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Re-imagining Shepherds
What comes to your mind when you hear the familiar Bible passage from Luke 2:8-10, where the angels appear to…
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The Silence of the Shepherds: The Nation and the Church Gone Astray
In the days following last week’s U.S. presidential election, a staggering amount of analysis has focused on Republican messaging, demographics…
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Executive Privilege: The 2012 Election and the Power of Incumbency
Mitt Romney lost the presidential race by only two percentage points. If the election had been held just a week…
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Civic Illiteracy Won the White House for Obama
It was only 7:15 last Tuesday evening when my daughter, who works in conservative journalism, texted me to say the…
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How to Organize Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner
I reinvented Thanksgiving dinner 3 years ago, and not by choice. Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favorite dinners to fix…
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What Would Women Saints Say?
It’s busy season for debates over the role of women in Christianity. First, there was the so-called “war on nuns,”…
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Dedication of St. John Lateran
As a rebellious teenager, I thought that Catholics should stop wasting their money on expensive churches. We ought to sell…
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America’s Fundamental Transformation
Timing is everything in politics. For four years, I angered conservatives by insisting Barack Obama would get reelected. I figured…
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Time to Temper the Political Discourse
Someone should take a poll asking Americans how they feel about polling. I’m pretty sure our shared distaste for it…
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Avoid the Election Day Traps! – Part Two
When Election Day arrives, so do the traps that come with it. In my previous column I examined four of…