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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 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 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...

July 2018

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 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 24, 2018

Whatever Happened to Parental Rights? Alfie Evans and Immigrant Children

For those who find it a challenge to see "us" in "them," I would suggest...

May 2018

May 22, 2018

“Don’t Talk Politics!” – A Privilege That Perpetuates Injustice

The price of justice for the oppressed is set so low, it is valued less...

April 2018

April 22, 2018

About That Church Militant Article Going Around, and That Alumni Letter…

If objecting to racism, sexism, and theological dissent is seen as an “attack” on conservative...

April 17, 2018

Hey, Fellow White Folks: Listen to Black Folks!

Listen to what Black people have to say about their experiences of racism

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 12, 2018

A Dispute Over “Color Blind” Casting Leads to Racist Attacks on Teens

What bothers me most in both this case, and the case of the Parkland students,...

March 11, 2018

Why Does the Right Hate Intersectionality?

The thing about intersectionality is that it refutes what-about-ism.

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 12, 2018

White Supremacy is Not Mere “Difference of Opinion”

If the one thing you’re willing to tolerate is white supremacy, I'm going to take...

January 2018

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...

August 2017

August 15, 2017

Does Opposing Nazis Make You “Leftist”?

How many pleasant, decent, respectable Republicans are framing this as a conflict between two political...

August 15, 2017

Christian Ethicists Issue Statement in Condemnation of Racism and White Supremacy

I encourage you to stand in solidarity with them, with us, with the entire body...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

On Selective Outrage: Kathy Griffin, Trump, Obama, and the Right

I thought her display disturbing, and her apology insincere.

May 18, 2017

When You Say You’re Not a Racist

White people hate being accused of racism. When topics of racism come up, among White...

April 2017

April 10, 2017

Jesus was not an alpha

unless you want to define and redefine and twist the concept until it has no...

March 2017

March 10, 2017

H.R. 1313: part of the trend of eugenics

And would people of Jewish descent - or other genetically at-risk demographics - be especially...

February 2017

February 06, 2017

“Trump and the conservatives” – a mistake and a misnomer

But the thing is, Trump is not a conservative. He's not even wobbling on the...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

racism and anti-semitism have no place in a genuine pro-life ethos

But it doesn't have to be Nazi Germany for Jews and other minorities to be...

November 11, 2016

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

An essay to annoy everyone

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...

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 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...

June 2016

June 06, 2016

confessing the sin of racism

Looking back, I am ashamed. Now I wish to mend whatever flaw in my soul...