JOSEPH SOBRAN: FREE VIRGINIA
As a Virginian (though born and raised in Michigan), I would like to remind my countrymen that Virginia is not a part of the United States. We withdrew from the…...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
JOE SOBRAN: WHY CAN’T THE AMERICANS?
Malcolm Bradbury died the other day, aged 68. Actually, he was Sir Malcolm. A knight. I didn't know that. I knew almost nothing about him, except that I liked him.I…...
Monday, April 25, 2011
JOE SOBRAN: THE CRITICS OF CHRIST
The columnist Richard Cohen scolds the "arrogance" of certain common attitudes, which he sums up as "My way is the best way. My country is the best country. My religion…...
Monday, April 11, 2011
WILLIAM S. LIND: U.S. MUST PREPARE FOR MIDDLE EAST “FAILED STATES” AND “FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE”
U.S. must prepare for "failed states" and "fourth generation warfare" in the Middle East, according to new article in The American Conservative: Noted war historian, William S. Lind, urges Defensive…...
Thursday, March 03, 2011
JOE SOBRAN: BEFORE THE HIVE (PART I)
Over the past twenty years I've often written about "the Hive" - my nickname for the informal body of opinion comprising liberals, socialists, outright Communists, and various other strains…...
Monday, February 14, 2011
CHARLES G. MILLS: THE SUPER BOWL AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
GLEN COVE, NY - In the pre-game show at the 2011 Super Bowl, some prominent people read what was claimed to be the Declaration of Independence. In fact, they read…...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
CHARLES G. MILLS: THE FASCISTS OF SAFETY ARE OVER-PROTECTING OUR YOUTH
GLEN COVE, NY - When we were very young, two of my sisters and I played a game in which we had alternate identities with magical powers. These powers were…...
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
CHARLES G. MILLS: THE ROOTS OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PART I
GLEN COVE, NY - The United States Constitution enshrines the principle that there will be no national religion and no religious test for federal office, and the First Amendment prevents federal…...
Monday, January 17, 2011
JOE SOBRAN: THE BARD IN RETIREMENT
Anyone can make a silly mistake, but not all of us find our blunders rewarded with lucrative Harvard and Oxford professorships. Listen, then, to the shocking story of Shakespeare scholarship.Shakespeare…...
Thursday, January 13, 2011
JOSEPH SOBRAN: THE COURT VERSUS FEDERALISM
The U.S. Supreme Court has done it again, striking down a Texas law prohibiting homosexual acts. I haven't read the opinion yet, but I think I get the idea. As…...
Thursday, January 06, 2011
CHARLES G. MILLS: SISSIES AND KILLERS
GLEN COVE, NY - American liberals have enthusiastically celebrated the passage of a law requiring the Armed Forces to recruit homosexuals. The celebration in some cases (for example, Rachel Madow,…...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
JOSEPH SOBRAN: RESISTING JESUS
As always in our time, Christmas is provoking dissent from people who don't want Christian symbols on public property or Christmas carols sung in public schools. Many Christians find this…...
CHARLES G. MILLS: THE 1874 ELECTORAL LANDSLIDE
GLEN COVE, NY - The 1874 election was like the 2010 election, only much bigger. It was a remarkable repudiation of Reconstruction. The Democrats took 85 Congressional seats away from…...
Friday, December 17, 2010
W. GEORGE KRASNOW: A NEW CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO FOR RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "The Manifesto of Enlightened Conservatism," published by the Oscar-winning Russian filmmaker and actor Nikita Mikhalkov on October 26, provoked quite a stir in Russia. It revived the…...
Monday, December 13, 2010
TOM BETHELL: INTERREGNUM—AND A TRANSITION
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- My old friend Joe Sobran died on September 30, age 64. He was the best man at my wedding. He worked for 20 years for William F.…...
Friday, December 10, 2010
CHARLES G. MILLS: AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL
GLEN COVE, NY -- If we really want to make commercial air travel totally secure, why don't we simply require everyone to be completely naked to clear security? Passengers could…...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: HOW TO HANDLE A WOMAN
How to Handle a Woman by Joe Sobran fitzgerald griffin foundation How do you get to first base with the ladies? It may be easy if…...
Thursday, December 02, 2010
CHARLES G. MILLS: FEDERAL AID TO SCHOOLS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
GLEN COVE, NY -- Some "conservative" governors seem eager to get the usual dose of federal "aid" to education. Similarly, some "conservatives" want to cut the budget of every federal…...
Monday, November 29, 2010
THOMAS F. ROESER: BENEDICT’S CONDOM REMARK DOES NOT CONTRADICTED AN ARTICLE OF FAITH
CHICAGO, IL -- Joy among militant secularists and enemies of authentic Catholicism knew no bounds on Monday as a loosely structured remark by Benedict XVI, brimming with particularized theological meaning,…...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
JON BASIL UTLEY: HOW THE EPA CRIPPLES THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Barack Obama seems more concerned with appeasing environmental extremists in his administration than he is with the lost jobs of poor Americans. He's letting the environmentalists…...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: PENUMBRAS, EMANATIONS, AND STUFF
You could easily get the impression that the U.S.Supreme Court has banned public displays of the TenthAmendment. Actually, this hasn't happened, at least notyet. Anyway, adults can still read it…...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE FOSSILS
The lead story on the front page of the New York Times on April 6, for once, wasn't political. It was about fossils. "All the news that's fit to…...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
PRESS CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS SUSPENDED DOCTOR’S ROLE IN 35 LATE-TERM ABORTIONS
Mass and Laying of Roses at Abortion Mill to follow in evening ELKTON, MARYLAND - DEFEND LIFE will hold a Press Conference and a Mass of Remembrance on Thursday, October 21,…...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
CHARLES G. MILLS: JOE SOBRAN AND HAMLET
GLEN COVE, NY -- Robert Royal concludes his obituary of Joe Sobran (see http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/a-noble-heart.html) with Shakespeare's words to the dying Hamlet, "Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince, and…...
Thursday, October 07, 2010
R. J. STOVE: AN AUSSIE REMEMBERS JOE SOBRAN
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - These words are being written en route from Adelaide, home to a Melbourne whose already thuggish public culture has been rendered that little bit more desolate by…...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: HERITAGE OF SAVAGERY
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- Through no fault of their own, most Americans study American history in school. This is why they have so many misconceptions about American history.One of these misconceptions…...
Friday, September 17, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: THE END OF A MAD CENTURY
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- Well, the Y2K apocalypse has failed to occur. By now we were supposed to be devouring our children (or being devoured by them). The Third Millennium is…...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: THE USES OF “HATE”
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- A reader who says he usually likes my columns took strong exception to the one I wrote criticizing the U.S. Supreme Court for striking down the Texas…...
Monday, September 13, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: CLONING PSYCHO
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- I've spent much of this summer with a grandson who, at age eleven, already has, to my dismay, an encyclopedic knowledge of slasher movies. In some obscure…...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
JOE SOBRAN: WILDER AND HIS BETTERS
FGF: Joe Sobran's column, "Wilder and His Betters": The Re <!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } --> ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- Billy Wilder's death…...
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