In August 2022, President Biden announced a program to relieve student loan recipients of their obligation to repay $20,000 of their loans. Unsurprisingly, the move was very popular with those recipients. Some argue it swayed the 2022 off-year elections. However, it was controversial because of its unfairness. First, the action was grossly … Read more
The Vatican has confirmed that President Biden will meet with Pope Francis when he travels to Europe for the G20 summit in Rome on Oct. 30–31. No details were released about what might be discussed at the brief private encounter. However, past declarations of both participants can provide some ideas about what … Read more
The contrast could not be greater to the protesters assembled outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Embassy is an elegant well-kept building of classical architecture. It serves as the diplomatic offices of a communist nation in shambles. The anti-natural Marxist regime cannot feed its people or maintain its buildings in … Read more
On June 18, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) voted 168 to 55 to draft a document outlining conditions for the proper reception of Holy Communion for Catholics. The Doctrine Committee of the Bishops Conference will write and submit it for approval at the bishops’ November gathering. Although his name … Read more
President Joe Biden’s insistence on his good standing with the Catholic Church is at odds with his positions on procured abortion, same-sex “marriage,” socialism and “transgender” activism. He is the second Catholic president in the nation’s history, and in the short time he has been in office, the most anti-Catholic one. He … Read more
Following the Capitol invasion and Joe Biden’s inauguration, most American conservatives are feeling disoriented, fearful and even in despair about America’s future. This is not entirely unreasonable. Democrats want to impose California-style election laws on the whole country, admit the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as states and outright persecute conservative … Read more
As the exhaustive election cycle ends, it is hard not to feel disappointed by the results, disputed though they may be. With all the existential threats facing the nation, this contest should have been a clash of great ideas. All the right issues were there waiting to be addressed: the need for … Read more
A few weeks ago in the state of Cordoba, in northern Colombia, FARC narco-guerrillas laughed uproariously as they fired on a group of police officers they ambushed. Seven policemen were killed, and survivors narrated details of their assailants’ sinister laughter (El Heraldo, Colombia, 9/19/14). This bloody mockery of law and order, which … Read more