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November 2026

November 03, 2026

America Doesn’t Have To Be The Way It Is

I am writing this on the morning of Election Day, 2026. I don't think there's...

October 2026

October 29, 2026

Americans are Equal, and Racism is Wrong

I was trying not to watch yet another Republican rally in Ohio. This one was...

January 2026

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...

October 2024

October 27, 2024

Dante’s Inferno at Madison Square Garden

Today, we had Donald Trump's great big pre-election rally in Madison Square Garden. I don't...

August 2024

August 01, 2024

A Concert, An Interview, and Chocolate Milk

I don't even know where to begin. Every single time I write a paragraph about...

May 2022

May 21, 2022

No, CRT Is Not The Same As GRT

I want to say a little something about Critical Race Theory, and how it's different...

July 2021

July 02, 2021

A Lesson from the Baltimore Catechism, In Light of Recent News

I would like to draw your attention to a lesson and an illustration from...

May 2021

May 11, 2021

When We Fail Our Children

I used to mentor a child, through a program in the town I grew...

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...

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 05, 2021

Hypocrisy, Dr. Seuss, and the Red Herring of Cancel Culture

In case you've been living under a rock for the past few days, perhaps...

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"...

January 2021

January 19, 2021

On the Holiday Bus

I didn't realize that Monday was Martin Luther King Day until late Sunday night. Martin...

January 06, 2021

The Religious Right Attempts A Coup

This is what happens when you incite war. And yes, Trump's cronies have been...

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 18, 2020

In Spite of Christians

A reading from the first letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians: If I speak...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

What if we Re-Thought the Pro-Life Movement?

I thought it would make bigger news this weekend, when pro-life icon Abby Johnson...

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 23, 2020

Art, Racism, and the Problem of White Jesus

I want to say a few more words about all the destruction and removal...

June 07, 2020

The Price of Ordinary

Columbus, Ohio, is an ordinary place. I'm not using "ordinary" as a pejorative there; I'm...

June 06, 2020

If You Cannot See Christ in This Dead Child…

Today I am angry. I am angry and tired of seeing my fellow white Christians...

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 30, 2020

The Pentecost Riots

Today is the feast of Saint Joan of Arc, who fought for freedom against...

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...

May 27, 2020

Two Viral Videos Starkly Demonstrate America’s Racism

I woke up on Monday to video footage of a white woman lying to the...

May 26, 2020

A Requiem for a Hundred Thousand

One hundred thousand people are dead. It happened just in the past hour-- we...