Life in the Shadows

Life in the Shadows

If the pace of life seems overwhelming, it might well be because we have assumed so many of the jobs once held by others. This is the position of Craig Lambert in his book, Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day (Berkeley, Calif., Counterpoint Press, 2015). The Harvard sociologist … Read more

Rallies Bind God to Fight for True Marriage

Three thousand prayer rallies all across America will implore Almighty God’s help for traditional marriage. As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hand down its decision on same-sex “marriage” any day now, activists are holding over 3,000 prayer rallies for traditional marriage in the streets of American towns and cities. Like it … Read more

Getting the Story Right

Getting the Story Right 2

A review of Infiltrated:How to Stop the Insiders and Activists Who are Exploiting the Financial Crisis to Control Our Lives and Our Fortunes (McGraw-Hill Professional, August 2013) by Dr. Jay Richards written by John Horvat II. All too often economic decisions are not determined by the facts on the ground but by … Read more

Staying the Course With Catholic Radio: An interview with JMJ Radio

Staying the Course With Catholic Radio: An interview with JMJ Radio 2

Moral problems abound in our society and the liberal mainstream media only makes it worse. That is why the many smaller radio stations throughout the country, especially Catholic radio stations, are important. Crusade Magazine is pleased to present the fascinating unique account of how Mr. Ed Niewinski and his wife Carol Ann … Read more

“Have Confidence, I Have Overcome the World”

“Have Confidence, I Have Overcome the World” 2

An abyss separates the world (understood here not in its cosmological but moral sense) from the Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ. The world neither accepts being guided by, nor comprehends the Light that came to illuminate it. The world does not live for God or for life eternal, but for … Read more

How to Create Monsters

How to Create Monsters 2

Imagine if police in a major city were to uncover a plot in which a serial killer was found to be planning to use the Internet to unleash a cult of followers who would also engage in serial killings. Imagine further, if police found as evidence an ice pick impaling a woman’s … Read more

The Death of a Civilization Immersed in Sin

The Death of a Civilization Immersed in Sin 2

The once Christian Western world is gradually sinking into a sea of mud in ever-thickening darkness. Vice and error are glorified as virtue and truth is persecuted. People no longer boast of moral righteousness and of the rule of reason but of libertinism, irrationality and the “deconstruction” of the concepts which sustain … Read more

The Syrian Frying Pan and the al-Qaeda Fire

The Syrian Frying Pan and the al-Qaeda Fire 2

The media are all afire with sensational reports of Syrian atrocities and civilian casualties. There are calls for Western intervention to aid the opposition which are the latest protagonists in a new chapter of the “Arab Spring.” Syria is yet another opportunity to let democracy flower in the Middle Eastern desert. Granted … Read more