2019-08-07T13:01:57-04:00

One of the few areas upon which most of the Democratic presidential candidates and Donald Trump agree is that we need to “get tough with China” and adopt protectionist trade policies.  A few days ago, President Trump , after a number of smaller escalations, announced

2019-08-04T16:51:14-04:00

We have long been subject to the threat of Islamic terrorism, in which radical Muslims murder innocent people unconnected to their grievances in an effort to strike down and terrorize the infidels.  Now we have become subject to another kind of terrorism, in which 20-something

2019-08-01T15:05:01-04:00

The Jesuit magazine America has published an article entitled The Catholic Case for Communism.  Its author, Toronto correspondent Dean Dettloff argues that while the Communist Party has indeed taught atheism and persecuted Christians, these are not necessary facets of Communism.  He excoriates Capitalism for its

2019-07-31T15:07:35-04:00

Josh Harris had earlier repudiated his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye, which launched the “courtship movement” and “the purity culture” that influenced a whole generation of Christian young people.  A few days ago, he announced that he is divorcing his wife of 22 years and

2019-07-31T08:59:49-04:00

Tonight the second group of Democratic presidential primary candidates will face off , the debate to be televised on CNN at 8:00 p.m. ET.  This one will feature a confrontation between front-runner Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who damaged Biden and made herself relevant in the first

2019-07-29T14:04:43-04:00

Some corporations are requiring all employees to sign “equality pledges,” affirming their agreement with the LGBT agenda. But this violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits workplace discrimination on the grounds of religious belief, just as it prohibits other kinds of discrimination.

2019-07-28T19:59:42-04:00

We keep hearing that Christianity–particularly conservative, evangelical, orthodox Christianity–is dying out.  We are told that secularists, atheists, and “nones” are getting the upper hand in American religion, that young people are deserting traditional faiths, that the church is dying.  None of that is true.  Quite the

2019-07-30T19:54:23-04:00

Tonight and tomorrow night the Democratic candidates for president will have their second debate, to be televised on CNN at 8:00 p.m. ET.  The 20 hopefuls will be divided into two groups, with 10 debating on Tuesday night and the other 10 debating on Wednesday

2019-07-28T17:36:39-04:00

The popular TV shows used to portray blue collar workers. (Ralph Kramden the bus driver; Laverne and Shirley in the beer factory;  Al Bundy selling shoes.)  Today TV characters tend to be doctors, lawyers, psychologists, entertainers, office workers, and other white collar workers.  So observes

2019-07-24T16:53:45-04:00

The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth long venerated as the burial shroud of Jesus Christ.  The blood-stained cloth bears an image–later discovered to be, in effect, a photographic negative–of a man who had been crucified. Physicians confirmed that the image showed an actual


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