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January 2021

January 15, 2021

Dustin Higgs’s Execution and the Cycle of American Violence

I regret to tell you that we have to do this one more time....

January 14, 2021

The United States is Executing the Second Disabled Person in 48 Hours

I know that this is exhausting to think about, so soon after the last...

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...

January 2020

January 04, 2020

A Catholic Response to Trump’s Iran Threat

I want to say a few words about the president of the United State's recent...

October 2019

October 17, 2019

Rosie Wins a Battle

It started with the pixie cut. Rosie climbed up on the bathroom sink and...

October 03, 2019

My Proposed Solution to the Abby Johnson Rumpus

I'm going to post about Abby Johnson one more time this week, and after this...

September 2019

September 18, 2019

If We Go To War Again

Today, I want everyone to do something for me. We just recently had the anniversary...

May 2019

May 13, 2019

The Day we Learned School was Dangerous

We got on the bus to go downtown, at the beginning of our school...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

What is a Monster?

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

January 26, 2019

An Apology for My Harsh Words

People have informed me that I've been too harsh. They have quoted the Catechism...

January 23, 2019

My Thoughts on the Reported National Basilica Invasion

Early yesterday I was naively thinking: let's pretend a Catholic priest who happened to...

January 21, 2019

Why Ask What Martin Luther King Would Have Wanted?

Today is Martin Luther King Junior Day. Today is the day that bloggers are...

January 21, 2019

Watch out for Fake GoFundMes

Last night I couldn't sleep, as is often the case in dark January....

January 20, 2019

Remember: You’re Representing the Church

I went to the March for Life every year as a teen. We were always...

December 2018

December 15, 2018

He Will Baptize With Fire

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. The crowds asked John the Baptist,...

December 11, 2018

On Jesus, Gingerbread and the Question of Alphas

People are still up in arms about gingerbread. Somehow, my calling out of Dr. Taylor...

December 01, 2018

A Visit With Colonial History

Rosie and I went down to the Nutcracker Village and Advent Market, which was great...

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 03, 2018

My Pro-Life Vote This Year

"A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Chaos and Conviction in the Neighborhood

I apologize for the recent silence; have been exceptionally sick for a week-- for...

October 04, 2018

We Might All Try Respecting Each Other

There's an odd political cartoon going the rounds on facebook. No, I'm not talking about...

August 2018

August 08, 2018

A Pro-Life Action we Can All Take

I would like all of my readers to join me in taking a stand for...

August 02, 2018

Why Change the Catechism on the Death Penalty?

It has likely come to your attention that the Holy Father has made a change...

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...

June 20, 2018

What’s Happening at the Border? Answers to Common Questions

I've been asked a lot of questions about the human-rights crisis going on at the...

June 07, 2018

The Trouble with Warriors

Among the movies we were allowed and encouraged to watch growing up, were the...

May 2018

May 18, 2018

Ten Times Eternity: A Response to the Texas School Shooting

I woke up to find there'd been another school shooting. I didn't know what to...

May 09, 2018

Seven Steps to a Catholic What?

The other day, I saw a post in the a group of traditionalist Catholic would-be...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

The Shepherd who Lays Down His Life

From today's Gospel: Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down...

April 22, 2018

Banished By Mark Shea is at it Again

Raise your hand if you'd be surprised to find anti-Semitism in the supposedly secret...