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September 2026

September 07, 2026

I’ll Never Forget What Americans Did, for Money

The neighbors up the block took down their TRUMP flag. Besides the flag, their...

August 2026

August 18, 2026

The American Pro-Life Movement Lied. Now What?

Abortion rates in the United States have gone up 21%. Yes, I'm going to...

April 2026

April 13, 2026

Trump Attacks Pope Leo in a Deranged Rant

We need to talk about the spat between the Trump Administration and the Pope...

April 07, 2026

A Note on the Brink of War, or Maybe Not

As I am writing this, it is three o'clock Eastern daylight time, in the...

November 2025

November 13, 2025

My Thoughts on the Latest Trump-Epstein Evidence

Just a warning to my sensitive readers, this post mentions accusations of sexual abuse. Time...

September 2025

September 10, 2025

The Girl Has No Arms: My Thoughts on the Epstein Book

So: now, we've seen Trump's drawing of the girl in the Epstein book. Just yesterday,...

July 2025

July 22, 2025

Abusers are Alike: The Abuse Crisis and the Epstein Files

I'm afraid we need to talk about the Epstein Files again. As you no doubt...

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...

May 2025

May 05, 2025

A Word on that Image of Trump as the Pope

I guess I need to say something about the tacky AI image of Donald...

April 2025

April 14, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia Came to Us For Help. We Kidnapped Him.

A man came to us for help. He came to all of us: you and...

April 11, 2025

America Sold its Soul for Money. Now we’re Losing Money

The Dow fell another thousand points today. I don't own any stock. I don't...

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...

October 2024

October 21, 2024

An Interview, A Deep Fryer, and Arnold Palmer

We've got two weeks left. As I write this it's Monday night. As you read...

August 2024

August 15, 2024

On Grandmothers, Capitalism, and Trump’s New Lisp

It's time to talk about politics yet again. I'm trying to make the politics...

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...

July 2024

July 03, 2024

Notes Ahead of a Discouraging Independence Day

So, here we are. It's been an incredibly frustrating several days, if you follow political...

April 2024

April 24, 2024

Thoughts on Day Two of the Trump Trial

I watched the first two days of this first Trump trial, numbly. By...

February 2024

February 11, 2024

Our Media is Failing in their Reporting on Biden and Trump

This week we had two major political news stories: one about Joe Biden and...

January 2024

January 22, 2024

A Word on Trumpian Conservatism

I've been thinking about conservatism today. It started when I saw a tweet from Kevin...

March 2023

March 30, 2023

A Word on Trump’s Indictment

Today is an historic day. In case you're just joining us: today it was...

August 2022

August 31, 2022

A Word on Politics and a Word On Cults

I hate talking about politics. This is odd, because I got my reputation, insofar...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

A Word On Our Treatment Of Haitian Refugees

I want to say a few words about our treatment of refugees. I've written about...

March 2020

March 13, 2020

Plague Comes to the Ohio Valley

COVID-19 has come to Ohio. It's all over the country now. Last I heard...

January 2020

January 15, 2020

Trump’s New SNAP Rule Won’t Hurt the People You Think

I want to say a few words about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), in...

January 09, 2020

I Voted Democrat Because I Am Pro-Life

They told me I had to vote Republican, because Republicans were pro-life. For awhile,...

January 04, 2020

A Catholic Response to Trump’s Iran Threat

I want to say a few words about the president of the United State's recent...

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...

April 2019

April 08, 2019

What the Pro-Life Movement Has Taught Me This Week

I grew up being told that the Population Bomb was a Liberal lie. I...

January 2019

January 25, 2019

As I Watch an Empty Podium

As I write this, we are waiting for an address from the president which...

November 2018

November 05, 2018

One More Word Before You Vote

I need to talk to my fellow Catholics right before they go vote....