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Immigration: The Distributist Solution

There is one thing…that must strike all Englishmen who have the good fortune to have American friends; that is, that while there is no materialism so crude or so material as American materialism, there is also no idealism so crude or so ideal as American idealism. America will always affect an Englishman as being soft […]

Poem: “To Men of Good Will”

Jan 8 12 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

To Men of Good Will There can be no peace If not of good will. There can be no race For those who stand still. Only she – Full of grace Was the miracle Set in place. To magnify Her soul prepared By God, her spirit – Never ensnared. “Blessed art thou…” Gabriel hailed, And […]

Extraordinary Things Happen When You Bring 40 Days for Life to Your Community

Jan 7 12 • 40 Days for Life • 0 comments

Should your community participate in the next 40 Days for Life campaign — from February 22 to April 1? Ask Gerry Brundage. He would probably say YES. Gerry lives in Sherman, Texas. He had thought about applying to lead a 40 Days for Life campaign in his town in the fall of 2010 but, in […]

Food Fights and Free Enterprise

Jan 7 12 • Jordan J. Ballor • 0 comments

It is sometimes said, following Milton Friedman’s insight, that business is not a friend to the free market, and the truth of this is no more evident than in recent battles between established restaurateurs and operators of mobile eateries. Once a business becomes established and enjoys a measure of success, a narrow view of its […]

Iowa’s Wild Ride

Jan 7 12 • Colleen Carroll Campbell • 0 comments

The surprising results of Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses have reinforced the conventional wisdom about this season’s Republican primary battle: Nothing about this race is conventional. Presumptive frontrunner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won Iowa — but by only eight votes. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum stole Romney’s thunder with a come-from-behind quasi-victory that catapulted him from […]

Muslim Persecution of Christians: November 2011

Jan 7 12 • Raymond Ibrahim • 3 comments

The so-called “Arab Spring” continues to transition into a “Christian Winter,” including in those nations undergoing democratic change, such as Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis dominated the elections—unsurprisingly so, considering the Obama administration has actually been training Islamists for elections. Arab regimes not overthrown by the “Arab Spring” are under mounting international […]

Do You Reject Dates Based on Family Background?

Jan 7 12 • Amy Bonaccorso • 0 comments

The Christmas season brought an influx of articles and posts about family. Normally, “family” is one of those words that evokes that warm, toasty feeling. When dating, family can cause much anxiety, though. Not only do people assess individuals as spousal material based on their own merits, but they also critique their family background. My observation is […]

Epiphany

Jan 7 12 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 0 comments

Up until now, all has been quite humble. A donkey-ride to a dusty town south of Jerusalem. Hotel rooms all booked up. Giving birth in a stable and laying the baby in an animal’s feed trough instead of a cozy cradle. Into this scene of obscure poverty suddenly bursts an exotic entourage from a far-off […]

Poem: “Leave it Behind”

Jan 7 12 • Pavel Chichikov • 0 comments

Leave it Behind I saw the cells of purgatory When I was a child, The menaces of royalty In stiff brocaded gold Stiff with unforgiving pain They moved out from their cells Where prisoners of hate remain Inside their narrow hells Underground along an aisle They reached out for a touch, A neediness which might […]

Rick Santorum’s Rosetta Stone

Jan 6 12 • Lee Wishing • 1 comment

I live in Western Pennsylvania, just across the county line from where former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum grew up. My wife went to the same high school as Santorum. I’ve followed his career very closely. I’m surprised—but I’m not surprised—by Santorum’s performance in the Iowa Republican Caucus. I’m surprised because it looks like he’s changing. […]

Remember God’s Role in Our Prosperity!

Jan 6 12 • Stu Walker • 2 comments

“May you have a happy and prosperous new year!” This warm and well- intentioned greeting in the week before and after New Year’s Day, is one we offer each other each year. It is a good thing to wish someone prosperity. God wishes His people prosperity. In the Book of Deuteronomy, we find the Jewish people […]

Homosexual Lobby Group Funded Mostly by Governments

Jan 6 12 • Austin Ruse • 4 comments

European human rights lawyer J.C. von Krempach has taken a close look at the funding stream of the International Gay and Lesbian Association – Europe (ILGA) and concluded that most of their money comes from governments. Writing in the foreign policy blog Turtle Bay and Beyond, von Krempach found a vast majority of ILGA’s funds […]

Befogging the Enemy: U.S. Officials as Human Pretzels

Jan 6 12 • David J. Rusin • 1 comment

The most vexing video of 2011 may be this clip of Congressman Dan Lungren questioning Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton on December 7. Though Stockton’s evasiveness is in line with the government’s history of not calling Islamism the enemy — recently exhibited by scrubbing FBI training materials and labeling the Fort Hood attack as […]

My Digital Resolutions for the New Year

Jan 6 12 • Lisa Hendey • 0 comments

These first few days of 2012 find me returning to my desk and computer after a nice long break over the Christmas holiday to savor time with family and friends. The excitement and busyness of the past few years, with the growth of this website, my speaking engagements around the country and the publications of […]

On Being a Bad Catholic

Jan 6 12 • Amy Ekblad • 8 comments

I’m a bad Catholic. Do you know how I know? I took my Christmas trees down before Epiphany. That’s right. By January 2 I couldn’t stand the clutter anymore and we took them down. I did leave the Nativity scene up, but the trees are gone. I’ve never done the Liturgy of the Hours. Never. […]

Poem: “Mary of the Morn”

Jan 6 12 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Mary of the Morn Through the Gate O’Morn He came In a stable born Where St. Joseph Held her hand Both so tired and worn. Patient donkey Just outside Munching on some corn Saw the love St. Joseph had To Mary he was sworn. Saw St. Joseph’s Furrowed brow Knowing future scorn Saw St. Joseph […]

Appeal Process Moving Forward for Federal Stem Cell Funding Suit

Jan 5 12 • Chelsea Zimmerman • 0 comments

In 2009 two researchers filed a lawsuit claiming that new National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines easing restrictions on human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research are a violation the Dicky-Wicker Amendment, a budgetary amendment prohibiting federal tax dollars from being used to create or destroy human embryos for scientific research. In August 2010, district court […]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Turns 63

Jan 5 12 • Timothy Herrmann • 0 comments

For those of you that missed it, December 10th was Human Rights Day here at the United Nations. Sixty-three years to the day, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948 by unanimous vote at the General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, France. When the declaration was first authored, it was […]

Smarter Parenting: Just Think About It

Jan 5 12 • Marybeth Hicks • 0 comments

There’s a radical idea surfacing in the world of psychology, and it may turn out to be a game changer when it comes to parenting in America. Thinking. That’s right, thinking. But not just thinking – smart thinking. Imagine what might happen if we stop parenting by thoughtlessly developing habits over time and instead institute […]

Want to Lose Weight? Find Out How the Experts Do It!

Jan 5 12 • Peggy Bowes • 7 comments

“Physician, heal thyself.” (Luke 4:23) As a fitness expert, I practice what I preach, exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet. Yet, like most people, I occasionally find that life gets too busy and the workouts and healthy habits temporarily fall by the wayside. My clothes start to feel a bit snug and the number […]

Did Somebody Let a Bird In?

Jan 5 12 • Barb Lishko • 0 comments

I sit here amongst a discombobulating array of items that all beckon my attention. Butz, the bird annihilator has bagged the catch of the day and the remains lie strewn all over the front room. I have already performed the grisly task of dislodging bird pieces from the table and now feathers which used to […]

Poem: “Christmas 2011, I Want to get it Right”

Jan 5 12 • Michele Marie • 0 comments

Christmas 2011, I Want to get it Right At one Black Friday shopping frenzy A lady uses pepper spray Causing burning and panic Outside a mall, a large crowd waits anxiously To get their Air Jordan’s XI retro concords A man shoots his gun in the crowd The line outside the Coach Purse store Snakes outside into […]

A New Year’s Moral Resolution for Fathers

Jan 4 12 • Marlon De La Torre • 0 comments

One of the most amazing things about fatherhood is my children’s capacity to analyze every little thing I do. Give them an inch and they will take it a mile with anything I either said or did. No one ever wants to be challenged or corrected for their wrongs. This is a basic fact of […]

Friends and Strangers: A Meditation on Money

Jan 4 12 • John Médaille • 1 comment

I start my meditation with a true story that will serve as a parable. On his 21st birthday, the nature writer Francis Thompson was presented by his father with a bill for all the expenses of his upbringing including the costs of his birth and delivery. Francis paid the bill, but he never spoke to his […]