The Washington Post now reports that officials at the highest levels of the Internal Revenue Service were aware of the program to target conservative organizations applying for tax-exempt status prior to the 2012 elections but that they remained silent. The deliberate and shocking targeting of conservative organizations that sought tax-exempt status stands in contrast to government collusion wit... More

There is an ancient Jewish proverb that, “The world is a staircase; some are going up and some are coming down.” This is especially true of men entrusted with great power. In the case of President Obama and soon-to-be Pope Emeritus Benedict, the contrast of the two men’s fortunes is especially instructive. Whereas the latter is descending the proverbial staircase with grace and self-... More

It lasted no more than fifteen seconds in a speech that ran just over an hour, but it was a moment social conservatives will not soon forget. If you watched Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, chances are you heard President Obama say this: We’ll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples and do more to encourage fatherhood – b... More

Normally people ought to avoid declaiming on things they clearly know next to nothing about, e.g., Phil Simms on holding calls. Hey: I'm still a pig. Yesterday President Obama, owner of the largest deficits in American history, sought to avoid the damaging political optics of the upcoming, automatic, deeply problematic “sequestration” cuts by instructing us all, “We can’... More

The military chaplaincy, from the Catholic perspective, is one of the strangest amalgamations of duties, responsibilities, authorities, and chains of command. You have your bishop and your commanding officer. You have your “parishoners,” frequently consisting of many people not of the same faith, but for whom you have a more comprehensive pastoral responsibility—performing or arr... More

The phrase “fiscal cliff” has rapidly become the most overused cliché in American politics. It’s replaced “double down” which was abused during the campaign. President Obama and Mitt Romney accused each other of doubling down on some sort of allegedly failed policy so frequently that I wondered if each man was revealing a previously suppressed desire to be a blackjack dealer in Las Vega... More

In reaction to President Obama’s endorsement of so-called ‘same-sex marriage,’ Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued the following statement: Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York President Obama’s comments today in support of the redefinition of marriage are deeply saddening. As I stated in my public letter to the Presiden... More

Cardinal Timothy Dolan sent a letter to his brother bishops earlier this week where he revealed a shocking conversation that recently took place at a meeting between White House and USCCB staff: At a recent meeting between staff of the bishops’ conference and the White House staff, our staff members asked directly whether the broader concerns of religious freedom—that is, revisiting the stra... More

Genesis 3:1-71 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?2And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat: 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us... More

Could you speak out against what is happening in this photo, Mr. President? Why so silent? In the wake of some of the most horrifying anti-Christian violence the world has seen in the last few years, President Obama remains inexcusably mute. He and his administration are proving themselves to be deaf to the cries of Christians suffering. Among the many countries where Christians have sadly fallen ... More