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September 2016

September 02, 2016

meditation at a season’s end

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the...

August 2016

August 30, 2016

anthems, pledges, and religious liberty: why I sit with kaepernick

In fact, the realm of athletics has been an important space for the exposing of...

August 27, 2016

being catholic and jewish (or jewish and catholic?)

Being a Jewish Catholic means I can fit in with neither Right nor Left -...

August 23, 2016

vulgarity and double standards in political discourse

Vulgarity turned against the powerful can be profoundly moral, as every good comic artist knows;...

August 23, 2016

catholicity is what we receive

Even as I questioned this or that thing that supposedly was “official” Church teaching, I...

August 21, 2016

catholic and feminist: identity, action, and faith

Looking anew at Mary and other female saints – looking anew at the women of...

August 18, 2016

you can walk away from the sinner, but you can’t walk away from the sin

You are not pure. You can not walk away from the sinner; because you are...

August 17, 2016

the guest (a poem for august)

...I’ve found much wonder and some shame, but I think I got the message wrong...

August 15, 2016

sexism in the olympics? you shouldn’t be surprised

Professional and social media have been inundated with stories about sexism in the...

August 12, 2016

the “ugly feminist” and the christian ethos

Women who do not conform to societal standards for prettiness or femininity are reviled by...

August 10, 2016

sex robots, inequality, and consequentialism

the products are clearly marketed on the basis of existing sexist stereotypes and predicated on...

August 06, 2016

the politics of not unfriending

If you post racist stuff online, I probably won't unfriend you. I've unfriended and blocked...

August 03, 2016

I wrote a piece about baby-hating, and this is what I learned

If one can not reject hatred of persons, if one can not embrace a willingness...

August 02, 2016

pope francis establishes “commission of study on the diaconate of women”

If this does not permit the restoration of a female diaconate, perhaps it will open...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

natural fertility management: one feminist perspective

I have been accused of using contraception by those who think that NFP is acceptable...

July 21, 2016

ostentatious baby-hating is no better than racism

Babies might not be to your taste, but this is a case in which your...

July 19, 2016

the republican national convention is a triumph of anti-intellectualism

Logos? that's for pointy-headed intellectuals. Ethos? better ignore that, given the moral character of the...

July 18, 2016

reactionary catholicism: o’connor’s church of christ without christ

Without Christ's sacrifice, we are left with the need to make, over and over again,...

July 15, 2016

turning to religion in times of violence: why we pray

We all need to take seriously the challenge posed to our beliefs, by history. I...

July 08, 2016

rejecting the glamour of evil: a pledge of non-violence

In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.

July 07, 2016

in case you do not know, or choose not to recall, what the church teaches on islam

the church DOES encourage unity with Muslims, reconciliation with them, respect for them, and a...

July 04, 2016

let’s not call violent extremists “muslims” anymore

Why do we not join together in shocked horror to mourn those killed in these...

July 01, 2016

war, abortion, and liberty: reconsidering our obsession with independence (and firing up the grill)

One of my favorite passages in The Lord of the Rings is when Aragorn asks...

June 2016

June 30, 2016

subsidiarity is not isolationism

Subsidiarity is a means to an end, not an end in itself.

June 24, 2016

on brexit: nationalist elitism is still elitist – and dangerous

Once the past has passed, one can not recreate it, without force. Or, alternatively, one...

June 20, 2016

this attack on democrats for life indicates that, for some, party loyalty takes precedence over life ethics

One of the first uses of "pro-life" to denote opposition to abortion was in 1971,...

June 17, 2016

inequality and grief: why I pray

I can handle a trip to Mordor if I get to come home and plant...

June 16, 2016

bloomsday: we all need this bawdy, geeky literary festival

Celebrating Bloomsday means we leave the preset cycles of an institutionalized society and behave surprisingly;...

June 13, 2016

the tragedy must be politicized

I like the feel of a gun in my hand. But here's the deal: what...

June 11, 2016

of monsters, men, and the radical need of divine mercy

The archetypes of male dominance and of female erotic power are both infected with germs...

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