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May 2016

May 03, 2016

Breaking: Italian Supreme Court Knows When Stealing Food Is Lawful

Here in the U.S., we're busy making it illegal to hand out food to the...

March 2015

March 29, 2015

Because Christ Came to Occupy, and Reclaim, the World

There was a brutal bear market in the Spring of the year 33 AD. Not...

February 2014

February 19, 2014

Video: The Economics Of Sex, Sex, Sex, And More Sex

Got ten minutes? That's all it will take for the Austin Institute for the Study of...

December 2013

December 09, 2013

Wall Street Journal Columnist Backs The “Advent Conspiracy”

The writer's name is Brett Arends, and this year, thanks to Black Friday moving right...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Get Your Pope Francis Awesome Sauce Right Here…

Straight from the source. No filters. No handlers. Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis,...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Remember the Ruined Fresco? Cecilia Gomez teaches Us How To Make Mistakes Pay

I mean, that seems to be the takeaway to me. An 82-year-old Spanish pensioner who...

June 2013

June 21, 2013

Liberation Theology Gets the CDF Seal of Approval, and the Rich Act Different…Who Knew? UPDATED

Says who? Says Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

June 02, 2013

Do Business Owners Lose Their Constitutional Rights When They Earn A Living?

The short answer is, "No." The long answer is "show me where it says that...

May 2013

May 11, 2013

Sorry Forbes, But You Can’t Fool Papa Francis…

Pope Francis sent out a tweet I missed the other day. The howls of opprobrium...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Foreign Made Ball Bearings Defunded, But the HHS Mandate is Paid For

So much for the idea of using religious liberty as a bargaining chip in the...

February 2013

February 16, 2013

Archbishop Lori Writes Congress Asking, Where is the Freedom of Choice to “Opt Out” of the HHS Mandate? UPDATED

Maybe we should write to them too. In the letter below, Archbishop Lori, whom I've...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

The Trillion Dollar Coin Question: Jon Stewart Plays “Everyman” to Paul Krugman’s “Voodoo Economist”

It's time for the next crisis that I refuse to get up in arms about....

December 2012

December 04, 2012

Capital vs. Labor and the Ruling Class vs. the Rest of Us = the Same Thing

Folks are starting to take notice of this development. Catholic social teaching has always noticed...

November 2012

November 25, 2012

Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon

Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump. The Mammster is nowhere even...

November 07, 2012

The Tax Man Cometh? You Betcha!

All I'm sure of so far is that the Healthcare Flexible Spending Account level that...

September 2012

September 16, 2012

For “the Didache” Voters’ Guide

As the presidential election starts looming large on the horizon, it's time to dust off...

September 15, 2012

The Real Culprit Behind the Attacks Across the Islamic World UPDATED

I've been thinking about the attacks to our embassies all across the Islamic world. Like...

August 2012

August 20, 2012

Message from Mammon On Student Loan Debt: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Really. It's "contained." Ben Bernanke says so. Cody Willard of Marketwatch gives us reasons to...

May 2012

May 10, 2012

Because of Natural Law and Politics

One of the early agreements Webster Bull and I had when he invited me aboard...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

Between the Scylla and Charybdis and Apocalypse Now

If you are a Catholic News junkie, coming to the internet everyday for your fix...

April 16, 2012

Brides-to-Be and the Blindness of Vanity

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the books Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan, once...

April 04, 2012

Spam Bots Now Know…

...that my investment insights are as invaluable as the sorcerers stone, and likely to enrich...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

O’Brien Industrial Holdings, LLC Sues the HHS Department

And the reason? The unconstitutional HHS Mandate, of course. As Frank O'Brien notes, the mandate...

March 13, 2012

You Don’t Trust the Bishops Like You Don’t Trust the Stock Market? Eureka!

And in both ways, you are being foolish, and unreasonable. Permit me to explain with...

March 01, 2012

Another $1,000 Donation Received for “All That Remains”, And North Korea Is Giving Up Her NUKES?

Both events happened yesterday. Are they related? Honestly, I have no idea. But in the...

February 2012

February 03, 2012

Eyewitness Account: Planned Parenthood Never Had Mammography Machines UPDATED!

Sure, by now everyone has heard the news that the Susan G. Komen Foundation has...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

The HHS Mandate: Now it’s Personal.

Oh, you thought the HHS Mandate would only apply to the big Catholic institutions? But...

January 22, 2012

Would You Believe Because of Crony Capitalism? UPDATED

Would that really surprise you if I said that one of the reasons why I...

January 04, 2012

A Bishop Has Children Out of Wedlock…Updated!

So you wanted to just be a simple Catholic man. One who tries to...

January 02, 2012

A Contrarian Way To Invest Like A Catholic

See what I discovered: God made man simple, but they get lost in their many...