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March 16, 2026

A Birthday, A War, and A Hurtling Globe

Jimmy's boy knocked at the door while I was taking a nap, and then...

September 2025

September 17, 2025

On the Murder of Charlie Kirk, and an Anti-Trans Moral Panic

The first thing you must know is that killing is wrong. Period. Defending yourself,...

September 11, 2025

“Violence” was the Very Last Word

(Just a warning to my readers: this post is going to describe some graphic violence.) ...

September 06, 2024

There Has Been Another School Shooting

There has been another school shooting. There is always another school shooting. I'm an elder...

July 2024

July 13, 2024

A Word on the Shooting in Pennsylvania

I had another post for today: a political one, in fact. I'll get around...

May 2024

May 27, 2024

On the Priest Who Bit a Would-be Communicant

All week, the people have been clamoring about a priest who bit a woman trying...

May 07, 2023

A Word on the Shooting in Allen, Texas

Last night, we all received the news of yet another mass shooting, in a record-setting...

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...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

A Response to the Responses to the Club Q Massacre

When I woke up yesterday, and read about the horrific massacre at Club Q in...

April 2022

April 13, 2022

An Awkward Mistake and a Moral Panic

Rose and I went into the locker room at the rec center, the next...

February 2022

February 28, 2022

A Word on Just War

Just a momentary time-out to explain something that ought to be obvious. I am...

February 24, 2022

As I Watch The Invasion Of Ukraine

I never feel I have anything good to say, on days like this. I'm watching...

December 2021

December 09, 2021

For He Has Done Marvelous Deeds

I listened to the readings last night, at the Mass for the Immaculate Conception, and...

October 2021

October 26, 2021

On Catholic Answers and the Problem of Violence Against Women

I've been thinking for quite some time about an article I wish I hadn't read....

January 2021

January 15, 2021

Dustin Higgs’s Execution and the Cycle of American Violence

I regret to tell you that we have to do this one more time....

July 2020

July 01, 2020

Please Read My Friend’s Article on Gun Violence

I want to take a moment today to draw attention to my friend Leslye Colvin,...

November 2019

November 02, 2019

A Litany of All Saints for Abuse Survivors

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on...

October 2019

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...

August 2019

August 20, 2019

From Trauma to Addiction and Back

(This post is part three in a planned four-part series by my courageous friend Celia...

August 03, 2019

We Must Not Look Away From White Supremacism

As I write this, I am waiting for the final body count of...

June 2019

June 09, 2019

Modesty, Distraction, and Humiliation: More on the Bare Shoulder Controversy

The dust is still settling in the case of the priest embarrassing a...

May 2019

May 29, 2019

What do you Do With a Bicycle Thief?

"Tell me about the theft," said the policeman at the station, getting out his...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

More on Christ the Victim, And the Necessity of Speaking Out

I was going to let the trolls take over the combox and retire on...

March 07, 2019

Was Jesus Really Sexually Abused?

Just a heads up for my friends who have been abused, I'm going to...

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Patrick Madrid Accidentally Explains the Sex Abuse Crisis

Today I saw three tweets that enraged me, and then they made me sad....

January 2019

January 20, 2019

Remember: You’re Representing the Church

I went to the March for Life every year as a teen. We were always...

October 2018

October 19, 2018

Anthony Esolen, the Irreal, and Sexual Violence

Just a few days ago, I found that a crank of my acquaintance had...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

What “Boys Will be Boys” Really Means

My friend Lindsay posted a facebook status today that had me jumping out of...

May 2018

May 21, 2018

When a Girl Says “No…”

The conversation happened when I was an awkward, ugly, bookish teenager, ridiculously well-read but...

May 18, 2018

Ten Times Eternity: A Response to the Texas School Shooting

I woke up to find there'd been another school shooting. I didn't know what to...