According to writer Emma Roller, Elizabeth Warren has won the hearts of liberals these days. Hillary is the establishment candidate and so the safe, reasonable candidate; but boy do liberals want Warren to run. Roller explains that the latter has the political and…
I begin with this piece on an experiment on “magical thinking.” Rationalists, always so optimistic about how rational human beings want to be, were rather surprised to discover just how irrational modern men can be. A pair of psychologists from Yale University,…
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on the Fortnight for Freedom. Pope Francis has spoken about two kinds of madness in our world that threaten true peace and justice. He also points to a third madness, Christ’s love, which can make…
My very good wife gave me a great gift for Father’s Day. With air miles which were going to expire anyway, she got me a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. I had never had one before. We couldn’t justify…
Here is my piece at the National Catholic Register on what Christopher Hitchens taught me about Religious Liberty and why we are fighting for it in the U.S. Share
Before everyone gets all freaky on the pope once again, his latest statement – up on Drudge in big scary letters – is that there should be a “legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state.” The headline reads: POPE:…
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice on the environment. There is actually a great deal of common ground on this issue on which we should take advantage. Charity in Truth in “The Catholic Voice” Share
Here is my piece at the National Catholic Register on conscience formation and the U.S. Bishop’s document “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.” Share
While working on some other project I was skimming through Pope St. John Paul II’s wonderful work Veritatis splendor. The words “the cross” caught my eye, and I started reading. It made me consider something about these days of Holy…
Here is my column in The Catholic Voice revisiting the question of immigration reform through the concrete example of my friend Lorenzo. Charity in Truth in “The Catholic Voice” Share
