How real is our democracy?
I discuss American democracy, elite rule, and propaganda, with brief comments on what to do, at Catholic World Report.
Published elsewhere online
Politics without truth
Lies, damn lies, statistics, expert consensus—where and how will it end? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Tweets and tyrants
I moan and groan about a twitterized world at Catholic World Report.
Backwards and forwards
Do the Pope’s complaints about “backwardism” make sense? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Remembering the Right: I discuss Paul Elmer More
I discuss the American New Humanist critic and idiosyncratic Christian apologist on the Chronicles Magazine podcast.
Social class today
My last two columns at Catholic World Report were about race and sex, so my new one is about class.
Thoughts on ethnicity and related
Ethnicity is a fraught topic, but I go into it and some related topics at Catholic World Report.
Does feminism make sense?
I complain about feminism in Catholic World Report, and answer the question with a “no.”
Leave the world or embrace it?
How do Catholics deal with a world that’s so stubbornly unmanageable? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Thoughts on listening, accompaniment, and synodality
I make some rather skeptical comments on the whole listening, accompaniment, and synodality thing at Catholic World Report.