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January 16, 2026

In Case No One Told You, Racism is a Sin

Once in awhile, I see something that drives home for me how hateful our culture...

February 2025

February 21, 2025

On the Deadbeat Dad, Elon Musk

I'm going to have to talk about Elon Musk, and what he's revealing about right-wing...

January 2023

January 27, 2023

A Brief Statement On the Murder of Tyre Nichols

As I write this, we are less than two hours from the official release...

May 2022

May 16, 2022

A Word on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo

I want to say something about the horrific racist terrorist attack that took place in...

January 2022

January 21, 2022

On the Patriot Front’s Appearance at the March for Life

It seems that the March for Life cannot go even one year without a controversy....

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 20, 2021

The Chauvin Verdict is Just, but it Isn’t Justice

I heard the verdict on the radio this afternoon. Derek Chauvin, the police officer who...

April 20, 2021

America is Guilty as Sin

There's been so much horror going on in my hometown lately that I haven't had time...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Yes, Robert Aaron Long’s Rampage Was Racially Motivated

There has been another horrendous mass shooting. This one happened last night, in and around...

February 2021

February 05, 2021

Catholic University of America Should Not Host Abby Johnson

I have been saying "I need to speak about Abby Johnson one last time"...

September 2020

September 19, 2020

I Will Not Teach American Exceptionalism

Just for the record, I will not teach my daughter to love America "with...

September 06, 2020

Rod Dreher, Drunk Driving, and the Problem of White Privilege

I just read Rod Dreher's unbelievably racist, ugly, self-satisfied essay "Moral Order and Civil Conflict"...

August 2020

August 28, 2020

Every Town is Money

Today is the Roman Catholic feast of Saint Augustine, who was an African man with...

August 22, 2020

On Voting, Sin, and Spiritual Abuse

I don't like blogging about the presidential election very much. I want to write about...

June 2020

June 25, 2020

My Response to Abby Johnson’s Shocking Racist Manifesto

I apologize ahead of time for the length of this post; as you'll see, a...

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 05, 2020

George Floyd and the American Apocalypse

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

May 2020

May 28, 2020

If You’re Angry About the Looting of a Target Store

If you are angry about the looting of a Target store, I'm not going to...

November 2019

November 03, 2019

A Shocking Decoration from a Weirton Officer

If you read my work at all, it is probably obvious to you at...

October 2019

October 23, 2019

No, You Are Not Cristeros

I've seen a lot of talk about the Cristeros War lately, for all the...

October 15, 2019

A Faithful Catholic Priest is Under Attack

On Facebook tonight, my friend the Benedictine monk Father Stephanos Pedrano was attacked by a...

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...

October 13, 2019

How Do You Get to Jerusalem?

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. As Jesus continued his journey...

October 10, 2019

Abby Johnson, Rehumanize, and The Ongoing Scandal

I know I said I'd get away from the topic of Abby Johnson's public...

October 02, 2019

Abby Johnson Doubles Down on Racism and Attacks a Priest

On Monday, I expressed my horror at Abby Johnson's unprovoked attack on the...

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 27, 2019

For the Record, Anti-Semitism is Real

Sometimes I don't write about something that's important, because I feel I have nothing...

August 08, 2019

A Nation of Laws or a Nation of Chaos?

You've no doubt heard about the record-setting ICE raids that took place yesterday: 680 workers...

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...