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?April 22, 2009 Over at InsideCatholic, I recount how a crying two-year-old explained for me |
Bizarro World
The Amazing Catholic Bullshit GeneratorApril 20, 2009 This is the kind of article one writes with Kinky Friedman blasting in the |
Christendom
Resurrecting Our NationApril 12, 2009 As Christians around the world wait by the tomb, reenacting the vigil of the |
If You Must Drive Drunk, Wear a SeatbeltApril 01, 2009 This piece at Insidecatholic.com will bring back your memories of Driver’s |
Hillary and the TilmaMarch 30, 2009 This one may only be funny to RCs like me—although I’m sure it’s playing really |
The Equality TrapMarch 27, 2009 My discussion of abortion and abolitionism over at Insidecatholic.com has |
Abortion and AbolitionMarch 26, 2009 In a recent column for InsideCatholic.com, the generally admirable Catholic |
Brideshead RedecoratedMarch 25, 2009 The first time I read Brideshead Revisited I was 16 years old, growing up in a |
A Frenchman for All SeasonsMarch 24, 2009 A Quebecois, to be specific: Paul Comtois, the one-time representative of Queen |
The Anti-Catholic Backlash—Do We Deserve It?March 19, 2009 What would we think if the legislature in one of America’s most highly educated states, |
Killing the FathersMarch 18, 2009 My latest at Insidecatholic.com explores the Freudian roots of the attack on |
Frumbag and the GasbagMarch 11, 2009 The recent dust-up between David Frum and Rush Limbaugh leaves me cold. The |
National BankruptcyThe Fable of the DronesMarch 08, 2009 In Mandeville’s infamous “Fable of the Bees,” that witty writer makes the |
The Dark Night of the CivilizationMarch 05, 2009 I offer some Lenten reflections on the scary state of the West, with glimmers |
WarThe Pentagon is a Money ToiletFebruary 27, 2009 Back in January I threatened to inflict on Takimag readers a series of articles |
If I Were Pope for a DayFebruary 25, 2009 Over at InsideCatholic.com I celebrate Ash Wednesday by offering my own |
NeoconsRemembering the SmoothiesFebruary 22, 2009 As Charles Stuart is reported to have said when he returned to England after |
Write a Check for AmericaFebruary 21, 2009 I love this site. Thanks to the generosity of its namesake, it’s fully funded, |
Confronting ScandalsFebruary 18, 2009 I have returned. One month and 1,000 edited pages later, I’m back on the horse |
Bacevich InstinctFebruary 11, 2009 Andrew Bacevich displays his customary wisdom and civic-mindedness in his |
David Frum: Everybody’s MamaFebruary 09, 2009 The New Republic peeks into the content of David Frumbag’s burgeoning “new |
Boycott the SuperbowlJanuary 31, 2009 And NBC while you’re at it. That network is censoring a tasteful prolife |
Nazis, Catholics, and CattinessJanuary 27, 2009 Andrew Sullivan is throwing a hissy-fit over the fact that Pope Benedict is |
Where are My Ninjas?January 24, 2009 A new tempest has blown up in the teapot of Catholic/Jewish relations: Pope |
The Holy InnocentsJanuary 22, 2009 I know I?m on hiatus, but today is different. Every year it?s different, a day |
A Big New IdeaJanuary 20, 2009 For the immigration reform movement: Run Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean for |