On the web site Taki’s Magazine, Charles Coulombe has a brief, thoughtful essay on the immigration question. In it, he summarizes the thinking of Archbishop José Gomez — his own Ordinary, since Coulombe resides in the L.A. Archdiocese. After touching … Continue reading
Category: Politics and Society
The Advent of a New Dark Age?
Many years ago, when the Catholic magazine Triumph existed and I was one of its editors, Malcolm Muggeridge stopped by our Washington offices one day. Several of us joined him for drinks on the rooftop terrace of the nearby Washington … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann and the Curse of Pluralism
It appears that a clever, attention-seeking member of the fourth estate has seized on a deep, dark secret about a Republican contender for our nation’s highest office: Michele Bachmann’s Church Says the Pope Is the Antichrist. Michele Bachmann is a … Continue reading
Feedback on My Father’s Day Piece
Shortly after sending out the last Ad Rem, I received this email, which I got to today in my queue of backlogged emails. My correspondent — let’s call him “Sal” — is a professional man whose “Uncle Frank” had something … Continue reading
Government Issues Warning on Dangers of Sodomy
WASHINGTON — Nine new graphic warning labels were unveiled today by the Food and Drug Administration, part of the agency’s sweeping new powers to regulate unhealthy sexual behavior and the sale of so-called “sex tools” that often accompany it.
Boston College Magazine on the Catholic Contraceptive Sellout
The teaser line for the article summarizes it nicely: “When the Massachusetts legislature voted in 1966 to end the last all-out ban on contraceptives in the nation, it was with the approval and assistance of the Boston Archdiocese.” Catholic World … Continue reading
Catholic Action League Criticizes Governor’s Council Vote to Confirm Judge Lenk
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the Governor’s Council for its 5 to 3 vote to confirm the nomination of Judge Barbara A. Lenk to the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth. In announcing her appointment, Governor Deval … Continue reading
CJ Doyle Testifies on Barbara Lenk Nomination
Thanks to MassResistance, we present this video of Joe Doyle’s testimony on the nomination of lesbian activist Barbara Lenk to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Joe will once again be speaking at the SBC Conference this year (Oct. 7-8).
The Right on the Rise?
For better or worse, France has had a dominating intellectual and cultural influence throughout the West for a very long time. For most of the past couple of centuries, the influence has been for the worse. Many of the Enlightenment … Continue reading
A Presidential Inauguration 150 Years Ago
It was generally ignored, but this past February 18 was an important anniversary in American history. It was on that date 150 years ago that Jefferson Davis, former U.S. Senator and former U.S. Secretary of War, was inaugurated as the … Continue reading
Mass. Gov. Bestows Special ‘Rights’ on Self-Mutilating State Employees
CNSNews.com reports on some truly deranged politics: Last Thursday, Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick quietly signed two executive orders — Executive Order No. 526 and No. 527 — giving transgendered state employees protected status under the state’s anti-discrimination policy and establishing a state Office … Continue reading
Rep. Trent Franks on Abortion
Writing yesterday about the Republicans that made it into office thanks to the “get-the-bums-out” energy of the Tea Party and others, I said this: “Now we shall see of what stuff the new Republican pols are made. Are they ‘fiscal’ … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood and Other Government Funded Eugenics Programs
Thank God legislators at the federal and state (New Hampshire) level are seriously trying to defund the murderous criminal racket that goes by the name of Planned Parenthood. The PP gang was recently exposed again for their illegal activity by … Continue reading
You Were Cunning, Father Abraham
Ilana Mercer paints a starkly unflattering portrait of Honest Abe in Lincoln lied, people died. Regular readers of this site may be familiar with Gary Potter’s Catholicism and the Old South, which takes a similarly negative attitude toward the much … Continue reading