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Joyce Kilmer - from Last Civilian Portrait, 1917.
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Memorial Day 2017: Joyce Kilmer

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by on May 29, 2017 in Columnists, Featured
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The poet died in battle during the Great War.

Remembrance Day and Our Dying Christian Heritage
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Remembrance Day and Our Dying Christian Heritage

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by on Nov 11, 2016 in Featured, Government & Politics, History
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School children rose from their desks to stand for two minutes silence in memory of soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in two World Wars. We children stood tight-lipped and gazed at the Red Ensign flag at the front of the classroom. Every creak, children shuffling and even slight noises from the school’s ventilation system […]

Fight for the Right - Churchill
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Fight for the Right

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by on Jun 14, 2016 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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He would know.

Dominican - Black Friar
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Western Civ in the Crosshairs

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by on Apr 29, 2016 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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Students are enmeshed with a secular worldview.

The Endless Ages of Purim
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The Endless Ages of Purim

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by on Mar 29, 2016 in Featured, History
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Every age carries within it the seeds of its ruin.

Little Lies, Big Lies, and Narratives
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Little Lies, Big Lies, and Narratives

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by on Jan 19, 2016 in Apologetics, Featured, History
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Recently I read a collection of essays by various Catholic historians published in a book entitled Catholicism and Historical Narrative, edited by Kevin Schmiesing. As Schmiesing says in his introduction to the book, the fundamental job of historians is to “uncover the truth about the past.” “Yet,” he reminds us, “most historical debate occurs not […]

Vatican II Quinquagenary
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Fiftieth Anniversary of Vatican II Closing

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by on Dec 08, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, History
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Beginning of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.

Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving … But Not to God
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Giving Thanks at Thanksgiving … But Not to God

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by on Nov 25, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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This is historical fraud, forgery, perjury.

Presidents and Thanksgiving
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Presidents and Thanksgiving

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by on Nov 24, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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America has been abundantly blessed.

All Saints Icon (detail)
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Is Praying to the Saints Idolatrous?

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by on Oct 30, 2015 in Apologetics, Featured, History
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Praying to the Saints is the opposite of idolatry.

All Saints Icon (detail)
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Does Scripture Teach Us to Pray for the Departed, and to Pray to the Saints?

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by on Oct 28, 2015 in Apologetics, Featured, History
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Answer: Yes.

Bl. John Henry Newman, 1880
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Cathedra Sempiterna

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by on Oct 09, 2015 in Columnists, Featured
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Cardinal Newman’s 170th Anniversary

The American Constitution: Why It Endures
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The American Constitution: Why It Endures

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by on Sep 17, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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September 17th is Constitution Day.

A Godly Meditation
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A Godly Meditation

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by on Jul 06, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, History
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Give me Thy grace, good Lord….

Historic Prayer for the United States
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Historic Prayer for the United States

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by on Jul 04, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, History, Law & Justice, The Social Order
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For the welfare of the Republic.

Independence Hall, Philadelphia
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John Adams and American Independence

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by on Jul 04, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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Adams’s approach to political leadership is refreshing.

Detail from Fourth Page of Lincoln's Manuscript
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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The One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary

A Persian Slave by Emile Bayard (1837-1891)
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European Colonialism is the Only Thing That Modernized Islam

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by on Feb 19, 2015 in Featured, International Issues
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ISIS believes it’s on the right side of history.

Marines, Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945
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Remembering Iwo Jima

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by on Feb 19, 2015 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues
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“It Was a Real Killing Field”

President James Madison's 1812 War Proclamation
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Presidents Day Reflections

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by on Feb 16, 2015 in Featured, Government & Politics
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The War of 1812 had many significant consequences.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Berlin - September 13, 1964
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Martin Luther King and the Berlin Wall

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by on Nov 09, 2014 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues
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A speech that has slipped through the cracks of time.

The Great War at 100
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The Great War at 100

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by on Aug 03, 2014 in Featured, Government & Politics, International Issues, Law & Justice
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The lamps are lit again and Europe is at peace; but it is the peace of senescence.

Thanksgiving Day Among the Puritan Fathers in New England, Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1870
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Three Historic American Proclamations of Thanksgiving Day

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by on Nov 28, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, The Social Order
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Continental Congress, Pres. Washington, Pres. Lincoln

Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg (Bliss Copy)
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150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

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by on Nov 19, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Government & Politics, Law & Justice
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Dedication Day 2013