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 […]
How flash floods kill you (even when prepared) Read More »
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
The Marital Rinse Cycle Read More »
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
My first podcast appearance Read More »
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.
Traditionalism’s ‘Rigidity’ Problem Read More »
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
In Praise of Pittsburgh Read More »
A new book, ‘Wounded Witness,’ offers fresh insight into our present need.
Facing the Crisis of Church Unity Read More »
What “Ad theologiam promovendam” gets right
Theology needs a paradigm shift Read More »
*Here follows some thoughts about a Super Bowl ad that I drummed up while I was pinned beneath a sleeping baby for a few hours, in which I bitterly rant against something in which I have little stake nor control* Everyone’s buzzing about the Super Bowl ad for “He gets us,” an evangelical movement aimed
‘He gets us’—but nobody gets it Read More »
*Apparently-obligatory hot take on a country bumpkin, coming up!* By now I’m assuming you’ve heard the previously-unknown country singer Oliver Anthony’s smash hit, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” The song has gained worldwide circulation in mere days, which was supremely surprising to many (and no doubt Anthony himself). Simply put, the song is a Virginia
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