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March 2023

March 30, 2023

A Word on Trump’s Indictment

Today is an historic day. In case you're just joining us: today it was...

March 27, 2023

Again, America has Chosen Guns over Children

A long time ago, when I was a teenager, I was taken to a...

February 2023

February 13, 2023

A Word on the East Palestine Disaster

I want to say a word on the catastrophe unfolding in East Palestine. In...

December 2022

December 17, 2022

Frank Pavone Has Been Laicized

This has been a long time coming. The Vatican, moving at a glacial pace...

December 09, 2022

While I Watched the Parade

Last weekend, while I was at the parade with my daughter, my friends in Columbus...

October 2022

October 05, 2022

A Series of Temporary Measures

Everything is changing now. The whole world is going gold before it goes gray. Nothing...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

A Word on Politics and a Word On Cults

I hate talking about politics. This is odd, because I got my reputation, insofar...

August 24, 2022

It’s Called Democracy

Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably already know that President Joe Biden...

July 2022

July 06, 2022

All Full of Sound and Fury

We were hurrying to the car, and we were already late. I remembered with...

June 2022

June 23, 2022

Nobody Prays at the Slumlord’s House

I saw a post online recently, about people praying the Rosary outside the public library....

June 08, 2022

Just To Stay Poor Another Day

There is a myth that gets told in just about every culture, with variations...

May 2022

May 25, 2022

Another Massacre and a Worthless Statement

Today I am angry. Yesterday I just felt numb, but this morning, I woke...

May 16, 2022

A Word on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo

I want to say something about the horrific racist terrorist attack that took place in...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

A Word on Just War

Just a momentary time-out to explain something that ought to be obvious. I am...

February 17, 2022

Housing, Poverty and the House-Poor Millionaire

I took a neighbor to run her errands the other day. This neighbor is...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

A Word on the March for Life

Today is the annual March for Life. For the life of me, I don't understand...

December 2021

December 03, 2021

The Oxford School Shooting and its Aftermath Illustrate America’s Failure

I wanted to write something lighthearted about Christmastime today. But I'm going to have to...

November 2021

November 20, 2021

A Brief List of People Who Have Not Been Found Guilty of Murder in America

Today, no doubt, your ears are still ringing with a certain "not guilty" verdict. You...

November 04, 2021

A Paradise Where I Don’t Belong

We went to Robinson to buy Rosie new clothes. That's not a luxury we can...

October 2021

October 13, 2021

I Saw Two Gospels

Yesterday, the discourse on Twitter was all about trans people. A few days ago,...

October 05, 2021

On the Homeless Person Picked Up By A Bulldozer

I want to draw your attention to an article that's been circling on Twitter. It...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Actually, There Is Such A Thing As A Free Lunch

The topic on social media is school lunches today. I'm not sure where it...

September 23, 2021

A Word On Our Treatment Of Haitian Refugees

I want to say a few words about our treatment of refugees. I've written about...

September 20, 2021

Seven to Seventy is the Way Home

I dreamed I was trying to get to Columbus. My first morning back in...

September 17, 2021

I Wanted To Tell You About Columbus

I wanted to tell you about Columbus. I just got back. I was going...

September 02, 2021

Two Bad Takes on the Texas Abortion Bill

I want to say a few words about the new abortion law in Texas. As...

August 2021

August 30, 2021

The River Valley Witness

On Thursday I went to get the car back from the towing company's lot. My...

August 19, 2021

Refugees, Xenophobia and a Word From Old Scratch

A couple of years ago I got on the Steubenville city bus. The...

August 17, 2021

There is Beauty in the Valley

I have been driving to Wheeling lately. I have a friend who lives there....

August 16, 2021

A Requiem for the Falling Men

Twenty years ago, when I was a teenager, I watched the 9/11 terrorist attacks on...