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Saturday, December 5, 2015

To Speak the Truth

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Introduction People who know me know that I like Aristotle’s definition of truth. It is a simple definition and it lays out parameters for ...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

The Difference Between a Cafeteria Catholic and a Repentant Sinner

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So, I saw on a blog the other day where the author was citing an authority for a moral issue. In this case the author was citing the SSPX an...
Friday, November 20, 2015

We Need to Address All Concerns: Thoughts on the Syrian Refugees and the Threat of Terror

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After the Paris attacks, proposals for resettling Syrian refugees have become widely debated. On one side, we see people arguing that the ri...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

If We Compromise Our Own Morality, We Become Like Them

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The terrorists attacks in Paris were a terrible thing. That is undeniable. It also seems we cannot put off the task of opposing ISIS any lon...
Friday, November 13, 2015

A Paternal Rebuke, Lovingly Given: Blessed Paul VI's Letter to Marcel Lefebvre

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In 1976, Blessed Paul VI wrote this letter to Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. In it he rebuked the recalcitrant Archbishop for his words and act...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Unfounded Attacks: They're Tragically Fallacious

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Introduction What’s most tiresome about the attacks against the Holy Father is that they essentially make an unsubstantiated accusation of ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

Apples and Oranges: Ross Douthat and Discussion vs. Bad Behavior on the Internet

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(See: Ross Douthat and the Catholic Academy | Aleteia.org  and  To the editor of the New York Times… | Daily Theology ) So, after certain C...