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Kevin Tierney is a freelance writer living in Toledo, OH. His work may be viewed at kmtierney.substack.com or on X @Catholicsmark.
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In hindsight, 2024 was a year of limits

January 2, 2025 Kevin Tierney 26

At this time of year, writers tend to be introspective, looking back and trying to find trends to help people make sense of what happened. In doing this, we try today to follow the words […]

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The power of persuasion in an age of fragile authority

November 21, 2024 Kevin Tierney 15

In the world of discourse and debate, a lot of attention is rightly paid to the truth. What is often overlooked is how persuasion interacts with the truth. What is the truth, if nobody is […]

Features

Opinion: Rethinking Natural Family Planning

July 23, 2024 Kevin Tierney 38

This is “NFP Week” (July 21st-27th), which means there will inevitably be a lot of online discourse and discussion about Natural Family Planning (NFP), contraception, and how humans, in a limited capacity, interact with the […]

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Opinion: The dynamism and challenge of “DIY Traditionalism”

May 19, 2024 Kevin Tierney 61

When Harrison Butker gave his now famous and controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College, he probably did not realize he was going to unleash the debate of the month (or longer). Even just one week […]

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