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Scalia and the Constitution
by Caleb Verbois
The original Originalist.
Category: Society & Common Good
Antonin Scalia’s Death: Inestimable Loss for Constitutionalism
by Dr. John A. Sparks
Requiescat in pace.
Falling Oil Prices and the Future of the World Economy
by Dr. Tracy C. Miller
by Dr. Tracy C. Miller on Feb 12, 2016 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, The Economy 
Oil prices are important in high-income and developing countries.
A Case for Catholic Education
by Randal Agostini
by Randal Agostini on Feb 01, 2016 in Education, Evangelization, Featured, Government & Politics, The Economy
The National Catholic Educational Association paints a bleak picture for Catholic education in America. There are currently only 6,568 Catholic schools remaining in the USA. During 2014 an additional 88 schools closed or consolidated, while only 27 new schools opened. About 2 million students attend Catholic schools, of which 328,000 plus are non-Catholic. This is […]
Good Shelter Work
by Allison Howell
by Allison Howell on Jan 11, 2016 in Creative Solidarity, Evangelization, Featured, Live in Christ, The Feminine Genius
I acted the devil’s advocate. “So here we are, driving to the animal shelter to volunteer when people are hungry. Shouldn’t we be helping at the Food Bank?” I grinned so she knew I was playing a bit. Reprinted with permission from CatholicSistas.com. She pursed her sassy, fourteen-year-old lips and dodged. “Well, you can go […]
It Is Good to Be Seen
by Michelle Fritz
It is that time of year again, the time when we gather together to remember our blessings and bestow gifts upon one another in celebration of our Savior’s birth. It’s easy to get caught up in the secular world of stress, worrying, and over-buying, but as Christians it is important that we remember the reason […]
An Unholy Alliance: When Mob Forgiveness Meets Selective Grace
by Jonathan Hollingsworth
by Jonathan Hollingsworth on Dec 17, 2015 in Featured, Law & Justice, The Social Order, Those in Need
A small town in Missouri recently came under fire for rallying around an accused child sex offender and shunning the abuse victim—even after the offender pleaded guilty in court. “If it takes a village to raise a child,” said a local prosecuting attorney, “what is a child to do when the village turns its back […]
Does God Hear the Theological Silence About Racism in Abortion?
by Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D.
by Guy McClung, J.D., Ph.D. on Dec 08, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
For some time now, a group of theologians has opined about “Theological Silence About White Racism.” In words of accusation that could not be stronger or more vigorous, this sin is condemned as injustice, institutional violence, group dehumanization, troubling social evil, social subjugation, race-based wrongdoing, social sin, habitus of white superiority, tragedy, social inequity, unjust […]
Supreme Court to Rule on the Biggest Abortion Case of the Decade
by Jonathan Abbamonte
In what could be the abortion legal battle of the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court decided last month to weigh-in on the Texas abortion regulation law. The case will have far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for women’s health. It will determine whether the unregulated and unaccountable abortion industry will be able to continue business as usual, […]
Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving … But Not to God
by Dr. Paul Kengor
This is historical fraud, forgery, perjury.
Thousands of Syrian Christians are Fleeing ISIS Assault
by ACN-USA News
By Oliver Maksan NEW YORK—Thousands of Syrian Christians are fleeing after fierce attacks by ISIS on the town of Sadad and its surroundings, reported Syrian Orthodox Archbishop Selwanos Boutros Alnemeh of Homs. Sadad is some 35 miles south of Homs and 65 miles north east of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The region has been […]
“Much Ado About Nothing?” Ben Carson on Starving Terri Schiavo.
by Dr. Gerard Nadal
by Dr. Gerard Nadal on Nov 17, 2015 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, Government & Politics
Presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson, was recently quoted in the Washington Post regarding the starvation death undergone by the severely brain injured (and NOT brain dead) Teri Schiavo, “We face those kinds of issues all the time and while I don’t believe in euthanasia, you have to recognize that people that are in that condition do have a […]
Paris, Brussels, and 21st Century Europe
by Dr. Paul Kengor
by Dr. Paul Kengor on Nov 16, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, The Social Order
21st-century Europe will be extremely chaotic.
Tracking America’s Suicide
by Dr. Marvin Folkertsma
by Dr. Marvin Folkertsma on Nov 11, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
“We must live through all time, or die by suicide.”
Faith in Suffering: Kristi’s Gift to All of Us
by Michelle Fritz
by Michelle Fritz on Oct 28, 2015 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured, The Feminine Genius, Women
I crawled into the bed with Kristi and we lay together all afternoon talking and laughing. We talked about everything under the sun: our childhoods, our hopes and dreams, our disappointments, homeschooling, our faith, our husbands, our children, and her cancer. It’s been a year ago already and I can remember everything about that day. […]
Your Number One Job as a Wife: It’s Not What You Think
by Misty
by Misty on Oct 19, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Featured, Marriage, The Feminine Genius, Women
This past February, my husband and I started planning the family trip to Las Vegas that will commemorate our 20-year wedding anniversary in two years. We spent a week in Sin City for our honeymoon, and think it’s only fitting that we return two decades later with our kids, having “beaten the odds” when it […]
Still a Bottomless Pit II
by E. L. Core
by E. L. Core on Oct 18, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, The Economy
Isn’t this number newsworthy?
What Our Lady Can Do with a Little Bag of Beads
by Patricia Pulliam
by Patricia Pulliam on Oct 09, 2015 in Contraception & Abortion, Evangelization, Featured, The Feminine Genius, Women
The Miraculous Closing of the Last Abortion Facility in Corpus Christ, Texas For many years the pro-life community of Corpus Christi, Texas and surrounding areas prayed in front of the last remaining abortion business left in the town. There were countless novenas and Masses offered along with visitations of a relic from the tilma of […]
Hindu Radicals Would Evict All Foreign Christian Leaders From Nepal
by ACN-USA News
Requesting anonymity, Catholic sources in Nepal have told the international Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in Need, about growing fears within the country’s small Christian population for their future safety in Nepal. In the early hours of Sept. 14, 2015, three Protestant churches were bombed in eastern Nepal where the Christian population is most […]
Pope Francis vs. the “Demon” of Gender Theory
by Dr. Paul Kengor
by Dr. Paul Kengor on Oct 07, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice, The Feminine Genius, The Homosexual Agenda, The Social Order
Liberals and conservatives need to pay closer attention.
On Obedience to “the Law.”
by Robert Struble, Jr.
by Robert Struble, Jr. on Oct 02, 2015 in Education, Featured, History, Law & Justice, The Social Order
In Pope Francis’ recent meeting with Kim Davis, the Holy Father’s expression of gratitude for Kim’s courage has dismayed liberal Americans. The LA Times editorial board felt it sent a “deeply disappointing message.” In his press conference on the plane home to Rome, Pope Francis seemed to affirm Kim Davis’ conscientious objector status, notwithstanding her […]
Cherry-Picking Pope Francis
by Dr. Paul Kengor
by Dr. Paul Kengor on Sep 25, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Marriage, The Homosexual Agenda, The Social Order
This pope is neither liberal nor conservative.
An Immoral Quandary
by Ken Connor
Participation in the global community of nations has always required compromises, sometimes uncomfortable ones. How the United States confronts these issues generally depends on the current ideological temperament holding sway in the Oval Office and among the American people in general. One thing any student of foreign affairs quickly learns is that when it comes […]
