Charlie Kirk and Me

October 1, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

For years, I was in Charlie Kirk’s crosshairs, having the dubious honor of being targeted on his “Professor Watch List.” This experience has been terrorizing—fraught with fear, sleepless nights, and hyper-vigilance. Kirk’s cyberbullying has triggered death threats and vulgar emails detailing the violence I should…

James Dobson and Me

September 16, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Some mourned upon hearing of the death of James Dobson at 89 last month. Others rejoiced. All I felt was pity for the man and sadness for all the lives he ruined with his iniquitous, toxic theology. His demise reminded me of how he was…

This is Not a “War”: Israel and Hamas by the Numbers

August 14, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

War is typically understood as “a geographically limited armed conflict between two or more sovereign nation states characterized by violence conducted via an armed, organized military force.” Under this definition, what is occurring in Gaza cannot be defined as a “war.” First, a side-by-side comparison…

In Gold We Trust: How Donald Trump Replaced Democracy With Kleptocracy

August 5, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Before Trump became president, the “Art of the Deal” was littered with failed business ventures and bankruptcies. According to Forbes, before he became a reality television star, Trump’s net worth in 1988 was estimated to be $1 billion. By the following year, his wealth had significantly dropped…

Liberal Lies are as Damaging as MAGA Lies

July 21, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Lying to save lives is a virtue blessed by God. Think of the two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, who lied to the Pharaoh. When the Pharaoh implemented an edict to kill all boys born to the Hebrews, the midwives instead sheltered and saved them….

Silence In the Face of Deception is a Denial of God

July 15, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

All politicians—and especially presidents—lie. Some do so subtly: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Others are more brazen: “The election was rigged.” All lie to preserve or increase their power, profits or privileges. And yet, we are told in Matthew 5:37 to…

Trump’s Panopticon: Establishing Conformity through the Gaze of the State

June 17, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

In Michel Foucault’s groundbreaking 1975 book, “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison,” he explored how those who violated the laws of the royal sovereign were subject to torture as a form of punishment. Reform meant the goal of punishment had to evolve from…

Mad as Hell: Michel Foucault, Modern Psychiatry, and Being Diagnosed with Trump Derangement Syndrome

June 3, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

In his first major work, “Madness and Civilization,” published in 1961, the postmodernist philosopher Michael Foucault examines the humane treatment of individuals considered insane by so-called “enlightened” clinician reformers from the 18th century, including Samuel Tuke and Philippe Pinel. Tuke was a Quaker who institutionalized…

The ‘Democracy’ that Never Was

May 20, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

We give Donald Trump way too much credit. Since his inauguration, I have read countless editorials on how he is ending democracy. Trump is just the cough of a virus, the pus of a boil. He may be an asp on the veins of democracy….

Some Call it Treason; I Call it Saving My Soul

May 6, 2025 by Miguel De La Torre

Brazilian archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara once said, “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.” During my younger years as an academic, before being radicalized by standing in solidarity…