Month August 2013
It is increasingly clear that the Syrian government did indeed use chemical weapons against it own people. This is a crime against humanity that cries out for justice. The only remaining question is whether it is up to us to… Continue Reading →
In an videotaped interview, Bishop Raúl Vera López, a Mexican friar of the Dominican Order and bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, gave a scathing interview which he said “homophobia” is a mental illness. He seems to be saying that… Continue Reading →
I was at the bookstore recently with my kids. The little ones were checking out the Legos while the older girls were lounging like hippies on beanbag chairs reading books we hadn’t bought. I noticed a mother was sitting nearby… Continue Reading →
Joseph Bottum, former editor of First Things, has pathetically come out in favor of gay marriage in an article at Commonweal. It fails any test as argument, but rather indicates that Mr. Bottum has become un-moored and is too lazy… Continue Reading →
If you’re dropping your child off at school, at which one do you think your child would be safer? Yeah, me too. The second one is at a Christian school in Arkansas. HT College Insurrection *subhead*Obvious.*subhead*
Quick! Somebody alert Bob Schieffer before he misses this story too. In a closely watched case on gay rights, religious freedom, artistic freedom, the speech rights of businesses, and a host of other legal hot button issues, the New Mexico… Continue Reading →
Seriously? I don’t remember any quips about Trayvon. The Daily Caller reports: The White House’s deputy press secretary today downplayed Muslim attacks on Christians in Egypt, joking about the savagery that has left at least six Christians dead. Press secretary… Continue Reading →
Planned Parenthood in Colorado recently announced that they were closing two clinics. Why? Because Planned Parenthood is going broke fighting off these personhood amendments that pro-lifers in Colorado keep trying to get passed. Here’s the thing. I know pro-lifers are… Continue Reading →
Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, a former abortion clinic owner, may well be the next governor of Pennsylvania, according to a poll obtained by PoliticsPA. The worst part is that, according to the poll, Catholics approve. The most interesting aspect of the… Continue Reading →
The state of Washington’s attorney general just said the darnedest thing. In response to questions about a Catholic hospital merging with another hospital, state Attorney General Robert Ferguson seems to have said that if a hospital received taxpayer funding and… Continue Reading →