes: Several people have reached out asking for my thoughts on Hillary and her...

May 2016

May 16, 2016

Nobody Seems to Like My Idea

...of the Dems and GOP holding their conventions together and having a massive cage match...

December 2015

December 18, 2015

Dear “Prolife” Trump Supporter

For the love of God wake up: Donald Trump Defends Planned Parenthood, Calls Abortions ‘Small...

December 15, 2015

Catholic Prolifers for Trump…

= World's Biggest Suckers. No, seriously, if you support Trump and imagine for one second...

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