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Terrible Twodom

Oct 16 13 • Fathers for Good • 0 comments

Some parents call it a meltdown, others use the more familiar word tantrum. I call it the Land of the Terrible Twos. It’s a place never far away where our active boy goes when he doesn’t get his way, or when he wants more attention. He’ll be happy with his dessert as mommy and daddy […]

Tabb’s Poetry XXXIX

Oct 16 13 • John B. Tabb • 0 comments

Five poems by John B. Tabb.

Traditionalist, not Utopian

Oct 16 13 • Kevin M. Tierney • 5 comments

Sometimes I think we traditionalists get far to caught up in the details of this or that crisis in the Church today that we forget why we are fighting. We become very much like the dystopians of the Old Testament. We aren’t fighting to restore some golden age. We are fighting to reach the golden age promised to the faithful in Heaven. If we can use the things of this world and this present age to reach that point, then even better.

New Movie: Mary of Nazareth

Oct 16 13 • Kathy Schiffer • 1 comment

I recently attended a sponsored screening of the new motion picture Mary of Nazareth, which has just been released by Ignatius Press. First off, let me tell you: I loved it. This full-length feature film about the life of Mary, the mother of God, was filmed in Europe and shot in English in high definition. It […]

All Creatures Great and Small

Oct 16 13 • Ken Connor • 0 comments

“The righteous care for the needs of their animals….” Proverbs 12:10 (NIV) Here at the Center for a Just Society we spill a lot of ink discussing issues that touch upon questions of human dignity and the sanctity of life. The guiding principle underlying our position on abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, elder abuse, and other […]

An Historical Aside on the Debt Ceiling

Oct 15 13 • E. L. Core • 0 comments

The Confederation Congress could not tax, but it could borrow.

Health Care Law Takes Aim at Reducing Spending, But at What Cost?

Oct 15 13 • Jennifer Popik, JD • 0 comments

The notion at the heart of the Obama Health Law is that Americans spend too much money on health care, and if there were a way to reduce spending, there would be overall positive impact. However, two articles from the Washington Post out last week show that when Americans are forced to spend less money […]

The White Spider

Oct 15 13 • Beatrice Fedor • 0 comments

My family usually accompanies me to Pro-Life events. My children are 6, 4, 2 and a baby to be born anytime now. Sometimes, at home, my four year old, who saw me sharing my testimony, brings me a piece of paper and says: “Mommy, that’s for you. You go talk to the people.” Anthony, My […]

Privatizing the National Park Service

Oct 15 13 • Dr. Paul Kengor • 1 comment

This recommendation will anger NPS employees.

Mercifully Killing Our Cat

Oct 15 13 • Judie Brown • 0 comments

A few days ago, a dear friend and fellow pro-life warrior Ione Whitlock, author of the Belbury Review blog, sent me this e-mail: I took my cat to the vet for a checkup. While I waited to be seen, I noticed an elderly couple apparently also waiting. We struck up a conversation. The woman was […]

Blood Brothers in Christ

Oct 15 13 • Mike Eisenbath • 1 comment

Growing up, I always knew what I wanted to do for a living. I also had a ready list of things I would never pursue as a career. Carpentry, for one. I tended to have all thumbs when it came to hammers and saws and wrenches. Schoolteacher, for another. Not nearly enough patience. I wouldn’t […]

Levin’s Liberty Amendments: Struble’s Critique, Part Three

Oct 15 13 • Robert Struble, Jr. • 0 comments

Go to Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5 You can’t manufacture a silk purse from a sow’s ear. With Mark Levin’s powerful first chapter we enthusiastically agree: the archipelago of Federal pigpens positioned around the country and headquartered in Washington, D.C. is breeding a boorish nation. The solutions proposed in Levin’s recent book, […]

The Real Deficit’s in Leadership

Oct 14 13 • Tom Purcell • 0 comments

“Man, this government shutdown is making America look foolish.” “I agree with you. I am certainly no fan of the shutdown. But the division in Washington is a reflection of the division in our representative republic.” “I think it’s a reflection of a total lack of leadership among our politicians in Washington.” “You speak the […]

The Moment of Choice: Recognizing Human Dignity in Difficult Circumstances

Oct 14 13 • Fr. Shenan J. Boquet • 0 comments

In every country, at this very moment, women who have become pregnant — either because of decisions they made or as victims of assault through no fault of their own — are faced with making the choice of life or death for their child. Some of these women are financially stable, some are in financial […]

Government Shuts Down Catholic Services on Navy Base

Oct 14 13 • Thomas More Law Center • 6 comments

In the wake of the government shutdown, despite provisions in the Pay Our Military Act, Catholics at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia are being denied religious services. The Catholic priest who serves this community has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebrate Holy Mass without pay, and was told that if he violated […]

Transgendering Children

Oct 14 13 • Dr. Gerard Nadal • 0 comments

Groucho Marx used to tell of a man who went to see a psychiatrist: So you see, doctor, the problem is that my brother thinks he’s a chicken. Well, have you told him he’s not a chicken? No. Why not? Because we need the eggs! As the implosion of Western Civilization accelerates, the once unthinkable […]

Poem: “A Corymbus For Autumn”

Oct 14 13 • Francis Thompson • 0 comments

A Corymbus For Autumn Hearken my chant, ’tis As a Bacchante’s, A grape-spurt, a vine-splash, a tossed tress, flown vaunt ’tis! Suffer my singing, Gipsy of Seasons, ere thou go winging; Ere Winter throws His slaking snows In thy feasting-flagon’s impurpurate glows! The sopped sun–toper as ever drank hard – Stares foolish, hazed, Rubicund, dazed, […]

A Mother’s Blessing

Oct 14 13 • Mary Rose Bacani Valenti • 1 comment

Five years ago, I stepped into a room to cover a news story for work. I was flustered because I was almost late getting there. I’m only going to be interviewing children, I thought to myself. It shouldn’t be a big deal. The session began. Fifteen children sat in a circle, an adult with them. […]

SSA: Say What?

Oct 13 13 • E. L. Core • 1 comment

Who’s zooming whom?

Is Christian Education an Oxymoron?

Oct 12 13 • Ken Connor • 2 comments

Today in many intellectual circles, Christians are viewed with condescension and derision. We are seen as naïve simpletons who lack the courage to accept the world at face value. We insist on weaving elaborate theologies and worshiping a God who is invisible because we are too weak to cope with the fact that existence is […]

Poem: “Rather, I Wish to Blend”

Oct 11 13 • L. Lapiz • 0 comments

Rather, I wish to Blend Father of Heaven and earth, hear my cry. Let my words come to you pure, Not tarnished by selfish desires, Rather, pure of purpose and need. Let me cry out to you, my God, Of the needs in this simple life. Let my voice be heard. Let my needs be […]

The Ways of God for Fathers – Introduction

Oct 11 13 • James Curley • 0 comments

Some years ago a group of men from my parish were providing escorts and security for an all-night Eucharistic Adoration vigil for life. I drew one of the wee hours. My relief didn’t show up, so I stayed on for some more hours. I brought with me a little book: The Ways of God by […]

On Unemployed Youth and Forgotten Elderly

Oct 11 13 • Terry McDermott • 3 comments

There’s a great line in the book: Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know, by Diane Moczar. In writing about the downfall of Rome, she quotes an historian’s description of the Roman Empire before its demise: “a terrifying sluggishness of the whole population.” For me, this phrase denotes aimlessness, a lack of motivation and initiative, a […]

Time to Step Up? Two Americas, One Future: The Choice is Yours

Oct 10 13 • Luke Hamilton • 8 comments

To which America do you belong?

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