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February 2025

February 28, 2025
Catholic Social Teaching provides insights for people who live in a community. The principle of...
February 19, 2025
Yesterday, I heard that President Trump supports his idol President Putin rather than President Zelensky...
February 15, 2025
Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and soldiers in the U.S. military take oaths...
February 13, 2025
Elon Musk and his minions have been dismantling the U.S. federal government. Not only does...
February 05, 2025
This is my third essay exploring the meaning of “greatness.” My gut tells me President...

January 2025

January 29, 2025
Exploring Greatness: The Old Testament In this essay, I explore greatness in the Old Testament....
January 24, 2025
On the third day of the new administration, I questioned how the president's orders make...
January 21, 2025
I celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. today rather than the new president. Unfortunately, my dull...

November 2024

November 25, 2024
I have been stuck since the 2024 election. The phrase "between a rock and a...
November 02, 2024
The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote in 1920....

October 2024

October 19, 2024
God has been in Christian Nationalism conversations and Project 2025. If you could read my...
October 11, 2024
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise proposes to erase American...

September 2024

September 14, 2024
Two musicians named Bob have blessed us, the local Catholic community, for decades.  The first...
September 06, 2024
Part of my concern about the upcoming presidential elections is that some, not all, Republicans...
September 03, 2024
J.D. Vance has suggested that all women should be mothers. Once these women reach menopause,...

August 2024

August 13, 2024
Immigrants, illegal and legal, are subject to misinformation and mistreatment. God wants people to treat...
August 09, 2024
I have not been writing lately because my siblings and I recently moved my mother...

April 2024

April 16, 2024
The Supreme Court heard arguments from the Justice Department and Joseph Fischer's legal team today,...
April 12, 2024
Sr. Peg’s passing surprised me! She was such a force for good who continued serving...
April 03, 2024
Lent is a time of preparation for Easter and includes fasting, praying, and giving alms....

March 2024

March 28, 2024
The annual commemoration of the Paschal or Easter Mystery in the Church is a time...
March 21, 2024
The demise of the Pac-12 conference this past year means unfortunate changes for student-athletes in...
March 13, 2024
When I taught high school students, some of them faulted their parents for raising them...
March 05, 2024
A woman who is unfaithful to her husband violates her marriage vow. A businessman who...

February 2024

February 29, 2024
Dr. Ruth Gottesman’s billion-dollar gift to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine will enable the...
February 22, 2024
Public school chaplains concern me for several reasons. I do not even include the obvious...
February 21, 2024
In the news recently, the deaths of two people have reminded me that words have...
February 13, 2024
You may have encountered a few first-time parents who say something like this: “I was...
February 08, 2024
I encourage you to read “What I Wish More People Knew About American Evangelicalism,” by...
February 04, 2024
I would like to think that when I am up on the altar as a...
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