A Victory For Life
America has spoken. The message was clear: our political system is corrupt and broken. And they voted for change. Voters shocked the world last night by soundly rejecting Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine...
View ArticleVictory? Not Yet …
Was yesterday a victory? Time will tell. The election of Donald Trump prevented a particularly crushing defeat, but that is not the same as a victory. If Hillary won, she would have locked in a Supreme...
View ArticleFive ways we’ll know (quickly) if Trump keeps his promises to Catholic voters
There are so many ways in which this election is like no other before. But I want a focus on the area of most concern to pro-life and Catholic voters. Donald Trump ran for president with no previous...
View ArticleThe Cubs Won, America Survived, and There’s Christmas Music Playing on the Radio
The only way this gets better is if Cardinal Raymond Burke gives an exclusive interview about the election and what it means for Catholics to Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register. And…Happy...
View ArticleTrump Supporters: Don’t Make the Mistake Obama Supporters Made
Remember when Obama won? He made key errors that Trump supporters would do well to learn from. Obama believed his press releases. Yes people wanted an “outsider” and thought Obama was one. Yes they...
View ArticleA Martyr to Intercede for a Nation Divided
My last post here also happens to have been about a martyr, and a Byzantine one at that. Again, here I’d like to talk about a martyr (and a Byzantine one!), but less about his life and story, and more...
View ArticleThe pro-life movement’s Big League deal (and what they should do now)
The pro-life movement made a big league deal with Donald Trump, and they should praise him for keeping it. Trump critics are upset at various moderating statements he made in his 60 Minutes interview...
View ArticleThings That Go Trump in the Night
This may be a week late, but at least I have seventeen vapid and mundane thoughts on the election: Sorry, but I’m still riding the wave of victory. Not that I won anything, but America did: a fighting...
View ArticleWhat the 2016 Protesters Could Learn from Saint John Paul the Great
Protests? Thank God we can hold them. But when they trample life, health, or property in an attempt to terrorize people over the results of a fair election, they cease to be effective or good. The...
View ArticleLesson 2016: “Political Correctness” is Anti-Christian Bigotry
Too many Christians have spent years trying and failing to stay on the good side of their enemies. If the election of politically incorrect provocateur Donald Trump can teach us anything, it’s that all...
View ArticleAdvent and the Politics of Hope
Advent is upon us—a season of hope, of expectation, and traditionally of penance as we turn toward the savior to be born of the Virgin in Bethlehem. This time in the life of the Church is quiet, even...
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Fake News? What About Blind News?
Fake news is a real thing. Wait. That sounds wrong. Let me say it this way: Fake news is an actual problem. We’re not talking about “The Onion” style satire news here: We are talking about stories...
View ArticleMainstream Rhetoric Could Be Just as Damaging as ‘Fake News’
In a recent speech, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton claimed an “epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda” has “flooded social media over the past year.” What’s missing from...
View ArticleDemocrats Outraged Over ‘Real News’ Epidemic
Democrats are beside themselves over the avalanche of ‘real news’ stories in the last six weeks. It all started at about 8:30 p.m. on November 8, when certain media outlets began spreading ‘real news’...
View Article‘The Young Pope’ and the Trump-ification of Media Coverage
What does HBO’s “The Young Pope” have to do with incoming President Donald Trump? Depends who’s asking. For the past week or so, I’ve been in and out of the winter edition of the biannual TV Critics...
View ArticleTrump, Refugees, and Catholics
President Trump has pledged to do what is necessary to keep America safe. Some Catholics, including several bishops, believe President Trump’s recent Executive Order goes too far, is contrary to our...
View ArticleNotre Dame Dilemma
Do you remember March 20, 2009? That was the day the University of Notre Dame announced they would honor newly-elected President Obama as their Commencement speaker. Under intense pressure, Notre Dame...
View ArticleTrump’s 100 Day Report Card
Thousands of CV members took our recent survey. We’ve compiled the results and incorporated your feedback into our report card on President Trump’s first 100 days below. While the “100-day” yardstick...
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Michigan farmer barred from market because of his Catholic beliefs.
A Catholic farmer in Charlotte, Michigan has been barred by the City of East Lansing from the farmers market where he has been selling his produce for years. According to the farmer, Stephen Tennes,...
View ArticleTrumpism and Le Pen at CPAC: More Catholic than Conservatism(TM)?
Conservative commentator Mona Charen was booed last week at CPAC, the preeminent annual gathering of conservative activists, for criticizing the attendees’ support of President Trump, and for calling...
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