After relentless and vociferous criticism from feminist organizations, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius has abandoned her opposition to the over-the-counter sale to minors of the so-called “Plan B” contraception pill which can also be used to cause the abortion of a fertilized egg. This cowardly retreat by Secretary Sibelius is hardly surprising, but [...]
Last week I compiled a list of cities I think are the most harmful to a person’s Catholic faith. I put Cambridge, Massachusetts on that list because it is home to Harvard University. Harvard, in their choice of faculty and through the scholarship those faculty produce, has indicated that it has next to no interest in [...]
I was sure I would hate it. Almost one hundred percent sure. But I went and saw “The Great Gatsby” anyhow. Mostly to figure out what all the fuss was about. Or, more specifically, to figure out what all the fuss among twenty-somethings was about. Over the past few weeks, my “under-30” friends have been talking [...]
A tale of two cities, Philadelphia and Cleveland dominated the news this week with the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial revelations and the decade long child abduction and recovery in Cleveland of 3 women and 1 child. While the ending in the Cleveland case is far more joyous with four live humans recovered literally from the [...]
In short, no. There is no full-proof spiritual vaccine against unbelief. Sorry, I know that’s not the answer you want to hear. But that’s life in a fallen world. You can be the wisest, most loving, most faithful parent on the planet, and there’s still no guarantee your children won’t walk away from God. And [...]
If you can, think back to 2008. Remember when Sarah Palin mocked Barack Obama’s community organizing background? Do you recall how popular this slogan became soon after that? Remember in 2011 when some media outlets intimated that the Occupy Wall Street movement was simply emulating Jesus? Okay, well here’s the latest “Jesus meme.” I know what you’re thinking: [...]
For those deeply invested in protecting and widening the abortion license, the Kermit Gosnell case has thrown light in all the wrong places. Today, the Washington Post has another disturbing story about Live Action’s latest undercover investigation of abortion clinics. It’s not Gosnell Gruesome, but the insouciance of one of the abortionists involved is sickening just the [...]
Tiger Woods did not win the Masters this weekend. Adam Scott did. Scott beat Argentinean Ángel Cabrera on the second hole of a sudden death playoff, making him the first Australian to win golf’s most prestigious event. Woods, meanwhile, finished tied for fourth. Although his failure to win doesn’t make him any less of a person, when one [...]
It is becoming increasingly clear that our Pope Francis is a pope who, as Stephen White put it, smells like his sheep. He is a man of his people, and a father who communicates to his people in a fashion that they seem to like. More evidence of this is a means to prayer that [...]
Squeaky clean, wholesome goodness. For almost a century, that’s been Disney’s brand. But the young girls working for the Mouse have the most terrible habit of not getting the memo. Case in point? Miley Cyrus (aka “Hannah Montana”), who went from teenage cutie to dominatrix sex kitten in little more than a calendar year. [...]
