“A republic, if you can keep it,” Ben Franklin famously responded when asked what sort of government they had just set up at the Constitutional convention in 1787. A republic means the people rule through their elected representatives. Laws are written in the deliberative bodies of Congress. Laws are enforced by the President and the necessary officers of the executive branch. Laws are... More

I wrote this article five years ago on the evils and dangers of so-called “Political Correctness,” and I thought it pertinent with the elections coming up. (I suppose it should now be called 40 Years of Cushioned Self-Deception). Here it is: 35 Years of Cushioned Self-Deception By John Mallon Originally published in 2005 on Catholic Online Liberalism, or what is has become, is quickly ... More