Alternatively titled: Artemis Foul … Now is the perfect time to visit Florida. And not just because it’s the rare time of year where you won’t be simultaneously drowned in a hurricane and burnt alive by the sun. Over the next few weeks, visitors to America’s Wattle, when they’re done ruining the Orlando airport, can […]
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Alternatively titled: How My Newborn’s Diarrhea Can Save America and Possibly Iran … Gasoline. Just the word triggers your anxiety. Since the start of the Iran War oil prices have doubled, capping off an already meteoric rise from inflation and the conflict in Ukraine. It’s gotten bad enough that even our trusty media has sprung
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We’re smack-dab in the middle of a very special season. It’s the time of year the entire world stops and thinks about Catholicism. Even if they won’t care to remember Easter, every part of society nevertheless now remembers (even if just to roll their eyes and gag) our religious heritage: the Fillet O’ Fish. But
This probably should bear a trigger warning for anyone personally effected by the Texas floods. It’s a little frightening, and is in no way meant to reopen wounds or pain from those who lost loved ones. It’s instead considering the fallout and subsequent negligence questions this tragedy has raised from a somewhat-disconnected perspective. Like anyone
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The recent political climate has been about as wonky — regardless of what “side” you’re on — as anyone could have predicted. It moves faster than I can honestly keep up with in terms of news, philosophies, and even parsing out my own feelings on the issues. So what follows are some thoughts on what
What’s the (conservative) deal with Unitary Executive Power? Read More »
My wife and I had a very happy marriage until about last Thursday. I of course don’t mean those sickeningly-sweet Hallmark movie ideas of a “happy marriage,” where neither party has had even a bad hair day, let alone enough nighttime gas to blow the hair off a gerbil. I mean the real life “happy
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This isn’t a normal blog post (rambling, long, unorganized, repetitive, unfocused, redundant, 0 views, etc). I’m honored to have appeared on Respect Life Radio, a Catholic Charities radio and podcast program in Denver. It was discussing a recent article of mine in the National Catholic Register on pessimism. For mine and posterities sake, the link
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Here follows a reflection, occasioned by a Julian Kwasniewski article on traditionalist debates over dancing’s moral legitimacy. My reflection took me to a broader problem, which seems to me to affect all of us—not just Traditionalists.
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As I’ve been traveling more, I’ve been facing the sometimes-unpleasant comparative realities of Pittsburgh vs. other American cities. Pittsburgh is not a perfect place. And it might not be as beautiful or special or whatever else I thought it was, in my fanatical youth, when compared to the metropolises of our nation. And there will
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A new book, ‘Wounded Witness,’ offers fresh insight into our present need.
Facing the Crisis of Church Unity Read More »