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December 2014

December 13, 2014

Tom Kreitzberg is a wise and honest man

He writes: Here are the 20 findings and conclusions of the Senate Select Committee on...

December 13, 2014

Remember when Conservative Catholics Opposed the HHS on the Basis of Religious Conscience?

Rod Dreher reports: Michael Peppard pulls something particularly horrifying out of the Senate torture report:...

December 13, 2014

“You have to admit that torture foiled terrorist plots”

Not according to the CIA's own internal documents, I don't. The sole "evidence" we have...

December 12, 2014

The Stench of Lying Desperation from Torture Defenders

The Definition Game--"Sure I agree that torture is wrong. But golly gee willikers who even...

December 12, 2014

Why Am I So Harsh on the Incestuous Relationship between Catholics and “Conservatism”?

Simple. If Nancy Pelosi were to declare that abortion should be a sacrament, not one...

December 12, 2014

Bravo to CatholicVote.org and CatholicCulture.org

They write: Remember the words of the Pledge of Allegiance? When we pledge allegiance, we...

December 11, 2014

What Torture Broke Was Us: An Examination of Conscience for American Catholic Torture Defenders

Now that the Torture Report is out and we are discovering that the lies we...

December 10, 2014

17 Disgraceful Facts Buried in the Torture Report

The hits just keep on coming: 1. Torture did not lead the CIA to the...

December 09, 2014

Two of the central lies of Torture Apologetics are now buried with stakes through their hearts

The beloved lies that "only three high value targets" were tortured and that the torture amounted...

December 09, 2014

The USCCB writes about the Torture Report

I know you may have seen the news about the release of the Senate Intelligence...

December 09, 2014

The Torture Report and Fear of Retaliation

Artur Rosman discusses the fears (and lies) behind the argument that release of the Torture...

December 09, 2014

The Torture Report

This is what "conservatives", including *especially* anti-abortion-but-not-prolife "faithful conservative Catholics" have fought to defend for...

July 2014

July 07, 2014

Pope Francis Condemns Torture as Mortal Sin

One more reason for the Greatest Catholics of All Time to complain and pettifog.

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Tortured Theology

Here's a little piece I just wrote for Intercollegiate Review on "Tortured Theology", exhorting conservatives...

May 02, 2014

Sarah Palin, Sacrilege, and Catholic Support for Torture

In which Yr. Obdt. Svt has the unenviable task of pointing out that 2+2=4, evil...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

Scratch Virgil Goode

He's another member of the Rubber Hose Right, eager to restore America to her former...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Excellent News!

Zippy Catholic has put the archives of his (alas) late (but still great) blog up...

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