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August 2020

August 13, 2020

That Good Old Baylor Line That Led Me Back to Catholicism

Earlier today it occurred to me that on August 24 I begin my 18th year...

January 2014

January 03, 2014

The Day I Met Jesus in Las Vegas

That's the title of my latest column over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Daily Conclave Report

Robert Royal, editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing, the online magazine to which I contribute every...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

If Not “Under God,” then What?

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

July 2012

July 20, 2012

Egopapism and the Arlington Five

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July 06, 2012

The Pluralist Game

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March 2012

March 02, 2012

What Reagan Can Teach Romney and Santorum

That's the title of my latest piece over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

February 2012

February 17, 2012

Catholic Social Thought and the HHS Mandate

That's the title of my most recent piece at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

December 2011

December 23, 2011

The God-Haunted Atheism of Christopher Hitchens

That is the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's...

December 09, 2011

Newt Gingrich, Redemption, and the Presidency

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's are some...

November 2011

November 25, 2011

Philosophy, the Handmaid of Judicial Review

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

November 13, 2011

Crime and Punishment at Penn State

That is the title of the piece published by my fellow contributor at The Catholic...

November 11, 2011

The Question Behind Our Political Divisions

That is the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

President Obama: Ex-Liberal

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

The Christian University

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. It is adapted...

September 16, 2011

Revelation, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium

That's the title of my latest column over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

September 02, 2011

Secular Gnosticism and “The New York Times”

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

August 2011

August 06, 2011

The Eucharist and Cannibalism

My Baylor colleague, Michael P. Foley (associate professor of patristics), is a new contributor to...

August 05, 2011

Thomson’s “A Defense of Abortion” at Forty

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. It is adapted...

June 2011

June 24, 2011

Unexamined Ballot, Not Worth Casting

That's the title of my latest entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

May 2011

May 13, 2011

Analogies and the death of Bin Laden

That's the title of my latest column over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

April 2011

April 15, 2011

Reason, Conversion, and Plausibility

That's the title of my most recent entry over at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

March 2011

March 31, 2011

Come, Let Us Reason

That is the title of my latest entry on The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

March 04, 2011

Apostolic Succession

That's the title of my latest piece on The Catholic Thing. Here's how it begins:...

February 2011

February 18, 2011

Live Action and Telling Falsehoods

That is the title of my latest column at The Catholic Thing. Here's how it...

February 04, 2011

In the Time of My Confession

That is the title of my most recent column over at The Catholic Thing. Here...

December 2010

December 24, 2010

And the Word became flesh and lived among us

That is the title of my latest column at The Catholic Thing. Here is how...

November 2010

November 12, 2010

The Future

That is the title of my most recent column at The Catholic Thing. Here's how...