Translating the Media’s Pence-Speak
Rolling Stone greeted news of Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick with the article “4 Reasons Mike Pence Is the Absolute Worst.” The article provides a great opportunity to learn how the media...
View ArticleWhen #LoveWins Doesn’t
Christians must help America redefine a flawed conception of love and hate in the wake of another terrorist attack A few weeks ago a friend of mine shared an image on Facebook. The photo, taken of a...
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Hidden GOP Convention Highlights
You have heard about the big ticket items: Ivanka “sampling” Michelle, Cruz’s non-endorsement endorsement speech, Trump’s l-o-o-o-o-n-n-g closer. Here are a few picks from myself and from friends of...
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Priest tells pro-abort Catholic Tim Kaine: “Don’t show up in my communion line.”
Another election, another pro-abortion “Catholic” on the democrat ticket. Hillary Clinton has named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia as her vice-presidential pick, making this the fourth consecutive...
View ArticleBishop Tobin on ‘Pope Francis Catholic’ Tim Kaine: Um no.
After Hillary Clinton announced Tim Kaine as her running mate, he was hailed by some in the mainstream press as a ‘Pope Francis Catholic.’ Well, Bishop Tobin of Providence isn’t buying it. He’s not the...
View ArticleTim Kaine’s Shocking Position on Gun Control
Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for vice president, recently stated his position on gun control: “I’m kind of a, look, traditional Catholic. I don’t like — personally, I’m opposed to gun violence… “I...
View ArticleWhat We Can Do About Donald Trump?
First, please let me clarify: I’m not trying to write news here. My hope is just to verbalize what many of us are thinking and to remind us all of the one way we can unite, even though we are so...
View ArticleHillary’s biggest lie yet
Did you hear what Hillary just said? Here is the quote: “I’ve been fighting to defend religious freedom for years.” What?!? The context for her shameful lie is an editorial she had published today in a...
View ArticleYes, you need a beer (and here’s the official Catholic blessing for that)
Almost a hundred years ago, it was hard for Catholics in this country to have a beer, because beer was illegal. In a few years, it’s going to be hard for Catholics in this country to have a beer,...
View ArticleCarl Anderson Speaks for the Church: Don’t Vote for Pro-Abortion Politicians...
Supreme Knight Carl Anderson spoke out against voting for pro-abortion politicians in his address to the Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in Canada earlier this month. “[T]he right to...
View ArticleThe Christian Call in these Times
Traditional Christians face untenable choices this election. One choice is an amoral man who only said he was pro life when politics demanded it, who hints at incest with his daughter, who puts his...
View Article15 More Questions For Hillary (that will never get asked)
Do you believe hate speech should be prosecuted? Should churches who teach that gay marriage is wrong lose their tax exempt status? Should clergy who condemn same sex marriage be prosecuted for hate...
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Dear Archbishop Chaput: Trump is Clearly Better than Hillary
Archbishop Charles Chaput of the Diocese of Philadelphia has written an eloquent column about the current presidential election. His article seems intended more to comfort than to prescribe, and serves...
View ArticleTrump?
Recent actions of presidential hopeful leave room to adopt a tone of cautious optimism A week ago I finally committed to a long overdue decision. I’d been putting off committing to the second year of...
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Mother Teresa, Model for American Catholics in 2016
It was Feb. 3, 1994. I sat nervously next to the Congressman Bill Archer, who would soon become chairman of the powerful U.S. House Ways & Means Committee. I was his press secretary, and we were...
View ArticleHere’s what a Clinton Supreme Court will do. To you. Guaranteed.
Okay, so the Supreme Court. Look, maybe you trust Trump when he says he would appoint conservatives. Maybe you don’t trust him at all. Maybe you have no idea what he’d do (psst – you have no idea...
View ArticleDonald Trump Releases a Video Tribute to Mother Teresa
Today, Sept. 3, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump released a video commemorating the impending canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta/Kolkata You can call it kind or cynical or pandering or...
View ArticleTim Kaine is the Catholic Problem
In asserting a “my faith” version of Catholicism, Kaine blurs the line between church and state and imposes a false philosophy on Catholics Donald Trump has a Catholic problem. Polls from August show...
View ArticleThe One Person Who Can Help Trump Win
To avoid a Hillary presidency (and the subsequent annihilation of all that is true, good, and beautiful), I plan to vote for Trump—but I’ll fill in that ballot reluctantly this year. My disappointment...
View ArticleWeighing the Options
Last week, the anonymous piece by “Decius” in the Claremont Review of Books prompted many responses arguing against the comparison of this election with the last-ditch effort to storm the cockpit on...
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