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February 2021

February 21, 2021

Rush Limbaugh Would Never Have Succeeded In an Ethical Society

Right-minded folks should never have responded to slurs directed against AIDS sufferers, non-white children, and...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Who Speaks for the Church? And Which Church?

We are still not willing to address with brutal honesty how gravely the church, our...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

What Is Wrong With the Christian Religion?

White supremacists should hate and fear all that the church stands for. Yet look how...

December 02, 2020

The Jewish People, History, and Mystery

Hope has been proven a lie I have told myself. The history of the people...

November 2020

November 09, 2020

Voting Out Fascism Is Just the Beginning

There can be no compromise with an ideology that places the demands of the few...

November 02, 2020

Yes, There Is a Place in the Democratic Party for Pro-Life Voters

Faced with the alternative of an administration that has proven itself willing to flout fundamental...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

What Do You Mean When You Say a Politician is “Pro Life”? A Historical Comparison

Every presidential election year, the same debate returns to Catholic circles: may a...

July 2020

July 26, 2020

The Value and Necessity of Inter-Religious Dialogue

Religious communities, whatever else they are about, are about love, hope and faith. They are...

May 2020

May 22, 2020

Today, I Am Ashamed of the United States

How can we call ourselves a “Christian nation” when, instead of standing in collective mourning...

February 2020

February 01, 2020

Yes, This Is Who We Are: The United States and Our History of Injustice

This is who we are. We came to this continent, stole it from those who...

January 2020

January 18, 2020

Know Your Dogwhistles! Recognizing Anti-Semitism Is the First Step

I have written before about how there is an antisemitism problem among Catholics of the...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

It Can Happen Anywhere

"You know what was the worst part? Being betrayed by your friends, and knowing the SS...

September 2019

September 17, 2019

Why the Jews? A Reflection on Yad Vashem

Christians added to the stock xenophobia a religious hatred perhaps born in the moment of...

September 08, 2019

A Message to Bishop Rhoades: Take Notice, and Oppose Anti-Semitism

it grieves me to write this letter at the dawn of the 21st century. This...

August 2019

August 26, 2019

Anti-Semitism is On the Rise. Will You Stand In Solidarity With the Jews?

Please understand: those of you who are white, non-Jewish, not presently targets of white supremacist...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

If We Were To Keep Silent: Holocaust Remembrance Day

On January 27, we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this day in 1945, the...

January 18, 2019

Of Nazis, Toxic Masculinity, and the Privilege of Violence

One of the sillier of many silly responses to the “men can do better” Gillette...

January 05, 2019

Why Do People Keep Saying “Both Sides Are The Same”?

There are many times when staying silent, keeping a middle ground, gives tacit support to...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

Catholics Ought To Have a Zero Tolerance Policy for Anti-Semitism

To be a Catholic of Jewish ethnicity, right now, is to feel rather like Treebeard:...

December 04, 2018

Dear Christians, Judaism Is Not Your Toy Box

Jewish identity is not to be treated as a plaything, and you have not earned...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

Does the Catholic Church Have a Racism Problem?

Recently Catholic News Agency published an article about the potential cause for canonization of Sr....

November 09, 2018

Incivility Is Not the Problem

One of the strangest comments I saw, after the tragic mass shooting at Tree of...

November 04, 2018

Cruelty, Sentimentality, and Authoritarian Regimes

It makes me aware of how totalitarian regimes succeed. Not because people are evil, but...

November 01, 2018

“Nazi Gun Control Theory” is Antisemitic Victim-Blaming

No matter what the political agenda, we should be wary about making easy comparisons to...