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January 2026

January 07, 2026

On the Murder of Renee Nicole Good

I watched another murder today. I was scrolling on my social media, when I...

April 2022

April 09, 2022

On Lizelle Herrera, the Woman Charged with Murder in Texas for an Abortion

I want to draw your attention to the case of 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera, who is...

October 2020

October 21, 2020

Suppose You Thought You Were A Christian

Suppose you thought you were a devout Christian, but your whole interpretation of the...

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,...

October 2019

October 26, 2019

Two Went Up to the Temple

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus addressed this parable to those...

September 2019

September 25, 2019

Notes on the Verge of Impeachment

Last night I came home from running errands, to watch history being made. An impeachment...

September 01, 2019

What if we Applied Pro-Life Rhetoric to Guns?

I was raised to believe that human life is important, and I believe it. I...

August 2019

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...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Compassion, Victim-Blaming and Apologetics: A Reply to Dave Armstrong

I'm a little too young to understand how Dave Armstrong got famous in the...

May 2019

May 17, 2019

For Anyone Struggling with the News This Week

I have many, many things to say about the news of the past week....

January 2019

January 05, 2019

Are You Condoning Democratic Socialism?

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

June 2018

June 29, 2018

Three Things that Should Not Be Controversial About the Family Separation Crisis

I'm known as a bit of a pest in the blogging world, and that's...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

A Christian Response to Indefinite Detention

I'm not really into decontextualized quotemining of the Old Testament to find out what Christians...

February 12, 2018

Seven Last Words: Father, Forgive Them

"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." What could that possibly mean?...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

What is the real “Destructive Culture?”

I keep thinking about that nonsense paragraph from Dreher that I tore apart yesterday. One...

December 2017

December 10, 2017

The Fifth Joy of Mary: The Finding in the Temple

After three days, they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers,...

November 2017

November 19, 2017

The First Sorrow of Mary: The Prophecy of Simeon

She must have been exhausted. Eight days after giving birth unexpectedly, in a stable,...

February 2017

February 14, 2017

A Message From the Family of an “Illegal Alien”

I received a message from a reader whose husband is in the country illegally. After trying...

November 2016

November 19, 2016

The Knee Brace, The Imam and the Great Commandment

Take a look at this video: I know, I know. It's a commercial. It's meant...

November 15, 2016

Cry of the Captives

Yesterday I went down to the Friendship Room to visit with Molly. I brought my...