Edwin Benson 
If the recent school board elections in Miami-Dade County, Florida, indicate a national trend, “woke” educators are in deep trouble. Their decades-long control of America’s public school bureaucracy is threatened. They are not yet defeated. It will take years to untangle the mess leftists have made of American education—public, private and Catholic. … Read more
Usually, school systems treat lawsuits like poison ivy. Lawyers are expensive, and the costs of losing a case can be enormous. Thus, when a board of education is willing to defend its position in court, something fundamental is at stake. That was the case in New Hampshire when the Manchester School District … Read more
Even before the Supreme Court considered the Dobbs case, the pro-abortion forces in government and their lapdogs in the media pummeled the nation with the phrase “settled law.” The idea was that Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, was an inviolable precedent. The settled law presumption is now displaced with a phrase … Read more
Within the pro-life movement, the overturning of Roe v. Wade was greeted with guarded optimism. The pro-abortion folks, however, know that the decision deals a crippling blow to their side. “Outraged, Scared and Heartbroken” One reaction is fear, like this comment from Russ Feingold of the American Constitution Society: “I am outraged, … Read more
“They take us away from our parents for things that they’re not doing, but then y’all not doing the things you’re supposed to do. Who’s going to take us from you?” An Overburdened System These words came from one of the over 437,000 children in the Foster Care system in the United … Read more
“I was unknowingly physically cutting off my true self from my body, irreversibly and painfully. “I don’t know if I’ll be able to fully carry a child, and I might be at increased risk for certain cancers, namely cervical cancer. … That realization, actually, was one of the biggest things that led … Read more
The current controversy over graphic and obscene content in school libraries is deadly serious. Just ask the Superintendent of Schools in Prosper, Texas. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (“Texas District Spars Over Bid to Remove Books,” July 1, 2021) spotlighted this conflict, mirrored in school districts nationwide. Parents are … Read more
One major problem with a materialistic society is that it fails to address our spiritual needs. The table of values that dominates our lives is economical and measured in terms of quantity. On the contrary, spiritual goods seek quality. They correspond to our natural desires for the good, true and beautiful. Our … Read more
America Magazine, the house organ of Jesuits in the United States, was delighted with the announcement that Sister Simone Campbell would receive the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on July 7, 2022. The awarding of this great honor has become brazenly political. It now serves the agenda of … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions about gun rights and procured abortion have raised such a controversy that many may not have noticed the Court’s decision in Carson v. Makin. In areas where the State has no public schools, Maine provides assistance so students might go to privately-run schools—except those which are religious. … Read more