David G Bonagura Jr
Teacher, Professor, Writer
Latest Writings:
"St. Perpetua's Purgatory" Catholic World Report, November 20, 2024
"Gerald Russello: The Man Who Did It All" The University Bookman, November 17, 2024
"Memento Mortuorum" The Catholic Thing, November 17, 2024
"This Is Pro-Life's Jim Crow Moment" Catholic World Report, November 8, 2024
"The Wages of Sin Paid by the Innocent" The Catholic Thing, October 20, 2024
"Can Birth Really Be 'Free'?" National Review, October 6, 2024
"Learning to Mourn with St. Jerome" Catholic Exchange, September 30, 2024
"Belief and Conflict" The Catholic Thing, September 4, 2024
"Politics Before Faith: JD Vance Follows Kennedy and Cuomo" Catholic World Report, August 27, 2024
"Learning to Love God's Law" The Catholic Thing, August 18, 2024
"Why Conservatives Need Religion" Modern Age, August 15, 2024
"Burying Three Outdated Catholic Assumptions" Catholic World Report, August 12, 2024
"The Ten Commandments in Post-Christian America" The Catholic Thing, July 20, 2024
"The Cardinals on the Walls" The Catholic Thing, June 30, 2024
"Catholicism and the Truth about Ideology" Catholic World Report, June 18, 2024
"Taking a Stand to Understand" The Catholic Thing, May 9, 2024
"'Christian Nationalism' and the 'Catholic Thing'" The Catholic Thing, April 15, 2024
"Swimming in the Secular Fishbowl" The University Bookman, March 24, 2024
"Why Do We 'Practice' the Faith?" The Catholic Thing, March 10, 2024
"IVF and the Inconsistent Ethic of Life" Catholic World Report, March 6, 2024
"Mourning with St. Jerome: An Interview" Catholic World Report
"Bonagura's Catechism" (Review of Staying with the Catholic Church) The Catholic Thing
Scholarly Writings:
Writings on Education:
"What's 12 x 11? Um, Let Me Google That" The Wall Street Journal
"Common Core's Newer Math" National Review Online
"Common Core Is Not Catholic Education" The Catholic Thing
"D.E.I. Curricula versus Catholic Education" The Catholic Thing
"Saving Catholic Schools" The Catholic Thing
"Transforming Catholic Schools" The Catholic Thing
"The Sword of Education" The University Bookman
Writings on Pro-Life Issues:
"Conceived to Die? Abortion and 'Medically Futile Pregnancies'" The Catholic Thing
"Pro-Life Legislation and the Pain of Compromise" Catholic World Report
"Don't Criminalize Women for Abortion" The Catholic Thing
"The Promise and Perils of a Post-Roe America" Catholic World Report
"Criminalizing Abortion: A Thought Experiment" Catholic World Report
"The Sexual Revolution and the Fall of 'Roe'" The Catholic Thing
"Does 'Pro-Life' mean 'Anti-Gun'?" Catholic World Report
"Back to the Pro-Life Future" The University Bookman
Letter to the Editor against Roe v. Wade, The New York Times
"Can Secular Arguments Stop Assisted Suicide?" Catholic World Report
"IVF and the Inconsistent Ethic of Life" Catholic World Report
Writings on Catholic Faith and Culture:
"Was Virgil Catholic?" America
"The Heresy of Good Personism" The Catholic Thing
"The Heresy of the Two Testament God" The Catholic Thing
"When Prayers Go Unanswered" The Catholic Thing
"From Death to Life" First Things
"Can We 'Identify as Catholic'?" Catholic World Report
"The Eucharist and AI" The Catholic Thing
"The Sexual Revolution and the Fall of 'Roe'" The Catholic Thing
"The Implicit Faith of 'Follow the Science'" Catholic World Report
"Instagram and Icons" The Catholic Thing
"Why St. Joseph Is the Patron of Those Who Work at Home" Aleteia
Writings on American Conservatism:
"What is a 'Conservative' Catholic?" Voegelin View
"Why Conservatives Need Religion" Modern Age
"Can Objective Morality Make a Comeback?" The Public Discourse
"Can Birth Really Be 'Free'?" National Review
"When 'Consent' and 'Control' Replace Morals and Virtues" The Catholic Thing
"Ideology and the Will to Dominate" Law & Liberty