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Traitor-in-Chief

Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2018 The Atlantic naively declares that the treasonous Party of Trump must choose between Trump and their country, like they haven’t already done that two […]

There are two kinds of people who will respond to this…

There has been no shortage of historic summits in American history – but nothing like what is happening today. No American president has ever appeared as a supplicant to a foreign power who attacked us – an attack that the intelligence community says is ongoing. No American president has been so eager to placate a […]

Had a great time talking to Greg Daly of the Irish Catholic

…way out in old Dublin town! We met about ten years ago in when I was in Ireland and took a shine to each other. So I thought it would be great to have him on the show! We spent the hour talking about the situation of the Church in Ireland, as well as the […]

The Wineskins make some great music

Over the years, I’ve gotten to know a guy named W. Keith Moore who is in a band called The Wineskins.  Here’s the title track off their new album: You can go here to buy the whole thing:

Mary Pezzulo of Steel Magnificat could really use your help

Mary gets by on a wing a prayer and they have a little kid they are trying to feed. Please help if you can! Both money and prayer are appreciated!

I Believe in One God, the Father Almighty

My latest for The Catholic Weekly, a new series on the first line of the Creed: The very first thing we do as followers of God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is believe and speak. The two go together like the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ. We say, “I believe” because we are […]

A reader writes about her struggles with solipsism

Some time back I wrote a piece for The Catholic Weekly on my youthful struggles with solipsism. A reader resonated with this and wrote me: I hope this will be short – it’s just to touch base and thank you for your article on solipsism. It meant a lot to me because there’s a little […]

Musings about abortion for the Cult of Charlie Brown

Brett Kavanaugh has been nominated for the SCOTUS and is on record as saying, “I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It’s been decided by the Supreme Court. . . . ” and (when not even asked by Chuck Schumer to discuss anything more than […]

Toddlers Representing Themselves in Court

So here’s a story that again, got almost no coverage from Right Wing Media when it broke in 2013, but got plenty of coverage in what consumers of Right Wing Lie Machine media call “fake news”: Undocumented Minors Represent Themselves In Court It’s hard to imagine kids defending themselves in court, but that’s often what […]

Here’s a hopeful sign

As Steel Magnificat covered last week, four priests showed up at the Trump rally in Montana, cheering and laughing as the Sex Predator in Chief made fun of sexual assault victims and ginned up the mob to jeer at the desperate refugees whose children he is traumatizing, kidnapping, and holding hostage. He also trashed two […]