The day after the election, the Socratic Club meets. The topic of the day is the election. The mood is somber. Not because of partisan reaso...

  An apology for the increased profanity in the comic. I offer no excuses for what was. I will strive to filter it to more of a "1980s ...

(The original comic was from 40 years ago. Things haven’t changed all that much) 2020 was a year that was routinely panned as the “worst eve...

There’s an old quote—misattributed [§] to Albert Einstein—that says: “ Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting di...

As the abuse scandal goes on, we’re constantly bombarded with blogs, editorials, and commentaries that amount to saying “I’m angry and I’m g...

( Preliminary note : I am not writing about the very real pain of abuse survivors and their families. I am writing about combox warriors who...

Introduction  After the disgust at the news of wrongdoing (I naively assumed the bishops had cleaned up their mess in 2002), the next thing ...

The scandals have shaken the Church. McCarrick and the 300 priests who have credible accusations [§] against them abused their positions to ...

Preliminary Notes: In these times, it is easy to accuse those don’t jump on a bandwagon over what should be done of indifference, complacenc...