A headline from two weeks ago in our home state reads New Hampshire House passes recreational marijuana bill. This is part of a widespread push to legalize the drug for more than medical use. Aside from the question of whether … Continue reading
Category: Columns
Grow Up, Catholics!
The March for Life is morphing into a Catholic field trip, according to Michael Voris. But the Catholic youth there need to put away their toys, grow up, and learn what it is to be Catholic. The young people who … Continue reading
‘This Mad Sect Deserves to be Punished’
One of the more despicable sycophants who persecuted the Church of God in post-Apostolic times was the Roman Governor, Pliny the Younger. His Letter to Emperor Trajan is a classic example of a flattering boot-licker with a gift for oratory … Continue reading
I’m Just Sayin’
Many progressivists who were baptized Catholic but subsequently lapsed will refer to themselves as “Cultural Catholics.” But the individuals I have heard describe themselves thus do not embrace anything like a Catholic culture at all. Rather, they cling to the … Continue reading
‘Cuomo, Don’t Blame the Media, Blame Yourself’
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is backtracking after facing national criticism and calls to resignover his comments that pro-life people “have no place”in the state. Cuomo now says it’s “fine” if pro-life people live in New York and he blamed his … Continue reading
The Pro-Life Movement Is Ill
This is so NOT inasmuch as it is pro-life, but inasmuch as it is weak on birth control. Michael Voris gives us a little glimpse of how moribund the movement is. Why? Because Catholics have not done their job to … Continue reading
The 11th Hour / Have Mercy on the Dying, Get Them a Priest
Father Dwight Longennecker, Patheos: One of the sweet things about being a priest is being able to minister at a person’s deathbed. The veil between this world and the next is very thin at that point, and you can see … Continue reading
MIT Prof Challenges ‘Climate-Change’ Orthodoxy
(CBS) MIT Professor Richard Lindzen is a leading international expert on climate change. … “Global warming, climate change, all these things are just a dream come true for politicians. The opportunities for taxation, for policies, for control, for crony capitalism … Continue reading
Gov Christie ‘Now’ Wants to Keep Kids in School Longer
Most of us patriotic Catholics know that the state already has our children under its thumb without parents having a say in the brave-new-world indoctrination and perverted sex-ed programs. And, discombobulated Chris Christie wants more state time with our children. … Continue reading
Fox’s Catholic Conservatives: Neither Catholic nor Conservative
Without any effort at judging the internal forum of others, we can conclude from their public statements that the self-identified Catholic pundits on necon Fox News are for conserving little beyond revolutionary social order in politics (economic liberalism and the … Continue reading
Where ‘Religious Liberty’ Will Take Us
Warning: The opinion expressed here is controversial. It is also quite old and is in line with what a whole string of popes taught as authoritative Catholic doctrine. While many conservatives — including conservative Catholics (who conserve surprisingly little) — … Continue reading
Universalism and Indifferentism
In “Another Year,” Michael Voris takes to task the paladins progressive theology who are endorsing the twin errors of Universalism and Indifferentism. It’s worth the seven minutes it takes to view. To learn more about the issues he takes on, … Continue reading
Asia Bibi Sends Appeal to Pope Francis
Let us pray that this appeal is heard and acted upon immediately through whatever diplomatic channels are necessary. Pope Benedict had unsuccessfully appealed for the release of the Catholic mother of five. May Pope Francis add his input. I have … Continue reading
What is the American ‘Pays Reel’?
In his excellent article “Thy Kingdom Come,” Gary Potter explains an important distinction in French society of the nineteenth century: What we need to grasp is that all during the years of which we speak, and to a very real … Continue reading
Cashier Says ‘Merry Christmas’ and Customer Answers ‘Happy Holiday’
I was at the supermarket this morning, Market Basket, and I witnessed a culture war in reverse. The cashier, a middle-aged woman, politely was saying “Merry Christmas” to each customer she processed. The man in front of me deliberately responded … Continue reading
