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June 2017

June 19, 2017

On the Castile Verdict and Violence Against Muslims

Have you ever had just reason to fear for someone's safety? I am sure many...

April 2017

April 04, 2017

Notes In Defense of Rod Dreher

My review of Rod Dreher's book, The Benedict Option, has been replied to by...

February 2017

February 18, 2017

On the US Dept of Education

Around the time of the Devos nomination, a lot of people were sharing the Wikipedia-informed...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

What do Simone Biles, Usain Bolt, and Katie Ledecky Have in Common?

What do Simone Biles, Usain Bolt, and Katie Ledecky have in common? They are Catholics...

July 2016

July 22, 2016

All Terrible Things Must Begin Anew

Well folks, I'm back. More soon, but be alerted that I'm resurrecting my blog. A...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS

The blog is presently stowed away for technical reasons. In the meantime, I wish you...

December 24, 2014

I’d Rather Be Whole

Since the release of my album, just over a month ago, I've faced a number...

December 24, 2014

An Incestuous Catholicism

There are three options: (1) participate, (2) participate critically, (3) refuse. This post aspires to...

December 20, 2014

Guest post from JD Flynn

This is a guest post from my dear friend JD Flynn. It is the conclusion...

December 19, 2014

On the Need for Ideological Relativism

One of the more vexing problems with public discourse today is that the keywords being...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

Late to Love in the Classroom, on the Streets

This past week, two sections of Hofstra University's Honors College course, "Culture and Expression" --- taught by my...

August 2014

August 18, 2014

Professor Robert George as a Model of Interfaith Engagement

In the recent weeks of the atrocities in Iraq, there have been few intellectual voices...

July 2014

July 02, 2014

The July Experiment

During the month of July I will try to blog more and less: I will...

June 2014

June 21, 2014

The Apocalyptic Forecast is Yellow

Your regularly scheduled weekly apocalypse, in points: 1. Soccer is

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Reading and Listening to Pope Francis: Priming the Heart and Mind

Reading and listening have become postmodern. The idea of reading with any sense of fidelity...

September 19, 2013

New Interview With Pope Francis!

Pope Francis was interviewed, over the course of three meetings, in August. The translation...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

Airport Affectations

Over the past two months I've become an infrequent blogger. I once resisted that title....

December 2012

December 08, 2012

A Video for the Weekend

Here is the performative talk I gave at the University of Manitoba last weekend. It...

November 2012

November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving as Forgiveness

"Thank you." --- "I'm sorry." A simple redemption lives in those utterances. There is grace...

October 2012

October 20, 2012

20 No More…

It is 11:25 pm in Grand Forks, North Dakota. My folks are in town. Got...

October 19, 2012

Mormons vs. Catholics: College Football Gets Religious

I played rugby at Franciscan University of Steubenville for four years. At the time, we...