A thread of all my pop-press-style writing starting in 2020:
"Our overcentralized food supply chain is breaking down"
an op-ed on the food issues at the beginning of the 'rona crisis and a suggested policy response https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/our-overcentralized-food-supply-chain-is-breaking-down
Our overcentralized food supply chain is breaking down

One of the most important weaknesses in our way of life exposed by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is our centralized and efficiency-obsessed food supply chain. Concerns about employee safety...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/our-overcentralized-food-supply-chain-is-breaking-down
"Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?"
a book review of the book of the same name by Horn and Pakaluk https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/06/can-catholic-be-socialist-horn-pakaluk-levi-russell.html
Can a Catholic Be a Socialist?

Against a rising river of pro-socialist sentiment, mainstream liberals and libertarians have been stacking sandbags on the banks in an attempt to disabuse younger generations of what they see as a...

https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2020/06/can-catholic-be-socialist-horn-pakaluk-levi-russell.html
"A family wage prioritizes conservative values and would solve coronavirus child care dilemmas"
an op-ed on a policy improvement over gov't-guaranteed daycare https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-family-wage-prioritizes-conservative-values-and-would-solve-covid-19-child-care-dilemmas
A family wage prioritizes conservative values and would solve coronavirus child care dilemmas

In this time of economic and social upheaval, many policy changes that would have been unthinkable are on the table. For a few examples, Republicans agreed to a massive direct stimulus payment, the...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-family-wage-prioritizes-conservative-values-and-would-solve-covid-19-child-care-dilemmas
"Usury and Interest: Correcting Modern Errors"

a policy research paper on usury and the confusion about its definition (pdf warning)

https://leoinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Policy-Paper-2020.2-Usury-and_Interest-Leonine-Institute.pdf
"Subsidiarity and Authority" in Vol. 1 Iss. 1 of Social Justice Quarterly (pdf warning, page 25)

https://leoinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SJQ_Vol1_Iss1_Full.pdf
"Pope Francis proves himself a pope for the world in new letter"
my reflection on His Holiness' Encyclical Fratelli Tutti https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pope-francis-proves-himself-a-pope-for-the-world-in-new-letter
Pope Francis proves himself a pope for the world in new letter

In his third encyclical, Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers), Pope Francis has drawn both praise and ire from across the political spectrum. Political violence, worldwide lockdowns due to COVID-19, and the...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pope-francis-proves-himself-a-pope-for-the-world-in-new-letter
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