John Zmirak 
Dr. John Zmirak is editor of a series of guides to American higher education, and author of four books: one on economics, two humorous guides to Catholic doctrine and devotions, and the blank-verse graphic novel, The Grand Inquisitor. He teaches writing in New Hampshire.
What About My Toys?Over at InsideCatholic, I recount how a crying two-year-old explained for me the perils |
Bizarro World
The Amazing Catholic Bullshit GeneratorThis is the kind of article one writes with Kinky Friedman blasting in the background, |
Christendom
Resurrecting Our NationAs Christians around the world wait by the tomb, reenacting the vigil of the Blessed |
Rebuking Catholic Jingoists and Slave MoralistsIt’s no fun having to play the pseudo-Randian in a room full of Catholic Workers, but |
If You Must Drive Drunk, Wear a SeatbeltThis piece at Insidecatholic.com will bring back your memories of Driver’s Ed—and give |
Hillary and the TilmaThis one may only be funny to RCs like me—although I’m sure it’s playing really well in |
The Equality TrapMy discussion of abortion and abolitionism over at Insidecatholic.com has opened up a |
Abortion and AbolitionIn a recent column for InsideCatholic.com, the generally admirable Catholic politician |
Brideshead RedecoratedThe first time I read Brideshead Revisited I was 16 years old, growing up in a |
A Frenchman for All SeasonsA Quebecois, to be specific: Paul Comtois, the one-time representative of Queen |
The Anti-Catholic Backlash—Do We Deserve It?What would we think if the legislature in one of America’s most highly educated states, |
Killing the FathersMy latest at Insidecatholic.com explores the Freudian roots of the attack on the |
Frumbag and the GasbagThe recent dust-up between David Frum and Rush Limbaugh leaves me cold. The very fact |
National BankruptcyThe Fable of the DronesIn Mandeville’s infamous “Fable of the Bees,” that witty writer makes the case |
The Dark Night of the CivilizationI offer some Lenten reflections on the scary state of the West, with glimmers of hope, |
WarThe Pentagon is a Money ToiletBack in January I threatened to inflict on Takimag readers a series of articles on how |
If I Were Pope for a DayOver at InsideCatholic.com I celebrate Ash Wednesday by offering my own crackpot ideas |
NeoconsRemembering the SmoothiesAs Charles Stuart is reported to have said when he returned to England after decades of |
Write a Check for AmericaI love this site. Thanks to the generosity of its namesake, it’s fully funded, and not |
Confronting ScandalsI have returned. One month and 1,000 edited pages later, I’m back on the horse writing |
Bacevich InstinctAndrew Bacevich displays his customary wisdom and civic-mindedness in his latest piece |
David Frum: Everybody’s MamaThe New Republic peeks into the content of David Frumbag’s burgeoning “new |
Boycott the SuperbowlAnd NBC while you’re at it. That network is censoring a tasteful prolife Superbowl ad |
Nazis, Catholics, and CattinessAndrew Sullivan is throwing a hissy-fit over the fact that Pope Benedict is lifting the |
Where are My Ninjas?A new tempest has blown up in the teapot of Catholic/Jewish relations: Pope Benedict |
The Holy InnocentsI know I?m on hiatus, but today is different. Every year it?s different, a day marked |
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