The Dispatch
Seeing the meaning of sports in a regime of politicization
The fact and givenness of a game’s nature is good in itself. It is an affirmation that this reality exists—but does not need to. […]
Articles by Brian Jones
The Dispatch
Seeking holiness and wholeness in an age of technology
During a recent group conversation about contemporary technology, a friend mentioned what he considered to be the elephant in the room, namely, that we live in a technological age. “To be anti-technological,” my friend concluded, […]
The Dispatch
Losing our roots and ourselves: Structural flaws in contemporary education
One of the most frequent platitudes spoken and written about in the public form today concerns education. While particular instantiations vary, the principle idea runs as follows: “There is a crisis in education and it […]
Politics and the inherent dilemmas of “liberal democracy”
Aristotle stated in his Politics that one of the most necessary, yet dangerous, political and intellectual tasks was to say precisely what a political regime is. In other words, the health of a community and […]
Opinion
Essay
Welcoming the Light of Dogma
During the moral theology class I was teaching this past summer, we read certain sections of St. Thomas Aquinas’ moral treatise in the Secunda Secundae of the Summa Theologiae. In his treatment on the virtue […]
General
Catholicism, atheism, and self-esteem
I often encounter, among both Catholics and non-Catholics, a struggle to read or hear something and to then critically think about it on a natural level, and as a good that might be integrated, to […]
Essay
Catholicism and Libertarianism
Earlier this year, a friend and I attended the Ludwig von Mises Institute conference in Houston, Texas. The conference centered upon an analysis of the current financial challenges facing our country, and a discussion of […]
General
Parish Mission Statements and Authentic Ecclesiology
Last Sunday, I was skimming through the bulletin of the local parish that my wife and I regularly attend (not, of course, during the homily). Usually, I find myself being drawn to seeing what sorts […]
General
Democracy, the Death of Truth, and the Growth of Tyranny
My wife recently had a discussion with a former high school friend of hers regarding the Gosnell abortion trial in Philadelphia. They were in complete agreement that what this so-called “doctor” had done was intentionally […]