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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...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

On the Police Shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant

I watched the video of the police shooting of Ma'Khia Bryant. I didn't really...

June 2020

June 05, 2020

George Floyd and the American Apocalypse

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

October 2019

October 14, 2019

Matt Walsh, Christopher Columbus, and the Erasure of Indigenous Americans

I don't usually pay attention to Matt Walsh, because he irritates me. But sometimes while...

September 2019

September 30, 2019

Abby Johnson’s Racist Rant is a Disgrace

Just once, I want to see a pro-life leader behaving themselves ethically. I have...

August 2019

August 03, 2019

We Must Not Look Away From White Supremacism

As I write this, I am waiting for the final body count of...

July 2019

July 18, 2019

If We Spoke About Other Sins The Way We Do About Racism

First of all, for those of you who weren't sure, yes, racism is a...

June 2019

June 17, 2019

What White Feminists Get Wrong about Black Women

Shannon Brinkley Portillo: I've seen black women say abortion rights isn't important in our day-to-day...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

Aleteia White-Washes Slavery

Today, I read an article over on Aleteia that made my jaw drop. As an...

February 2019

February 08, 2019

Drag, Blackface and the Catholic League’s Perpetual Victimhood

I didn't really want to talk about blackface again this month, or at all....

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 29, 2019

Am I Ashamed to be White?

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

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 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...

December 2018

December 01, 2018

A Visit With Colonial History

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

August 2018

August 26, 2018

In the Lovely Darkness

It is a terrible thing to gaze at the icons in a darkened room,...

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 16, 2018

An Update on the Family-Separation Crisis, and How You Can Help

I'm still following the case of the immigrant children being taken from their parents...

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...

April 10, 2018

White Nationalism Is Not Just Another Opinion

There's been a bit of a kerfuffle. Kristen Hatten, the ethnonationalist writer who publicly...

April 05, 2018

You Can’t Be Both Pro-Life and Alt Right

As far as I can tell, this all started when my friend Destiny Hernon De...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

I Don’t Care Why White Men Are Angry

I'm likely going to get a lot of flack for writing this, but it...

February 2018

February 09, 2018

Immigrants are Struggling. Here’s How You Can Help

(My friend, who is married to an immigrant, sent this to me as a...

November 2017

November 15, 2017

The First Joy of Mary: The Annunciation

The centuries-old prophecy has been fulfilled. The Virgin has conceived, and will bear a...

November 05, 2017

There has Been Another Shooting

There has been another shooting. I could have opened a blog post with that sentence...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

How Do You Love A Country?

I have been informed, in the comment section, that since I don't love my country,...

September 22, 2017

A Word On Trump’s Racist Double Standard

With great regret, I draw to your attention TV's Donald Trump. The president of the...

August 2017

August 24, 2017

African Christians Are Not Inferior Christians

There isn't anything non-Christian about being African.

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 Statement From Christian Ethicists Without Borders On White Supremacy and Racism

The group "Christian Ethicists Without Borders" has released a statement condemning the recent terrorist attack...