


Bishops Burning Bridges
OPINION – When I was in Catholic graduate studies, our instructors would alert us to incoming papal encyclicals. Excitement would build, delectatory anticipation of what Pope John Paul might say. When it was finally promulgated, it would be all the buzz during...
Trump Lights Up the World
OPINION – This world is not the same as it was two weeks ago. Technicolor has arrived in Oz. The sense of dread I’ve had for several years now is slowly receding. I can hardly wait to get out of bed in the morning (metaphorically, anyway). Accustomed as we are...
What Might Have Been
OPINION – It might have all been different. We might have been forced to watch child sacrifice elevated to a national sacrament, sales of potassium iodide and fallout shelters exploding in anticipation of nuclear strikes, twerkers and groomers and drag...