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April 2018

April 10, 2018

Want to Confront Racism in Pro-Life Communities? Support Racial Justice Advocates

In months to come, the New Pro Life Movement is going to make combating racism...

April 07, 2018

Media Bias Against Pro-lifers?

It’s not bias when pro-lifers are doing exactly what the media accuses them of doing

April 05, 2018

We Praise Our Past Heroes – Once It’s Safe to Do So

Dr. King and the civil rights leaders were kicking against the traces, making people uncomfortable....

March 2018

March 29, 2018

A Problem With Privilege in Abortion Rhetoric

I wonder whether one day we in rich, spoiled America will look back in horror...

March 26, 2018

With Your Response to Gun Violence, A New Line Has Been Drawn

when it comes to children saying “we are tired of being mindlessly slaughtered” – the...

March 24, 2018

Stories About Women Perpetuate the Myth of Incompleteless

There is no reason why we shouldn’t have stories about women doing exciting things with...

March 19, 2018

So You Have a Problem With Diversity….

Do you see the presupposition behind this? It’s that non-diversity is natural, organic, and better.

March 16, 2018

Consent is Necessary. It’s Also Ambiguous

Did Perry wave about a signed affidavit with “permission from feminists granted” on it? Did...

March 12, 2018

A Dispute Over “Color Blind” Casting Leads to Racist Attacks on Teens

What bothers me most in both this case, and the case of the Parkland students,...

March 11, 2018

Why Does the Right Hate Intersectionality?

The thing about intersectionality is that it refutes what-about-ism.

March 09, 2018

Making Ourselves Less of Ourselves

we’re still being constrained by the voices in our head to make ourselves smaller, take...

March 02, 2018

We’re Letting the Bullies Call the Shots

Last summer, I was informed that my contract to teach English Literature at Franciscan University...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Trump Is Just A Symptom, Not A Cause

The problem in short, for Epstein and his like, is that Trump takes what they...

February 24, 2018

Arming Teachers is a Bad Idea

Teachers did not sign on to be armed resisters. They signed on to be teachers.

February 21, 2018

The Tide Is Turning

Young people have had enough. From Tallahassee to Washington, while politicians mumbled the usual platitudes...

February 21, 2018

Opposing Gun Violence is Not an “Agenda”

If people who grew up shooting and owning guns can see the clear need for...

February 15, 2018

Yes, We Have a Gun Problem

It’s not just the criminals having access to guns that I worry about: it’s the...

February 12, 2018

White Supremacy is Not Mere “Difference of Opinion”

If the one thing you’re willing to tolerate is white supremacy, I'm going to take...

February 10, 2018

In Defending Life, Draw the Circle Wide

A true ethic of life means drawing the circle of "what lives are owed protection"...

February 07, 2018

How Safe Can Our Art Be?

There's sacrifice demanded by art, but this doesn't mean you sacrifice the lives of others...

February 06, 2018

The Virgin Martyrs of the Early Church: Witnesses to Radical Christian Egalitarianism

Each one refused a forced marriage, and was violently punished for refusing to follow Roman...

February 02, 2018

Respect Begins in Acknowledging the Mystery of the Other

One of them joked, “I don’t usually try to explain things to wives!”

January 2018

January 30, 2018

What’s Amiss in our Catholic Sexual Education?

I was taught that these men would never hurt me

January 29, 2018

They Expected the Women to Remain Silent…

The woman who speaks out can expect to be silenced and ridiculed

January 22, 2018

Aziz Ansari and Respect During Sex

If you are worried about how far is too far in sex before you are...

January 22, 2018

A Brief Statement on Grammar and Ethics, for the Spies and Screenshotters Out There

I take a both-and approach, as asserted in my screenshotted statement, and in all my...

January 21, 2018

The Poison of Sexual Politics – Even in Christian Dating Culture

I stayed, and like the good girl I had been trained to be, I obeyed....

January 20, 2018

My Statement on the 2018 March for Life

I stand for a movement that seeks to protect all life, but also recognizes the...

January 17, 2018

The Story of the “Worst Date Ever” Was All Too Familiar

He was just a normal guy. That’s the scary thing about it.

January 15, 2018

Am I a Racist? An Examination of Conscience

The first step in freeing oneself from sin, after all, is admitting that one is...

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