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Heaven Help the Aged
They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Thanks to unbelievable gains in medical technology in recent years however, most Americans are now able to delay the former inevitability for decades longer than their ancestors. Because of this, at a time when America’s real estate industry is struggling, there’s one […]
A Lesson on Birth Control from… Moses?
I recently renewed a friendship with a long-lost high school friend on Facebook and was surprised by her rather liberal views on politics and religion. After all, we had both attended a Catholic high school, although she is Episcopalian. At first, I thought that perhaps I should move on as our world views were so […]
Poem: “The Carthusians”
The Carthusians To be “Hanged in their habits” What a glorious thing, For their silence screamed, “Christ is the King!” And like the Innocents So Holy, that died, With sword-cut bodies Their mothers cried And wept like mothers Do today, Who send their sons Into the fray Like Innocent Carthusians, With staff and rod, Who […]
Bloomberg’s Soulless Decision
Ten years ago this month, after a band of radical Islamists crashed airplanes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, religion surged to the forefront of our national conversation. The twisted, hateful beliefs of the terrorists came into sharp focus, of course. But so did the generous, life-affirming faith of their victims […]
The First Culture War
The isolated ruling class in charge of a bloated government increasingly turns its back on the millennial religious traditions that had once made their nation great. Under the prods of a small cadre of activists, they strip the public square of the symbols of that old time religion. All that their ancestors revered they now […]
School Choice Gains Traction
Political discourse and news media have been consumed of late by talk of debt, spending, and recession, but meanwhile the educational freedom movement has been making real progress. State legislatures across the country are giving a green light to vouchers and tax incentives that will in the future pay impressive dividends in the form of […]
Sexual Anarchy
In Batman, the Joker rhetorically asks a young Bruce Wayne: “Tell me, kid — you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight?” Well, I have. Not by the pale moonlight, but in a brightly lit Four Points Sheraton in Baltimore, Md. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, I — along with the venerable child advocate […]
Poem: “Such Power”
Such Power Suddenly, over night, Green boughs and yellow The coming of a fragile might And glory to bestow That will not be withdrawn Between the night and dawn But if there ever were Displeasure such as this: No flowering occur It would not be of weakness But of a strength of will Imperceptible Then […]
Why Not Sterilize Drug Addicts?
Not too long ago I came across a news piece on the mission of Barbara Harris, a woman who started a group called Project Prevention which offers $300 cash to drug addicts if they agree to get on “long term” birth control. According to their most recent statistics, they have paid 3,848 addicts, with tubal […]
Rollback the Muslim Brotherhood
In recent weeks, we have been put on notice repeatedly: Absent a fundamental course correction, America will go the way of Europe and others before it, succumbing to an insidious totalitarian doctrine known as shariah whose purpose, in the words of its prime practitioners — the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) — is to “destroy Western civilization from within.” […]
Not So Glee-ful
Recently, I noticed some social networking posts by a Catholic woman friend about her enjoyment of FOX’s show, “Glee.” This is a woman I respect so I assumed that “Glee” was a wholesome show that any Catholic woman could watch without worry to her conscience. I was enthusiastic in hope that, finally, prime time television […]
Admonish Sinners
I used to think that God’s law was like those dumb rules we had to put up with in grammar school, like “Thou shalt not chew gum in class.” They are arbitrary laws that bureaucrats came up with to keep them happy and the rest of us miserable. The goal of students is to break […]
Poem: “What Angels See”
What Angels See I turn the knob slowly Till it will turn no more And gently push the door to your room Soft footed, I step long, Over the board that sounds, To your bed I stand and gaze on your sleeping form To see what it is Those angels see When they guard your […]
Movie Review: The 5th Quarter
The 5th Quarter is a captivating true story of perseverance and as such it is a story for us all. It is a riveting story for anyone who has ever suffered through personal tragedy from which one thought there was no way to recover. It is an emotional story for any parent who has ever […]
The Epistle of Saint Jude: Epilogue of Salvation; Prologue of Eternity
The Epistle of Saint Jude is the final letter in the New Testament before the Apocalypse and one of the shortest books in the Bible. Only once does a selection from Jude appear in the lectionary, on the eight Saturday of Ordinary Time in Year II but the brevity and obscurity of the letter is […]
Canons Offer New Way of Life for American Priests, Part Two
If you missed Part One of this interview with the Canons Regular of St. Augustine, you can find it here . In Part Two, the Canons talk about their return to the U.S. and how you can support their mission. Q: Did you think you’d ever come back to serve a parish in the U.S? […]
Obamacare: Constitutionally Infirm
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the key feature of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known by many as “Obamacare,” is unconstitutional. The “individual mandate” portion of the legislation — a provision which requires all Americans to purchase health insurance or suffer a monetary […]
I Don’t Need your Catechism!
A couple of years ago, a pastor asked me to provide a catechetical training day for teachers in his Catholic school and CCD program. One of my first questions to him was what issues had developed that required my assistance. The Pastor voiced to me his concern over poor doctrinal formation he suspected the children […]
Assessing Qaddafi
The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on Sept. 1. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an appraisal. Qaddafi took power at the age of 27 in the waning days of Gamal Abdel Nasser, […]
Movie Review: Seven Days in Utopia
Pop quiz — I’ll give you the plot; you name the movie: Up and coming rookie sports star in need of an attitude adjustment accidentally strands himself in a small heartland America town where he runs into a former top performer in his sport who left the limelight years ago but has profound life-changing wisdom […]
Poem: “Mystery Tremendous”
Mystery Tremendous Doorway but no door And yet no entrance in, Chamber but no floor, Windows in the wind O mystery tremendous Of which there is no telling, People all around us Celled in separate dwellings Will there be release When all has come to be And separateness has ceased? Tremendous mystery Will all the […]
Canons Offer New Way of Life for American Priests, Part One
The Canons Regular of St. Augustine, a group of priests who live in community and serve parishes, recently landed in Long Island, New York. Their blend of community life and diocesan ministry is ancient, but a first for the U.S. The Order’s new American foundation, the Canonry of St. Leopold, offers fresh possibilities for U.S. […]
The Problem With the UN’s New Fertility Forecasts
The UN has reversed a decade of speculation about a demographic winter in the West, and now says that every country will achieve replacement fertility by 2100 resulting in a global population of 10 billion. The problem is there is no basis for their turnabout. UN agencies are hailing new numbers as evidence of overpopulation […]
All the Bad Parents out There: Raise Your Hand
Ok, fess up. Are you a good parent or a bad one? Last week, bad parents were all over the news, so if you weren’t plastered throughout the media for pouring hot sauce down your son’s throat, shaving your daughter’s head for lying, or otherwise terrorizing the little ones in your care, you’re not as […]
