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February 2019

February 06, 2019

Babies, Bombs and the State of the Union

I was trying to watch the State of the Union address. The president declared...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

What is a Monster?

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. A few...

January 24, 2019

Boys Will Be Boys, Girls Will Be Shamed

Weeks ago, I wanted to talk about the priestly sexual battery case in my...

January 10, 2019

Whose Altar? Which Lord?

I was reading a Bible passage from the first book of Kings the other day....

November 2018

November 27, 2018

Migrants, Conspiracies and a Facebook Racist

I met a racist, as one sometimes does, on my facebook wall. He commented on...

November 08, 2018

Trump is Doing the Monkey Dance

Well, it's gotten a bit dicey around here. I was feeling moderately hopeful right up...

October 2018

October 08, 2018

The Shadows in Columbus

I think I was in the first grade. It was 1992, and I lived in...

September 2018

September 08, 2018

Eleven Things That Definitely Won’t Stop Priestly Sexual Abuse

First of all, pretending that sexual abuse never happens will not stop sexual abuse,...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

What About the Girls?

There have been a plethora of predictably awful responses to this week's horrendous news...

August 16, 2018

The Meaning of Chaff

My friend mentioned something to me today that helped me, a little. I figure...

August 15, 2018

Sanctissima: Meditations on a Dark Assumption Day

We got to Mass just on time. That's a rarity, bus routes being what they...

August 06, 2018

Clericalism and Priestly Abuse: What do the Laity do Now?

I have some very difficult things to say in response to the United States...

August 05, 2018

How Not to Talk About Forgiveness

My friend was abused. Yes, in that way. I won't go into detail because...

June 2018

June 23, 2018

Evening in the Gardens of LaBelle

The day's heavy rain cleared up while Michael was running errands with Rosie. It...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

On the Conviction of Bill Cosby

As I write this, the news has just broken that famed entertainer Bill Cosby...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

White Supremacism Is Every American’s Monster

I recently saw an article that was published and became very popular last summer, which...

November 18, 2017

What Does a Predator Look Like?

I have seen many men-- men I respect deeply and believe are totally sincere-- reacting...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Michaelmas Avenue: A Ghost Story

(Let the reader beware, this is an unpleasant spooky ghost story in the Gothic haunted...

October 07, 2017

Yet Another Scandal from the Legionaries of Christ

Awhile back now, I wrote about the Legionaries of Christ and their lay organizations, Regnum...

August 2017

August 19, 2017

If This Is Really About Honoring the Old South…

I received a comment to the effect that taking down municipal statues of Confederate generals is...

August 14, 2017

A “Catholic Evangelizer” Is Sending My Friend Death Threats (Updated)

I am pretty upset about something right now. My friend Daniella is a wonderful woman....

August 12, 2017

The White Supremacist Tiki Brigade: On the Stupidity of Evil

There is nothing funny about the white supremacists demonstrating in Virginia. Nothing whatsoever. Except that...

July 2017

July 29, 2017

Dark Eyes

We were shopping--my daughter, Rose, and I. It was the second store I'd dragged her...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

Eric Trump Offers An Excuse of Biblical Proportions

Of any charity in the world you could get caught skimming donations from, Saint Jude's...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

Situation Normal: All Trumped Up

Last night when I went to bed, the White House was still claiming that the president had...

March 2017

March 21, 2017

That They Might See

I had to take the bus downtown to turn in my "interim report," to prove...

March 14, 2017

In Case You Missed That Executive Order Yesterday

I was kind of busy yesterday, worrying about the ramifications of yanking healthcare coverage for...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

Presumption, Slippery Slopes and Today’s Inaguration

I have two notes for my readers, ahead of this nightmare inauguration. First of all,...

January 11, 2017

The Problem of Dylann Roof

Yesterday, sometime before the internet explode with urine jokes, the white supremacist terrorist Dylann Roof...

January 10, 2017

The Remnant’s War On Men and The Gospel

Last week I read my very first Remnant article, and I didn't quite like it. I...