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February 10, 2026
AI, Technology
D. C. Schindler
AI as a Very Deepfake

Bringing the dead back to life.

AI as a Very Deepfake
January 16, 2026
AI, Technology
Marc Barnes
Broken, Bleeding, Begging for Mercy

You can call it a response to Matthew Harvey Sanders.

Broken, Bleeding, Begging for Mercy
January 12, 2026
AI, Technology
Marc Barnes
Delete Magisterium AI

Magisterium AI—the Catholic chatbot that Sanders characterizes as a paver on “the Golden Path”—is bad.

Delete Magisterium AI
November 11, 2025
AI, Technology
Marc Barnes
Why Chatbots Are Female

The chatbot, by virtue of being designed to appear human, appears sexual—male or female. 

Why Chatbots Are Female
August 5, 2025
AI, Technology
Marc Barnes
AI Chatbots Are Evil

 For heaven’s sake—someone had to throw a first punch.

AI Chatbots Are Evil
Marc Barnes
July 23, 2026
AI, Technology

AI: The Hype vs The Real

Marc Barnes
July 23, 2026
AI, Technology
AI: The Hype vs The Real

We have a new magazine for you.

1 Comment
Marc Barnes
June 17, 2026
AI, Technology

On the Papal Endorsement of Chatbots

Marc Barnes
June 17, 2026
AI, Technology
On the Papal Endorsement of Chatbots

Getting dunked on by the Pope.

18 Comments
Marc Barnes
April 28, 2026
Liberalism, Politics

Adam Without Liberalism

Marc Barnes
April 28, 2026
Liberalism, Politics
Adam Without Liberalism

The trouble with liberalism is the trouble with all heresies—it has no idea that it is a heresy.

2 Comments
Margaret Harper McCarthy
March 19, 2026
Gender

Keeping “Biological Sex” on Solid Ground

Margaret Harper McCarthy
March 19, 2026
Gender
Keeping “Biological Sex” on Solid Ground

A Re-examination of “Stereotypes.”

4 Comments
D. C. Schindler
February 10, 2026
AI, Technology

AI as a Very Deepfake

D. C. Schindler
February 10, 2026
AI, Technology
AI as a Very Deepfake

Bringing the dead back to life.

4 Comments
Marc Barnes
January 20, 2026
AI, Technology

Scam Me, Baby

Marc Barnes
January 20, 2026
AI, Technology
Scam Me, Baby

Gone are the days of the misspelling mail-order bride and au revoir, sweet Nigerian prince.

8 Comments
Marc Barnes
January 16, 2026
AI, Technology

Broken, Bleeding, Begging for Mercy

Marc Barnes
January 16, 2026
AI, Technology
Broken, Bleeding, Begging for Mercy

You can call it a response to Matthew Harvey Sanders.

11 Comments
Marc Barnes
January 12, 2026
AI, Technology

Delete Magisterium AI

Marc Barnes
January 12, 2026
AI, Technology
Delete Magisterium AI

Magisterium AI—the Catholic chatbot that Sanders characterizes as a paver on “the Golden Path”—is bad.

20 Comments
Caleb Estep
December 9, 2025
AI, Technology

In Defense of AI Chatbots

Caleb Estep
December 9, 2025
AI, Technology
In Defense of AI Chatbots

Marc Barnes mistakes a call for prudence with a call for prohibition.

15 Comments
Marc Barnes
November 11, 2025
AI, Technology

Why Chatbots Are Female

Marc Barnes
November 11, 2025
AI, Technology
Why Chatbots Are Female

The chatbot, by virtue of being designed to appear human, appears sexual—male or female. 

13 Comments
Marc Barnes
October 29, 2025
Technology

On Camping

Marc Barnes
October 29, 2025
Technology
On Camping

Have they been exiled? No—they are camping.  

2 Comments
Nicolas McAfee
September 18, 2025

Brave and Prudent Soldiers: A Reply to Kieffaber

Nicolas McAfee
September 18, 2025
Brave and Prudent Soldiers: A Reply to Kieffaber

Thomas More’s martyrdom was no simple affair.

1 Comment
Marc Barnes
September 2, 2025
Church and State, Politics

Why We Can’t Have Sanctuary

Marc Barnes
September 2, 2025
Church and State, Politics
Why We Can’t Have Sanctuary

The liberal criminal has no common thing to return to.

6 Comments
Aaron Weisel
August 28, 2025
AI, Technology

Balthasar and the Machine

Aaron Weisel
August 28, 2025
AI, Technology
Balthasar and the Machine

On the blurring of human and artificial intelligence

1 Comment
Marc Barnes
August 21, 2025
Technology

We Control the Weather

Marc Barnes
August 21, 2025
Technology
We Control the Weather

It is useful for the rulers of the earth to play at ruling the air.

5 Comments
Marc Barnes
August 15, 2025
AI, Technology

AI On Top

Marc Barnes
August 15, 2025
AI, Technology
AI On Top

A new king has arrived—and we’ve given him the crown.   

7 Comments
Marc Barnes
August 5, 2025
AI, Technology

AI Chatbots Are Evil

Marc Barnes
August 5, 2025
AI, Technology
AI Chatbots Are Evil

 For heaven’s sake—someone had to throw a first punch.

32 Comments
Marc Barnes
July 28, 2025
Politics

Against Breathalyzers

Marc Barnes
July 28, 2025
Politics
Against Breathalyzers

America can often be an ugly place, but the field sobriety test is a flower of its field.

7 Comments
Marc Barnes
July 23, 2025
Gender

On the Nesting Urge

Marc Barnes
July 23, 2025
Gender
On the Nesting Urge

The nesting urge is not born in the months before birth. It does not arrive from out of the blue.

7 Comments
Marc Barnes
July 3, 2025
Catholic Social Teaching, Politics

It's Time for Catholic Social Teaching

Marc Barnes
July 3, 2025
Catholic Social Teaching, Politics
It's Time for Catholic Social Teaching

The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church is the only real, living, alternative to a world of unreality.

10 Comments
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