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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ROBERT L. HALE: AMERICA’S DESTRUCTIVE LOVE AFFAIR WITH MULTICULTURALISM

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- One of things that made America the greatest country on earth, until recently, was its commitment to being a melting pot of cultures rather than a…...

Thursday, June 06, 2013

CHARLES G. MILLS: RIVALRIES

GLEN COVE, NY - An Italian restaurant in Vienna, Virginia, has a dozen flags hanging from the ceiling. They represent one of the oldest continuous rivalries in the world. They…...

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

ROBERT L. HALE: CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING REALITY

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- We have heard, from an early age, about a number of immutable laws: the laws of nature, the laws of physics, and the laws of finance.…...

Friday, May 31, 2013

CHARLES G. MILLS: INSIDE THE BOY SCOUTS

GLEN COVE, NY - The Boy Scouts of America have been led into a terrible mistake with their recent vote on homosexuality. The traditional position of the Boy Scouts on…...

ROBERT L. HALE: “MANY REPUBLICANS DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOVERNMENT”

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- During an interview on National Public Radio earlier this year, Nancy Pelosi (D -CA) said, "Many Republicans do not believe in government." She described these Republicans…...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: IS THE RULE OF LAW IMMORAL (PART II)?

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Last week we looked at the Catholic Church and its advocacy of legislation granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Archbishop Jos.  Gomez of Los Angeles, who leads…...

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

ROBERT L. HALE: THE BIGGEST LIE IN AMERICAN HISTORY?

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- "If you look at my track record over the last two years, I cut spending by over a trillion dollars in 2011." - President Barack Obama,…...

Monday, May 06, 2013

ROBERT L. HALE: WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT BORROW MONEY?

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- Why does the government have to borrow money? Doesn't it have taxing power? Shouldn't it be able to raise the money it spends as it spends…...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: SHOULD THE CHURCH ABANDON HUMANAE VITAE?

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Pope Paul VI promulgated Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968. It has had a rough ride ever since. Bishops admit that they've been reluctant to teach…...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

ROBERT L. HALE: “WHAT’S YOURS IS OURS” - THE GOVERNMENT

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- Cyprus, following the longest enforced bank holiday in European history, has just confiscated (stolen, to put it bluntly) the majority of the funds of the country's…...

Friday, March 29, 2013

CRAIG TURNER: NERO, THE ROMAN EMPERORS, AND SAME-SEX “MARRIAGE”

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Supreme Court takes up two cases regarding the legalization of same-sex "marriage," Americans may be surprised to learn that same-sex marriage was legalized once before.…...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

DAVID COKER: SOVIET HISTORY TEACHES US WHAT BECOMES OF A DISARMED POPULATION

EVANSVILLE, IN -- The gun control hysteria and propaganda emanating from President Barak Obama, members of Congress, state legislators, mayors of major cities and assorted interest groups finds them in…...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: THE RETURN OF THE CONSERVATIVE CONSCIENCE

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- In just thirteen hours, Rand Paul's constitutional marathon established him as one of the best stump speakers in the senate. His easy-going, spontaneous, and cogent extended…...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

CHARLES G. MILLS: “CONSERVATIVE” REPUBLICANS

GLEN COVE, NY -  The media often quote pundits who claim that the Republican Party has moved too far to the right. The contrary is true; it has moved too…...

Friday, March 08, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: SAINT BENEDICT XVI?

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- A Jesuit friend remarked recently that, while several modern popes have been canonized, the last cardinal to be so honored - Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J. -…...

Friday, February 22, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: THE MEDIA CATHOLIC CHURCH

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Three days after announcing his retirement, Pope Benedict met with the clergy of Rome, whom he serves as bishop. His unscripted remarks were surprisingly candid. In…...

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

CHARLES G. MILLS: WOMEN WARRIORS

GLEN COVE, NY - The latest regulation on the deployment of women in the Armed Forces is a perfect example of the evolution of a fad into a madness. This…...

Thursday, February 07, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: THE CLINTONS: CAUSE AND EFFECT

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- During his years in the White House, Bill Clinton's "boiler room" brought damage control to a new level. His serial scandals -- their number is legion…...

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

CHRISTOPHER MANION: HOAXES AND HOKUM

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The sad specter of deception that is haunting my alma mater, Notre Dame, these days brings to mind another hoax, more disastrous by far than a…...

Thursday, January 24, 2013

CHARLES G. MILLS: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION, PART I

GLEN COVE, NY - For the most part, our society does not try to force people to do things they are determined not to do. Three hundred years ago, we…...

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: A TIME FOR TRUTH - BEYOND POLITICS

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Before the election, American bishops were united more than ever before in defending the First Amendment rights of Catholics from the Obama Administration's frontal attack. But…...

Thursday, November 29, 2012

PAUL GOTTFRIED: THINKING ABOUT IDENTITY POLITICS

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA -- For several years I've been hearing that American minorities acquired a new sense of human worth with Barack Obama's elevation to the presidency. From all reports, Obama…...

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: SCANDALS AND THE SCANDALOUS

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- Here's our laugh of the day: The Petraeus Scandal isn't really scandalous at all. That's according to the Washington Post, published in the city where "I…...

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

ALLAN BROWNFELD: THANKSGIVING: A TIME TO REFLECT ON THANKSGIVING AMERICA’S UNIQUENESS

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Now that the 2012 election campaign has come to an end, it would be good if Americans could set aside partisan acrimony as the nation prepares to…...

Saturday, November 10, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: AFTER THE DELUGE

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The rubble hasn't cleared, but some realities have come into view.On the Friday before the election, President Obama proposed a new civic virtue for our body…...

Monday, November 05, 2012

ROBERT L. HALE: THE CASE AGAINST PUBLIC EDUCATION

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- The Florida State Board of Education (FSBE) has adopted its new education goals. These goals hold Asian, white, Hispanic, and black students to different academic standards…...

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: PROGRESS, PROGRESSIVES, AND PERVERSION

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- The last Rubble column examined change. Heraclitus feared it and longed for the unchanging logos. Only with the Incarnation did the logos get a name: Jesus…...

Monday, October 29, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN

"The old order changeth, yielding place to new,And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world."--Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King    …...

Friday, October 19, 2012

CHRISTOPHER MANION: TOUGH TIMES

FRONT ROYAL, VA -- It's been a tough ten years in many ways for America. Catholic and conservative principles alike have been attacked, ignored, even betrayed. Bewildered conservatives watched a…...

Thursday, October 18, 2012

ROBERT L. HALE: GIVING THE BIRD TO TAXPAYERS

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA -- The first presidential debate that put "Big Bird" in the news also helped to put in perspective the challenge of reining in federal spending before it…...

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