My earlier post spawned a flurry of comments that all offered similar criticisms. To paraphrase the most common: “Legal immigration is fine; it’s illegal immigration that we need to stop. Illegal immigrants, by definition, break the law by coming here and continue to break the law while they live here. Everyone knows that crime increases the more illegals [...]
After the Dubyapalooza at the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, a badly needed reassessment of former President Bush is underway. I offer my 2 cents at the National Catholic Register, based in part on what we covered at the time. For space, I had to cut one quote which I [...]
Archbishop Vigneron and Bishop Gumbleton may be less at odds than Bishop Gumbleton seems to think. Vigneron’s statements that some individuals should not present themselves for Communion referred to those who publicly advocate for such things as same sex marriages, or any other serious matter, such as the legalization of abortion, not to the private [...]
First, this report is from the same sort of “unnamed sources” that feed bad info, so it may not be true. (Or it may be true, and it’s coming to light and the *%)$#!storm that is breaking because of it will cause all high-level persons involved to treat it like a baby in Kermit Gosnell’s [...]
I’ve been beating a particular drum lately because of the confluence of topics in the national conversation: gun violence in a few spectacular cases on the one hand, and the horror that has taken place at a particular abortion clinic on the other. A guest post in the Chicago Tribune adds to the conversation. As [...]
I am old enough to remember the initial debate, or rather, non debate leading up to the Roe vs. Wade decision. The pro abortion lobby seized the language, reframed the arguments, and shut down an honest and open discussion about the reality of abortion. Integral in this cultural shift was the willing participation of the [...]
Who ever said you can’t mix business and pleasure? This Thursday, President Obama will deliver the keynote address at an annual gala for the undisputed world leader in making unwanted babies “disappear”: Planned Parenthood. The President revels in spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on Planned Parenthood every year ($542 million last year), and [...]
The “we” in the title can refer to two groups: Americans and Catholics. Americans, particularly those of a more conservative bent, tend to view immigration with a hefty dose of skepticism. The thinking is that immigrants take our jobs, depress wages, increase unemployment, bloat the welfare rolls, and widen the gap between rich and poor. [...]
In a statement that should come as a shock to exactly nobody who understands the real agenda behind gay marriage, lesbian author, journalist and gay rights activist Masha Gessen lays out the real plan behind the push for “marriage equality” (emphasis added): “It’s a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but [...]
The murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell began on March 18, but until Friday most people weren’t aware of it. Thanks to Kirsten Powers’ powerful USA Today editorial and a well-attended tweet-fest, the story was finally and thankfully forced into the mainstream media. I probably don’t need to repeat the awful details of the Gosnell’s [...]
