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Just a reminder, Trump didn’t invent family separation…

…he just figured out a way to use it as a Mob Boss extortion tactic at the border.  Obama had no policy for family separation at the border, but the Deporter-in-Chief still tore families apart: Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year carried out more than 72,000 deportations of parents who said they had U.S.-born children, […]

Incivility, Panics du Jour, Priorities, and the Gospel

So this guy and his Cult are suddenly terribly, terribly concerned about Civility: These people …are just hurting so much because children are being kidnapped and traumatized at the border as hostages for Trump’s wall and are now lost in a system that has no interest in or plan for returning them to their parents […]

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

My latest over at The Catholic Weekly: This is one of Jesus’ parables of Judgment (it will be followed by the much more famous and easy-to-understand Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats). And it is placed in Matthew’s gospel during Holy Week as the preface to his anointing […]

The Catholic Both/And

So the other day, the readings concerned Jesus’ warning about the unforgivable sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Be-elzebul, and by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him, and said to them in […]

Rod Bennett’s “Popcorn Cathedral” is just so much fun

There’s nobody on the planet like Rod Bennett. I love him so much. Give him a listen: There’s more where that came from.

Christianism vs. the Parable of the Good Samaritan

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your […]

The Trump-Protecting Anti-Trumper

One pattern I find mysterious is the Christian offended by Trump enough to leave the GOP, but who still spends the bulk of his time pettifogging in his defense. These are the ones who refrain delicately from supporting him, yet will not get their dainty fingers dirty fighting him, and who spend most of their […]

“They Didn’t Get to Design our Uniforms”

This remark … and the response of Destiny Herndon de la Rosa of the ardently prolife New Wave Feminists: Good for NARAL Pro-Choice America. I say that with complete sincerity. How sad that they are better at being pro-life than we are, in this instance. …reminds me of an oldie but goodie: Here’s the thing: the […]

We’ve All Been There

You’re at a party. A pretty girl walks up to you and says, “So. Where was your house located 240 million years ago?” And you have no idea. She looks at you in disgust and pity. Somebody standing nearby whirls around, points at you, laughs like Nelson Muntz and says, “What a maroon! What an […]

All that Happened at the Border is that the Song of Cruelty is in a New Key

If you are fine with this then there is something wrong with you.