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July 2025

July 18, 2025

A Generation Raised in Trump’s Shadow

Trump, Epstein, and a Generation of Scandal Adrienne was five years old when Donald Trump...

April 2025

April 06, 2025

I Haven’t Been Called a Fake Catholic Lately

I haven't been called a baby killer or a fake Catholic in the past...

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 2025

January 18, 2025

All for the Love of Money

I'm not going to watch the inauguration. I don't see why anyone would. We...

October 2024

October 26, 2024

Maybe We Should Call them ‘Pro-ban’

I just want you to watch something. This video contains the portion of a speech...

September 2024

September 25, 2024

We Need to Admit that Pregnancy is Hard

I want to talk about a couple of important articles I read recently, and the...

September 20, 2024

On the Death of Amber Thurman

Amber Thurman should not be dead. Amber Thurman is a woman whose name has been...

August 2024

August 30, 2024

No, Trump isn’t Pro-Life, or Pro-Choice

Let's talk about the pro-life movement again. It's been getting a whole lot of press...

July 2024

July 01, 2024

A Word on Today’s Supreme Court Decision

I wanted to say a few words about today's Supreme Court decision. Today, the Supreme...

May 2024

May 30, 2024

At Long Last, A Criminal Verdict for Donald Trump

Today's the day. Donald Trump finally got a criminal conviction. You'd think I'd have...

April 2024

April 15, 2024

Thoughts on the Eve of the Trump Trial

The first criminal trial of a former United States president, begins in the morning....

March 2024

March 19, 2024

Don’t Be This Person in the 2024 Election

I keep thinking I'd better write about the presidential election again. This is hard...

December 2023

December 08, 2023

Whatever this is, It Isn’t Pro-Life

We need to talk about the pro-life movement again. Or rather, we need to talk...

September 2023

September 13, 2023

Ohio’s Abortion Amendment: Why is the Pro-life Movement Lying?

I keep seeing signs telling me to "VOTE NO ON ISSUE ONE." And...

April 2023

April 10, 2023

A Pro-Life Nation where we Value our Freedoms

There's a lot of news I want to talk about today. Much of it...

March 2023

March 17, 2023

A South Carolina Bill is Unmasking the Pro-Life Movement

We all need to look very carefully at what's happening in South Carolina-- because...

January 2023

January 18, 2023

More on the Laicization, and the Lies, of Frank Pavone

Here we go again, talking about my least favorite subject, the former priest Frank Pavone....

October 2022

October 09, 2022

A Week of Disturbing Political News

There are days when scrolling through social media makes me feel like I should be...

July 2022

July 14, 2022

A Child, An Abortion, and the Gaslighting Pro-Life Movement

A little less than two weeks ago, you might have heard that a ten-year-old...

July 01, 2022

What Kind of a Catholic Am I, Anyway?

The other day, an irritating person quote-tweeted me on Twitter with a glib "there isn't...

May 2022

May 12, 2022

Yes, Babies in Jail Deserve Formula

I want to address the public statements of several politicians, all Republicans, as regards the...

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...

April 02, 2022

My Statement on Lauren Handy

I've been trying to think what to say for days. It's a surreal feeling...

December 2021

December 02, 2021

The Pro-Life Movement Continues to Gaslight

I do not know whether Roe Versus Wade will be overturned. I used to...

February 2021

February 10, 2021

As I Watch the Footage of the Capitol Insurrection

Imagine a B horror movie-- the most formulaic of B horror movies, the kind...

January 2021

January 26, 2021

The Opposite of Killing is Compassion

I have a friend I follow on social media, who is driving across state...

January 21, 2021

Five Years of Troublemaking: A Retrospective

I am still reeling from the inauguration. I still can't believe it's over. I hardly...

January 16, 2021

Justice Sotomayor’s Pro-Life Dissent

Early this morning, at 1:23 AM, with just over a hundred hours left in...

January 08, 2021

The Death Toll of the Pro-Life Movement Goes On

Five people are dead. They just announced the fifth death from Wednesday's coup attempt...

November 2020

November 20, 2020

The Death Penalty is Wrong Because Killing is Wrong

Last night, the United States committed another federal execution. Orlando Hall, a rapist and murderer,...