JOHN F. MCMANUS: THE GREAT GIFT OF CHRISTMAS
APPLETON, WI -- An offense is measured, not by the one who gives it, but by the one who receives it. While it would surely be wrong to strike a…...
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CHRISTOPHER MANION: THE SELECTIVE INDIGNATION OF THE MORALISTIC LEFT
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- "Sharpton, Matthews Blast Virginia's Racist Voters" (recent headline, MSNBC News) Oh, you didn't see that one? Don't worry. Neither did I. I made…...
Saturday, November 16, 2013
ALLAN BROWNFELD: CHRISTIANITY UNDER ATTACK IN MIDDLE EAST; FEW IN WEST SEEM TO CARE
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- In late September, two suicide bombers detonated explosives outside of a historic church in northwestern Pakistan, killing 85 people and wounded another 140 people. The bombing was…...
Friday, November 08, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: HAIL TO THE DICTATORS!
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- It's the Redskins versus the Crybabies in the Victims Bowl. Washington's beloved pro football team is just the latest target of opportunity for the racial hucksters…...
Saturday, November 02, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: HICCUPS IN THE HIERARCHY
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The Catholic Church in the United States is witnessing one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. So when the nation's Catholic bishops meet in…...
Monday, October 28, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: NATIONAL REVIEW REPUDIATES ITS HERITAGE
GLEN COVE, NY - National Review recently turned its back on its origins by publishing a cover story praising President Eisenhower as a conservative. Eisenhower was exactly the kind of…...
Thursday, October 17, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: PROGRESS AND HATRED OF THE PAST
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- C.S. Lewis, in his introduction to The Great Divorce, recalls a science fiction story featuring a man who is able to return to the past. There…...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: TWO GENERALS AND TWO BOOKS
GLEN COVE, NY - Two important publications have received inadequate attention. One is Robert Welch's The Politician (Belmont, 1964). The other is a speech by Joseph R. McCarthy, printed by…...
Friday, October 11, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: WORDS, WORDS, WORDS!
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- A few weeks ago, Pope Francis asked us to pray, fast, and give alms on Saturday, September 7, for peace in Syria. We did, and on…...
Wednesday, October 09, 2013
PETER J. THOMAS AND PETER FERRARA: CONGRESS GETS SPECIAL EXEMPTION TO OBAMACARE
WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 8, 2013 -- If Obamacare is so good, why was Congress crying to President Obama for an illegal exemption, which he freely granted?When Congress passed Obamacare in…...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: NANCY’S BLIND SPOT
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- When you're one of the richest members of Congress and you represent San Francisco, the real world can seem as distant as the dark side of…...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: “INCREDIBLY SMALL”
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- During his speech to the nation regarding Syria on September 10, Obama spoke of "humanity" four times. Three of them reflected the sense of the term…...
Thursday, September 12, 2013
ROBERT SCHADLER: A MODEST PROPOSAL BEFORE BOMBING SYRIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Tear gas ... is a ... chemical weapon .... Use of tear gas ... is prohibited by various international treaties that most states have signed. Police and…...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: HERE WE GO AGAIN
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- According to the New York Times, America's Catholic bishops are counting on the persuasive power of the pulpit this month to push "comprehensive immigration reform" -…...
Friday, September 06, 2013
VLADISLAV “GEORGE” KRASNOW: TO DEFECT OR TO INTEGRATE? EDWARD SNOWDEN’S DILEMMA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden is not just a milestone in U.S.-Russian relations. It is a mene tekel of "How the United States is…...
ALLAN BROWNFELD: THE STATE OF RACE RELATIONS 50 YEARS AFTER THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, many…...
Thursday, September 05, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: CAL THOMAS’S LEARNING CURVE
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The British parliament has defeated Prime Minister David Cameron's motion to join Obama's proposed attack on Syria. As of this writing, the U.S. Congress has not…...
Thursday, August 29, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: SUMMER SUNDAYS
GLEN COVE, NY - In the old Roman calendar of the Catholic Church, we would have recently started the season after Pentecost. Now, it is lumped in with the season…...
CHRISTOPHER MANION: BIG BROTHER MAKES IT PERSONAL
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Four years ago, Obama's Chicago crew borrowed a page from the Three-Card-Monte hustlers in Manhattan's Central Park. With the nation distracted by the perils of Obamacare,…...
Sunday, August 25, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: AMERICANISM, YALE, CATHOLICS, AND PROTESTANTS
GLEN COVE, NY - American Catholics are particularly tempted to compromise with their fellow citizens. It is in our history. It would be wrong to deny the Catholic contribution to…...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
ALLAN BROWNFELD; DETROIT SHOULD FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON UNFUNDED PUBLIC PENSIONS
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Detroit is the largest American city ever to file for bankruptcy. Its long-term debts are estimated at $18.2 billion. Of this amount, about $9.2 billion is in…...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
ALLAN BROWNFELD: THE DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN UNLEASHED A WAVE OF DEMOGOGUERY THAT MUST BE ANSWERED
ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The death of Trayvon Martin is, of course, a devastating event for his family. That a 17-year-old boy returning from a visit to a nearby store for…...
Monday, July 22, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: WHO KILLED THE MOCKINGBIRD?
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- There is a consistent theme that unites "progressive" advocates across a wide variety of the Left's cultural causes. These hardened ideologues might make a perfunctory bow…...
Friday, July 12, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: SYRIA
GLEN COVE, NY - We are doing everything wrong in Syria. In fact, we are doing everything wrong from North Africa to Pakistan. One consequence of our stupidity is that…...
Monday, July 08, 2013
HERBERT W. STUPP: THE DISCARDING OF 3,000 YEARS OF TRADITION
NEW YORK, NY -- Dr. Herbert I. London has written a persuasive and insightful book, The Transformational Decade: Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency (University Press…...
CHARLES G. MILLS: THE ORIGINS OF SOLIDARITY IN AMERICA
GLEN COVE, NY - Human solidarity is a Christian virtue. We are all children of God; we are all children of Adam; we are all children of Noah. Whatever we…...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
ROBERT L. HALE: POLICIES HAVE CONSEQUENCES
MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA - Is another major federal experimental program about to be launched? Recent news releases appear to be laying the groundwork for such an initiative.The Centers for Disease…...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
CHRISTOPHER MANION: AUTHORITY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Some forty years ago, in his groundbreaking study, Twilight of Authority, sociologist Robert Nisbet observed a disturbing trend in American culture. As respect for authority had…...
Monday, June 24, 2013
CHARLES G. MILLS: GOVERNMENT SPYING
GLEN COVE, NY - The recently disclosed spying on Americans by our government violates the principles for which we fought in our War of Independence. From about 1765 to 1775,…...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
ROBERT L. HALE: IF THE CONSTITUTION WERE A COMPUTER PROGRAM
"The power to tax involves the power to destroy." - Chief Justice John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland (1816) MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA - If the Constitution were a…...
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