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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...

October 2019

October 27, 2019

Church As Empire? This Is Not the Catholicism I Signed Up For

But what I am seeing right now is a movement in Catholicism to make it...

October 02, 2019

So, What If Abortion Really Is Driven By White Supremacy?

If they really believe racism is behind abortion, and really want to stop it -...

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...

June 2019

June 13, 2019

What Makes a Religious Practice “Demonic”?

So yes, I do think we should ask whether a particular religious practice inclines towards...

May 2019

May 08, 2019

Racism in Our Stories: Getting Beyond the White Imagination

Coming in from planting sweet corn today, I glanced down at my dirty calloused hands...

March 2019

March 31, 2019

Contrapasso in the Heartlands: When We Reject The Common Good

Dante’s image may seem over-the-top, but when I look at the ferocity with which my...

February 2019

February 22, 2019

On False Accusations and Hate Crimes: What We Need to Learn from the Jussie Smollett Case

And for most of our history, false accusations have broadly been made by white people,...

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 24, 2019

We Owe The Covington Catholic Students An Apology

“Can’t we just drop it?” people ask. Well, we could. The problem is, the story...

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 17, 2018

“Tradition” – You Keep Using That Word…

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

November 16, 2018

“Traditional Catholicism” and Fetishization of Women

They are not presented as subjects, as women with interiority and a story. They are...

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...