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March 2019

March 08, 2019

Are You A Feminist Just Because You Say You Are?

I’m sorry, but if you don't just differ on certain points, but in fact stand...

February 2019

February 13, 2019

Why Are People So Unwilling To Do What Is Proven Effective For Protecting Unborn Life?

From the time I was old enough to vote, I knew one thing for sure:...

January 2019

January 12, 2019

A Pro-Life Gentleman Expresses his Concern to a Vulgar Strumpet

I do not think that he saves many babies with his attitude. It is unlikely...

December 2018

December 08, 2018

When It Comes to the Clergy Abuse Scandals, the Laity Are Not Going to Save Us

We need to deal with the problem of clericalism in the church for its own...

November 2018

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 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...

October 16, 2018

Conservatives Comment on Sexual Assault: A Curious Inconsistency

I think I needed a little breathing time before writing about this issue without succumbing...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Of Blackberries, Summer, and the Frailty of Time

Time is, we know from philosophy, theology, and physics, something of an illusion. This is...

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...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Some Dead White Males on the Topic of “Not Taking Sides”

Whatever you are, this is one of those times in history in which refusing to...

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....

June 04, 2018

Intelligent Catholics Need to Stop Taking Far-Right Reactionaries Seriously

We should regard them as theological equivalents of flat-earthers.

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...

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...

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...

October 2017

October 16, 2017

Not You? Then This is Especially For You

Victims need allies in spaces of power

October 04, 2017

It’s Not Just About the Hypocrisy: Representative Tim Murphy, Abortion, and the Problem with Rejecting Consistent Life Ethics

what these men and their supporters represent was never truly pro-life at all

September 2017

September 08, 2017

“Fine Folks” and the Banality of Evil

The degeneration into evil happens for the most trivial reasons, in a bourgeois middle-class manner,...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

Why the Pro-Life Movement Needs to Be Rebuilt

In recent weeks, I have observed an alarming uptick in tolerance for racism among Catholic...

June 2017

June 01, 2017

With the Paris Accord, Listen to our Popes – Not Trump

Why can we not see how our sinfulness mars the very soil on which we...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

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

I thought her display disturbing, and her apology insincere.

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...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

I’m pro-life, and that’s why I oppose Trump

It's a given that being pro-life means defending the dignity of the unborn. But from...

January 20, 2017

“america first” is not a catholic option

The Good Samaritan is now seen as a bleeding heart SJW; the priest who passed...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

imagine if you had a miscarriage – and were sent to jail for it

At least when I started bleeding in Whole Foods, I knew I could safely go...

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...

November 2016

November 13, 2016

no, pope francis did not condemn christians who voted for trump – but he did express concern for the plight of most vulnerable

In building bridges, we who are relatively secure may face the temptation to build bridges...