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December 2019

December 13, 2019

More on the Death of Alana Chen: In Dialogue with a Saint Thomas Aquinas Parishioner

I need to comment again, at some length, on the horrific story of the life...

December 04, 2019

Further Notes on the Delay of the Sheen Beatification

As I write this, there has still been absolutely no confirmed, official story of why...

November 2019

November 17, 2019

How Can Someone Sin Against Ecology?

I've seen a lot of people balking at the idea of a "sin against ecology"...

November 11, 2019

About That New Idol in the Colosseum…

I regard reading LifeSite News the same way I regard changing diapers: I don't...

October 2019

October 16, 2019

Diocese of Amarillo: Pavone Not A Priest in Good Standing

Yet again, I thought we were done talking about corruption in the pro-life movement for...

September 2019

September 07, 2019

What is Spiritual Abuse?

It's now September. the time of year when I'll start re-sharing my posts on...

July 2019

July 06, 2019

A Clarification of a Curious Comment

It is yet again time for that part of my job that hate most...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Why Are They Leaving? A Response to the USCCB

I am watching the Twitter feed of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the...

May 2019

May 03, 2019

Women are not Poison to Seminarians’ Formation

I had an odd conversation with a priest, after I posted my article about the...

April 2019

April 11, 2019

A Survivor Responds to Pope Emeritus Benedict

I was talking last night to my friend who is a member of SNAP. She...

March 2019

March 27, 2019

Wal Mart, the Devil, and the Mystery of the Bashful Exorcist

Up until today, I didn't know you could get statues of Baphomet at Wal...

March 10, 2019

More on Christ the Victim, And the Necessity of Speaking Out

I was going to let the trolls take over the combox and retire on...

March 07, 2019

Was Jesus Really Sexually Abused?

Just a heads up for my friends who have been abused, I'm going to...

February 2019

February 13, 2019

What is a Sodomite, Anyway?

Last night I got into an argument with someone who kept talking about "Sodomites." He...

February 02, 2019

Responding to Questions on the Governor Northam Controversy

Questions, I get questions. I get so many interesting questions on my blog posts that...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Is a Do-Not-Resuscitate Killing?

It's been more than eight days since the fiasco at the March for Life. It's...

January 29, 2019

Am I Ashamed to be White?

My skin is fair. I know this, because it's the name on the label...

January 27, 2019

What is a Monster?

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

January 05, 2019

Are You Condoning Democratic Socialism?

Comments, I get comments. I get comments in the form of questions. Today, after I...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

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...

October 2018

October 19, 2018

Anthony Esolen, the Irreal, and Sexual Violence

Just a few days ago, I found that a crank of my acquaintance had...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Why Brett Kavanaugh?

I've got a question for the group today. I am probably going to moderate comments...

June 2018

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 11, 2018

What Awaits the Faithful?

In the past few days, I've seen a lot of chuckling based on Bill Donohue's...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

A Clarification of my Recent Remarks, and Why I “Censor” Ethnonationalists

Lately, some very interesting folks have reached out to me with concerns. I would like...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Why are You Wearing That?

I've started wearing a scarf on my head in church. It's not because "it's traditional."...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

An Alert Reader Was Wondering. . .

(Image via Pixabay.) An alert reader wrote in a few hours ago with a question....