Education’s Failing Grade
In 2016, Minneapolis scholar Katherine Kersten reported that public schools were the most dangerous places in St. Paul, MN. The [...]
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11, 2017
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11, 2017
Why Such Divisiveness?
We hear much lamentation about “divisiveness” today and the cause is generally identified as one political party or both. But [...]
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10, 2017
The Tragedy of Suicide
Whenever a suicide occurs, those who knew the person are usually shocked, grief-stricken, and confused. “Why did he (she) make [...]
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10, 2017
The Challenge of Being a Priest
Being a priest bestows the incomparable honor of changing bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, as [...]
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10, 2017
When Prayer Becomes Propaganda
At first glance, the prayer that Father James Martin, S.J. recently published in America, the magazine he edits, seems a heartfelt [...]
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10, 2017
Taking a Knee . . . for What?
The NFL kneeling syndrome is no longer on the front pages. It has been displaced by the hurricanes and the [...]
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09, 2017
Moral Theology and Muslim Immigration
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may [...]
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09, 2017
Islam Examined, Part 2
Part 1 of this essay discussed the analysis of Islam presented by Nonie Darwish in Cruel and Usual Punishment: The [...]
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08, 2017
Islam Examined, Part 1
If Westerners were to stop looking at Islam through the lens of Political Correctness, they would fear for the future [...]
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08, 2017
The Age of the Double Standard
Applying a double standard means minimizing or overlooking the lapses in logic or ethics of people we like or agree [...]