We Need Good Government, Not Small Government
To understand the tyranny that people fear from big government, we have to first identify which uses of government authority can be called evil.
Catholic and Going to College? Get a Spouse in Addition to a Degree
Marrying a college sweetheart does not inoculate you against serious disorders, heartaches, and, of course, the evil of divorce. But it can contribute positively to a life well-lived in many ways.
Jeffrey Dahmer: The Penitent Criminal
Jeffrey Dahmer’s conversion to Christianity near the end of his life raises many questions about redemption, salvation, and what it means to be a sinner.
Modernism and “The Miracle of the Papacy”
I knew something about the “bad popes” of the past—and the technical limits of papal infallibility. But I still believed in some strange apotheosis whereby the contemporary popes could do no wrong.
Suffering Within the Domestic Church
My trial with cancer has become that primer for our family. Through it, we are learning how to suffer and are growing in a deeper understanding and appreciation of the beauty of the cross.
The False Canonization of Matthew Shepard
The story of the anti-gay hate crime murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 caused a nation to see “homophobia” under every corner. The only problem is that the story was a lie.
The Torn Mantle of Paul VI
Pope Francis seems to think he has taken up the mantle of Pope Paul VI, who one writer has called “the first modern pope,” where Francis thinks his successors turned away from it.
Poverty Rates Reveal Inconvenient Truth About Progressive Policies
The Biden administration’s misguided attempt to redistribute the wealth have lead to increasing poverty rates.
Mothers of Men
One of the key places where modernity went wrong was in its belief that education is a gender-neutral activity. Boys in particular suffer from this error.
Post-Sanity America
What do you do when you live in a culture where, to an alarming degree, the institutions are run by lunatics—madmen and women who can wield power over you, no matter how much you try to evade them?
Vatican II at 60: Time for Retirement
The constant demand to implement Vatican II is holding back authentic reform in the Church.
Vatican II at 60: Stop the Cheerleading
With all due respect to the Second Vatican Council, it does not meet the demands of a secular world. For that we need a virile, unequivocal, and full-throated Catholicism.
Rescuing the Republic
If the unfolding lunacy we see day after day coming out of Washington doesn’t lead to a red wave in November, then the whole country has gone crackers.
Psychology: Replacing the Couch with Knife and Injection
The psychology profession, growing ever larger, seems more and more to have given up on counseling. Why spend time talking when you can prescribe a drug or provide a surgical procedure that will make the problem go away?
C in a Nutshell
“C” by Maurice Baring is little known, but received the highest of praise from the French novelist André Maurois, who wrote that no book had given him such pleasure since his reading of Tolstoy, Proust, and certain novels by E.M. Forster.
Memento Mori: Thoughts of Death and Rebirth in a Reminiscent Season
The practice of “memento mori” – remembering our own eventual deaths – might be a cause for anxiety. But for the Christian, it should be a means of peace.
Rethinking Obedience in an Age of Resistance
The idea of “resisting” makes a lot of Catholics understandably nervous. We are, of course, brought up to be loyal sons of the Church. But there have always been exceptions, and we definitely live in an exceptional time.
The Temptations of the Intellectual
Intellectuals often suffer from a deep vanity, the emptiest of all manifestations of envy or pride. But their intellect often leads them to accept the most stupid of ideas.
What About the Unmarginalized?
The pews are emptying in part because of the almost monopolistic harping about the marginalized.
The Synod of the Red Death
Despite all the talk of “building a new Church,” the energy of progressive Catholicism is all in the service of denial and destruction.