Published elsewhere online
Donald Trump, social issues, and Catholic witness
I comment on that rather strange combination of concerns at Catholic World Report.
Honoring rulers, honoring truth
I discuss in Crisis Magazine the difficulties that arise showing respect for our betters when our betters aren’t really our betters.
Anti-ideals, anti-theologies
I talk about the relation between bad religion and bad politics at Catholic World Report.
Does Catholic political idealism make sense?
Is Catholicism really all about politics? I discuss the issue at Catholic World Report.
What “hate” and “bigotry” mean today
I discuss that timely question at Crisis Magazine.
Identity politics and Church teaching
I follow up my notes on white nationalism with a more general discussion of identity and identity politics at Crisis Magazine.
Notes on white nationalism
I scribble some down at Crisis Magazine.
Contemporary tyranny and Catholic social doctrine
I write on the topic in my current column at Catholic World Report.
Education and civilization
I go into the problems of education today, and how they’re not simply educational, in my current column at Catholic World Report.