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November 2016

November 01, 2016

the body of christ, the body politic, and the upcoming election

But these are only dreams. They are good dreams to have, because they should leave...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

intersectional feminism and the new prolife movement

I am not going to use this space to debate questions about hierarchies of rights,...

October 20, 2016

how dare those emotional, sissified women distract us with their hysterics over sexual assault

Do you get this? Sexual assault is just being "mean and bullying." Objecting to it...

October 17, 2016

looks like we need a little refresher course on consent

But do women deserve to be forcibly groped because they read a book about sexual...

October 08, 2016

no, trump defenders, this is not ordinary male behavior

Look, if your only two categories are "saint" and "non-saint" - and if everyone who...

October 05, 2016

here’s what the prolife movement needs to do, if it wants to be taken seriously

The problem is, the people leading the discussion know very little about what's going on...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

has “pro-life” become just a brand?

Just as a sports fan obsessively cheers for his team even after it's traded his...

September 20, 2016

catholics must denounce the anti-semitism of the alt right

With the rise of the Alt Right, anti-semitism has becoming acceptable, paradoxically because it is...

September 18, 2016

the hijab at new york fashion week provides a curious exercise in intersectional thinking

fashion has always been about ideology, and the ideology has almost always been sexist: whether...

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 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 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...

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 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 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 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...