Commentary by David Carlin
Long Live Absurdity
Maybe we made a mistake with our initial premise of privacy.
Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
A lifelong Democrat who is now disillusioned with the Democratic Party.
Having a Frank Conversation About Race
There is almost no significant racism left in the United States.
Quasi-Religions
How are we to avoid despair in a world in which we have embraced agnosticism?
Same-Sex Marriage and the Voice of Nature
A similar voice stood in the way of universal acceptance of abortion.
Debating 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Should Congress go along with the request to repeal the policy?
Our Society's Common Values
If a society is going to hold together, it needs a values consensus.
Health Care and Resentment
The great national controversy is about something more than health care.
The Racism Myth
People still contend that the United States remains a terribly racist country.
The Inevitability of Legislating from the Bench
My chief grievance against today's political liberals: They cheat.
Iconoclasm and the Sexual Revolution
How to turn Catholics into semi-Catholics and non-Catholics.
The Dangerous Politics of the Sotomayor Nomination
It will be perceptions that count more than facts.
Cicero, Catiline, and the American Left
Well-intentioned American patriots...
The Mind of Father Jenkins
In our current historical situation, abortion is about the destruction of Christianity.
Newman and the Two Arnolds
"Protestantism tends toward liberalism, and...liberalism tends toward atheism."
Dealing Cynically with the U.S. Constitution
Powerful people are playing fast and loose with the American social contract.
Why Catholics Don't Read the Bible
"...44 percent of Catholics 'rarely or never' read the Bible..."
Feelings of Inferiority
Will Obama finish King's work of equality?
Bernie Madoff, Victim
He was operating according to the prevailing rules of present-day morality.
Catholic Feelings of Inferiority
Why do so many wish to push their religion in a theologically liberal direction?
Liberal Protestantism and Liberal Catholicism
Catholicism in America continues to slide downhill.
Gay Marriage and Natural Kinds
What does Aristotle have to do with same-sex marriage?
A 'Culture First' Strategy
Now that the reversal of Roe is probably off the table for many years to come.
Can President Obama Unite the United States?
Is he pragmatic and treacherous enough to dump his liberal friends?
Obama's Ambition
Put yourself in his shoes.
Chris Matthews on Metaphysics
"The question of when human life begins is a 'metaphysical' question."
Obama's Military Judgment
Hillary's judgment was better.
Racial Prejudice in the 2008 Campaign
Talk about racism has raised its ugly head.
Why I'm Not a Republican
Why many old Democrats...remain unwilling to cross the aisle.
Joe Biden and the Bishops
A golden opportunity to give heart to these faithful and orthodox Catholics.
Bill-and-Hill vs. Obama
The Clintons will have to "help" him lose.
Is Gay Marriage Good for Families?
I'm a little wary when I hear this prediction coming from an Episcopal priest.
Obama, Patriotism, and Cosmopolitanism
The softness is found in the patriotism of many of his supporters, his contributors.
Christianity and the Politicians
They should at least take the trouble to become religiously informed.
Thick and Thin Religions
Help understand why American Catholicism went into decline about 40 years ago.
A Sociologist against Women's Ordination
Sociological objections to the introduction of priestly ordination for women.
Pro-Gay, Anti-Christianity
It is about the de-legitimizing of Christianity itself.
A Psychological Impossibility
We should never underestimate the human capacity for self-deception.
Four Degrees of Feminism
Each one of a somewhat more radical variety of feminism than the one preceding.
Obama's Out-of-Date Categories
The first thing he ought to change is these outmoded anti-conservative categories.
Theocracy and Atheocracy
They are trying to avert the destruction of their religion.
The UL Takeover of the Democratic Party
The key ideas of today's ultra-liberalism.
