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March 2019

March 06, 2019

It’s Okay to Base Your Friendships on Religious and Political Belief

Political stances are not just aesthetic poses. All political views are not equally deserving of...

January 2019

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 09, 2018

Baby Jesus In a Cage? Yes, It’s Political

So, really, there's nothing especially new and out of the ordinary about depicting the Holy...

November 2018

November 25, 2018

If You’re Counting on Basic Human Decency to Stop Fascism, You May be Counting Wrong

We know all about the banality of evil. But that's not what we're seeing here....

November 17, 2018

“Tradition” – You Keep Using That Word…

While the conservative imagination claims to love and uphold the past, typically it twists history...

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 03, 2018

Things Journalists Wish You Knew About What They Do

You got into this because of this weird obsession you have with seeking the truth,...

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...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

Everlasting is their Heritage: A Jewish Prayer for the Dead

Every one of us who ever repeated the words “never again” after reading about the...

October 20, 2018

Congratulations, Republicans: You’ve Succeeded In Making the Old Abortion Debates Irrelevant

When I first started writing here, I began teasing out the idea that we need...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

It’s Not Puritanical To Object To Sexual Assault

It’s not puritanical for us to stick by the single sine qua non for a...

August 2018

August 16, 2018

Yes, There Is An Institutional Problem: Power

The problem is power. Any concentration of power in a single demographic will lead ultimately...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

In Our Outrage Over Trump and Putin, Don’t Forget Immigrant Families

Let’s not forget that the reason we decided to resist Trump in the first place...

July 12, 2018

The Pro-Life Movement Has Lost

This is why the movement has lost: it no longer has a moral platform to...

July 09, 2018

SCOTUS Pick Kavanaugh Argued a Sitting President Shouldn’t Be Indicted, Will Respect Abortion Precedent

Two years ago, as the November presidential elections loomed large, conservatives and pro-lifers were breathlessly...

July 04, 2018

An Independence Day Reminder: We Are Not Free

It feels like surrealism to be celebrating freedom in America, particularly. If I have any...

June 2018

June 29, 2018

So You Didn’t Like Political Correctness (Or: What Would Nietzsche Say?)

You thought you didn't like political correctness, but you hate it when you have to...

June 22, 2018

What Does the Gospel Teach Us About Property and Illegal Immigration?

There's very little sacrifice asked of us to welcome the stranger. We live in a...

June 15, 2018

Legality is Not Morality: We Need To Protect Families

It doesn’t matter if they are coming here illegally or not. Legality is not morality....

April 2018

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 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...

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...

January 2018

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 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...