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December 2016

December 05, 2016

but what about all these other pipelines?

I am thrilled to hear that the Army Corps of Engineers has opted to find...

December 02, 2016

the new pro life movement replies to austin ruse

I would argue that a genuine pro-lifer has no home in either party, but can...

November 2016

November 16, 2016

the politics of doing poetry (or the poetry of doing politics)

Our literary trend is now dystopian, and the fact that so many teen and YA...

November 13, 2016

hey, george soros, where’s my check?

I regret to say, it is not as exciting as you think. We never were...

November 11, 2016

at a time of upheaval, violence is not the answer – but neither is authoritarian unity

An essay to annoy everyone

November 10, 2016

why I don’t toe the line: pacifism and the hypocrisy of “religious liberty” rhetoric

Where the hell was the defense of religious liberty for my Church of Christ forbears...

November 09, 2016

did trump just remove “prolife” from his policies website?

I stated all along that Trump was a liar, but his supporters took him at...

November 09, 2016

I reject the false unity of exclusion and supremacy

The unity that comes only by excluding all those who don't fit in is not...

November 08, 2016

four quotations from dorothy day, on her birthday, to inspire our revolution

What revolution are you seeking? Whom are you trying to overthrow? Whatever evils or injustices...

November 04, 2016

politics is serious business – and that’s why it’s important not to let it destroy relationships

The horror of tyranny is not that it makes everything political, but that it strips...

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 20, 2016

should you fear a clinton presidency because of the supreme court?

You think a few Supreme Court appointments will result in overturning Roe v. Wade, or...

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 14, 2016

voting for trump for the sake of religious freedom? you’re making a mistake

Here’s my issue with Trump; he’s actually proposed banning a religion. He incoherently implied he...

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...

October 02, 2016

the difficult and uncomfortable non-negotiables of the gospel teaching

Why don’t we emphasize violence – any violence, for any reason – as the primary...

September 2016

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 19, 2016

if you care about patriotism, stand with the protesters; if you care about freedom, stand with amy goodman

You need to hear what it's like, right here where it's happening, but Big Media...

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 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 21, 2016

catholic and feminist: identity, action, and faith

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

July 2016

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 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 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;...