Writing workshop encourages careers in art
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST “There’s nothing I’m more passionate about than young, Christian woman talking into a microphone,” a professional poet said to the women at the writing and revision workshop at 7:30 p.m. on March 3. Half a dozen people gathered to share their own poems and short stories, receive critical feedback and learn from poet Clare McCallan about art residencies and internships. […]
Homeless California and helpful charities
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST For several years now, the Golden State’s number of homeless residents has been under scrutiny. The issue stole the limelight even more than usual when President Donald J. Trump decried Los Angeles’ and San Francisco’s political leaders for the awful conditions and threatened to send federal government intervention if the […]
It’s never too early to think about voting
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUUMNIST In November, I will be able to vote for the first time in my life. It’s never too early in the year to start thinking about the next major event in American history and how we can contribute. (I started thinking about voting way back in 2018, when I was legally old enough!) Maybe now […]
Political Papist Column: Feminism, hypocrisy and the draft
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST TikTok, that ever-popular video platform and source of the world’s stupidest dances, is currently awash with memes about World War III. Some of them are funny, most are stupid, but a rare few offer an ironic twist of politics. I’m thinking of one in particular, in which a young woman references gender equality […]
Lila Rose: A modern example of holy action
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST The semester is almost at an end. Students’ assignments are wrapping up, and finals are closing in. The season of Advent has begun, with Christmas music abounding and a beautiful candle wreath in Christ the King Chapel. For the most part, the mood is an odd mix of excitement for the […]
Impeachment inquiry: What we know so far
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMN If you’ve looked at the news at all recently, you’ve probably seen something about the attempted impeachment of President Trump by some members of the Democratic party. When I first started researching, my main query was simply “why?” I donned my field clothes (a sweater and socks), grabbed my weapon of choice (hot chocolate) and set out to discover […]
The sins of socialism, part three: Robin Hood or just robbin’?
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST I grew up watching Disney’s anthropomorphic, animated “Robin Hood” movie, a pure, timeless classic. I used to imagine myself as one of Robin’s Merry Men, living in a beautiful forest, wearing a stylish leather jerkin and green tights and sneaking into Prince John’s palace to steal back money for the desperate poor. Oh, and practicing archery. What a life. But as I grew older, I realized that forests are full of bugs (I find ants […]
Political Papist: The sins of socialism, part two: Is work wicked or worthwhile?
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST When I studied abroad, I travelled to Galway, Ireland, for a couple days with two close friends, staying at a bed-and-breakfast run by an abrasive old Irish man who greeted us by calling us “Yanks.” At first, I did not think highly of him; he elaborated extensively on his love of […]
Academic lecture highlights importance of difference between genders
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST A lecture emphasizing the differences between men and women and the ideological problems inherent in transgenderism educated students Oct. 11 in the Gentile Gallery. Addressing a crowd of students and members of the Catholic Social Workers’ National Association conference, Patrick Lee, professor of bioethics, spoke on the issue of transgenderism and elaborated on the fact that the differences between male and female are God-given. He argued […]
Talk on Jewish roots of Lord’s Day highlights joy, celebration
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST “If we lose touch with Judaism, we lose touch with the Incarnation,” said the Rev. Anthony Ariniello as he presented on the Jewish roots of Lord’s Day Monday Sept. 30. Over 50 attendees, including two nuns, assembled in the International Lounge in the J.C. William’s Center at nine in the evening to learn about the cultural […]