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October 2012

October 04, 2012

My take on the first debate

My take on the debate: Romney was obviously way more aggressive, but not necessarily convincing....

October 01, 2012

Are moral grounds a good reason to refuse to vote among the viable candidates?

This year, I'm hearing friends on both sides of the political spectrum advocating withholding your...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

President Obama’s U.N. speech on the way out of violence

On Tuesday, President Obama spoke before the United Nations General Council. Whether you support him...

September 20, 2012

What is the “correct” position for a Catholic? — I respond to a reader comment

What is the "correct" position on subsidiarity, or any other issue, for a Catholic when...

September 18, 2012

Class Warfare

Am I my brother's keeper? Not if he's a lazy bum. That pretty much sums...

September 13, 2012

The problem is not religion or extremism — it’s hate

Religion is not the problem here. Both religions involved, at their cores, teach love and...

September 10, 2012

Millennials want hope not complaining in politics and faith

In America the winning presidential candidate is usually the one whose party has a more...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

What kind of society do we want to be? — Looking back at Mario Cuomo’s 1984 “covered wagon” speech

Coming out of the morass of the 70s, with its failed socialistic projects and broken...

August 20, 2012

Paul Ryan, subsidiarity and the safety net

Paul Ryan has inserted the obscure term "subsidiarity" into the public conversation as justification for,...

August 11, 2012

Romney’s VP pick Paul Ryan, Ayn Rand and “the morality of individualism”

Ayn Rand was not anti-religious in the popular form of "spiritual but not religious"; she...

August 09, 2012

The Olympics, Aly Raisman and clear wins vs arbitrary tiebreakers

We want winners and losers. And we don't want the winning and losing to be...

August 02, 2012

CNN’s bungling is a lesson on false urgency

Very few things are actually important to know in real time. Some things are fun...

November 2009

November 04, 2009

Health Care Reform and Catholicism Revisited

Thousands of you read, responded to and shared my August piece about the health care...

August 2009

August 23, 2009

For I Was Ill and You Cared For Me

'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you...