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December 2020

December 13, 2020

The Jericho March is a Sad Testimony to the State of American Christianity

I didn't watch the entire "Jericho March" that took place in Washington yesterday. I read...

December 10, 2020

Brandon Bernard is Dead

Brandon Bernard was pronounced dead at 9:27 PM. He was executed by lethal injection...

November 2020

November 28, 2020

Freedom, Virtue and Responsibility: Notes for a Challenging Holiday

This week we celebrated Thanksgiving, the unofficial start to the secular holiday season. I already...

November 21, 2020

A Walk After Leaf-fall

It's not that there isn't a lot to be thankful for, the weekend before...

November 17, 2020

A Fine Time for Crackpots

I am aghast at just how bizarrely people are behaving right now, especially in the...

November 05, 2020

I Could Not Sleep

I had hoped to talk about the election results by now, but here we...

November 03, 2020

Looking Back and Ahead on Election Day

Today's the day. I promised myself I wasn't going to be online today, but we...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

My Final Word Before You Vote

I have said again and again that I don't like writing about politics. This...

October 18, 2020

I Cast My Ballot For President

I cast my ballot for president. It wasn't nearly as satisfying as you might think....

September 2020

September 14, 2020

A Whistleblower Alleges: Mass Hysterectomies at Ice Detention Center

I know that there's a lot to think about right now. There has been plenty...

September 13, 2020

While We Worried About Imaginary Children

Over the weekend, it's been revealed that our nation has expelled 8,800 unaccompanied minors...

August 2020

August 19, 2020

Save Lives or Punish People? Which is Pro-Life?

I'm going to have to write about abortion again. I don't like writing about abortion,...

August 15, 2020

Pavone’s Tweet Is Sacrilege and Bishops Must Act

I was going to write about the Virgin Mary today. It's the Solemnity of the...

August 09, 2020

Christians Must Not Seek Power

Today I read an excellent article in the New York Times. You'd be well served...

July 2020

July 29, 2020

An Ordinary Danger

Rosie caught Michael's stomach virus. There was a time when an eight-year-old with a...

July 22, 2020

The Library Reopens

We went to the library and Aldi. How many times have I taken Rosie...

June 2020

June 29, 2020

A Word on Statues and a Word on Saints

I want to say a little more today, here in the evening of the...

June 13, 2020

The Confederacy Is Nobody’s Heritage

The civil rights demonstrations which began with the protests after George Floyd's horrific murder at...

June 10, 2020

If You Need A Statue To Teach You History…

We're getting a lot of news now about municipal statues being torn down, because they...

June 07, 2020

The Price of Ordinary

Columbus, Ohio, is an ordinary place. I'm not using "ordinary" as a pejorative there; I'm...

June 05, 2020

George Floyd and the American Apocalypse

A friend on social media reminded me that the word "apocalypse" is Greek for "revelation."...

March 2020

March 27, 2020

To Light One Candle

It is better, they say, to light one candle, than curse the darkness. Better...

March 26, 2020

First Things and The Pro-Life Movement’s Shocking Double Standard

When I was a teenager, I was homeschooled in a deeply conservative, deeply pro-life homeschool...

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Fifty Years Ago, If a Guy Said to a Girl…

I don't usually comment on "The Transformed Wife," whose real name is Lori Alexander. I...

January 2020

January 28, 2020

Nothing New Under the Stars

It started innocently enough. EWTN's Raymond Arroyo, who apparently had no pressing news stories to...

January 24, 2020

A Eulogy for the March for Life

I have tried so hard to ignore coverage of this year's March for Life. Last...

January 22, 2020

Why the Legionaries of Christ Cannot be Reformed

No doubt many of you have read the shocking article in the Associated Press,...

January 21, 2020

In the Person of Christ the Servant

Today, I saw a priest who likes to run his mouth on Twitter with a...

January 14, 2020

Benedict, Sarah, Francis, and the Case of the Exploding Pope

Catholic social media erupted that Cardinal Sarah & Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI were publishing a...

January 09, 2020

I Voted Democrat Because I Am Pro-Life

They told me I had to vote Republican, because Republicans were pro-life. For awhile,...