Analysis

Lofton’s YouTube straw man

July 22, 2023 Dr. Edward Feser 101

There’s a popular mode of online intellectual discourse that I rather dislike, which might be labeled “the extended YouTube hot take.”  It involves a talking head riffing, for an hour or so, on something someone […]

The Dispatch

How to define “wokeness”

March 20, 2023 Dr. Edward Feser 54

A common talking point among the woke is the claim that “woke” is just a term of abuse that has no clear meaning.  Whether many of them really believe this or are just obfuscating is […]

Analysis

Pope Francis contra life imprisonment

February 26, 2023 Dr. Edward Feser 44

The white supremacist Buffalo shooter who murdered ten people has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.  According to scripture, natural law theory, and traditional Catholic moral theology alike, he is worthy of death.  […]

Analysis

When do popes teach infallibly?

December 20, 2022 Dr. Edward Feser 69

It is well-known that the Catholic Church teaches that popes are infallible when they speak ex cathedra or exercise their extraordinary magisterium.  What that means is that if a pope formally presents some teaching in a manner […]