Why Do We Blame Society for Bad Personal Choices?

Why Do We Blame Society for Bad Personal Choices?

In a Christian civilization, people are responsible for their acts before God and man. There may be attenuating circumstances that diminish a person’s guilt for crimes or destructive actions. However, the final responsibility always lies with the individual. For this reason, life is full of trials and difficulties. Acts have consequences that … Read more

Why California Can’t Be a Sanctuary State

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It is paradoxical that super-progressive California would have recourse to a concept of medieval law to support its revolt against federal immigration law enforcement. It is even more bizarre that the super-secular Golden State would consider itself a kind of Church with authority higher than that of the government and declare itself … Read more

What’s the Point of Ball-Point Pens?

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As the left shrieks for stricter gun control, Colorado’s Democrat-controlled House passed a statewide ban on concealed-carry weapons on college campuses along with several other radical gun-control measures. They also managed to disparage conceal-carry supporters and female students who prefer not to depend on the government for protection. Colorado Senator Jessie Ulibarri … Read more

Facing Negotiations With the Marxist Guerrillas: Secret Capitulation Will Never Bring True Peace

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""""[vc_column_text] Facing Negotiations With the Marxist Guerrillas: Secret Capitulation Will Never Bring True Peace (Published in El Tiempo, Colombia’s highest circulation daily newspaper, on October 19, 2012 by the Sociedad Colombiana Tradición y Acción.) [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]""[vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_message message_box_color=”grey” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-angle-right”]President Juan Manuel Santos wants to impose on us a nation designed by … Read more

Is Hell Really A Deterrent To Crime?

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A recent study by psychology Professor Azim F. Shariff from the University of Oregon, supports in part what the Catholic Church has been teaching for the last 2,000 years about justice and Hell. Professor Shariff made a comprehensive analysis of 26 years of data involving 143,197 people from 67 countries and discovered … Read more

The Family in the Crossfire

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There is a war that is very little noted in the media. Like all modern wars, civil liberties and the lives of innocent bystanders, often small children, are at stake. However, this war is not in some faraway land. It takes place inside America itself and is a war upon the family, … Read more

Spiritual Decoration vs. Materialist Decoration

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In the first picture, 1,500 representatives of the United Nations meet in the Assembly Chamber of the Luxembourg Palace built between 1615 and 1620 for Maria de Medici under the direction of Solomon de Brosse. The ambience is admirably suited to an event of such magnitude. The very natural order itself requires … Read more

Tradition, Family, and Property

Tradition, Family, and Property

Once upon a time, there was a young man torn by a critical conflict of affections. He loved his charming spouse with all his soul. Yet at the same time, he had profound affection and respect for his mother. However, relations between mother in-law and daughter in-law were tense. The enchanting but … Read more

Crime Control not Gun Control in Brazil

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“Crime control” not “gun control” was the message of the National Rifle Association’s Charles Cunningham, who spoke to a standing room only audience in São Paulo Brazil on August 14. Mr. Cunningham is the director of federal affairs for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Affairs. He was invited to visit Brazil by the … Read more

Armed and Unharmed

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Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira once wrote, that the modern world suffers under the influence of those who wish “to underestimate or deny the notions of good and evil, Original Sin, and the Redemption.” This accomplished, individual culpability and the very concept of justice would fall by the wayside. Today, the gun … Read more