Month: September 2015

Get It Straight

Look, I don’t really care (although I find it profoundly boring) that Stephen Schneck wants to police what can be said about the pope and accuse people of anti-Catholic bigotry when the truth is that their paycheck relies...

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Don’t Hurt Yourself, Old Man

Well, well, well. This Edward-Isaac Devere piece in Politico is more of a shot across Joe Biden’s bow from the Clinton campaign than any of the actual reporting that is contained within the article. Taken on its own, the...

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The Pope as a Political Cudgel

I’m not Catholic. I’m not even really a Protestant, although that’s my faith tradition and the worldview I grew up with. I’m also a philosophy major who grappled with these issues and studied the history...

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Walker Opens a Seat at the Adult Table

I could laugh for several days on end at Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the ridiculous press appearance he made to announce that he is suspending his campaign. But I don’t really care about Walker anymore than I care...

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Casual Observation

We’re living in a pretty topsy-turvy world when Chief Justice John Roberts is supposed to get praise for judicial restraint rather than getting pummeled by both sides of the political aisle for failing to give either of...

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