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Three Reasons Why Internet Detox Books Leave Us Frustrated

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020March 20, 2020

Technology’s invasion into our daily lives has unleashed a vast array of books and literature that tell us how to keep our gadgets from dominating us. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal is one such book. It explores the psychological foundations for distractions and suggests … Read more

What Americans Can Learn From the Coronavirus in Italy

by Julio Loredo March 20, 2020March 19, 2020

(Quarantined in Milan, Italy) When future historians study the huge crisis triggered by the coronavirus, they will ask many questions, some of which might already have answers. Amid the crisis today, with Italy still in quarantine, we have to make do with the questions, which are not few or trivial. The coronavirus … Read more

Pope Warns: “We Need to Be Distrustful of Socialist Propaganda”

by Gustavo Solimeo March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

The Pope was Benedict XV (1914-1922). He warned the faithful against the evils of socialism in a document issued exactly one hundred years ago this month on March 11, 1920. The title says it all: “Epistle Soliti Nos: On the Need to Beware of Socialist Propaganda.” Although a century old, Pope Benedict’s … Read more

The Coronavirus Is a Call to Return to God

by John Horvat II October 26, 2020March 17, 2020

Our reaction to the coronavirus reflects the crisis of our secular godless society. The problem is not the virus—as potentially lethal as it might be. This outbreak is a biological fact, like so many that have plagued humanity over the ages. While a virus is apolitical, it can, however, have political consequences. … Read more

Dodging a Bullet: Californians Must Remain Firm in Upholding Proposition 13

by Michael Whitcraft March 16, 2020March 16, 2020

Years of liberal policies have created a toxic climate for businesses in California. High taxation, crushing regulations and political correctness already forced about 13,000 businesses to flee the state between 2008 and 2016. This led to the loss of 275,000 jobs and $76.7 billion in capital funds. A Saving Grace In the … Read more

Mugged By Reality: Invoking Satan on the Steps of Washington State’s Capitol

by Joseph Ferrara March 16, 2020March 15, 2020

On March 6, 2020, at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, the Satanic Temple of Washington (STW) solemnly invoked Satan as part of a ceremony that was authorized by the state’s elected officials. After marching in to the beat of a bass drum, some twenty STW members in full satanic ceremonial regalia … Read more

Saint Francisco of Fatima Calls Us to Make Special Reparation

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira March 29, 2026March 12, 2020

We will comment on the dialog of the Fatima seer, now-Saint Francisco Marto, as recorded in an excerpt from the famous book, The True Story of Fatima, by Fr. John de Marchi. In this dialog during Francisco’s last illness, Sister Lúcia asks him: As she sat next to Francisco’s bed, Lucia gently … Read more

Making the Case for America’s Return to Order

by John Horvat II July 6, 2021March 11, 2020

If there are gongs that sound in history, one of them would have struck on January 22, 2019. It was a day of infamy for America, the Church and the family. On that 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and to wild applause, we saw the fast-track approval and signing of the … Read more

Getting Values Right Is the Only Way to Save the Black Family in America

by Jason Morgan, PhD March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

A Review of the Book, A Dream Derailed: How the Left Hijacked Civil Rights to Create a Permanent Underclass, by Bill Owens, with Dr. Deborah Owens (Fulshear, TX: A New Dream Publishers, 2019) Anyone who pays attention to the daily news might be tempted to despair and conclude there are no … Read more

For American Youth: “Virginity Is Awesome”

by Norman Fulkerson March 9, 2020March 7, 2020

The issue of married priests recently came up in a conversation with a friend. He is a retired Marine Corps Colonel and a Catholic. He was surprised to hear that priestly celibacy is not, as is often stated, a medieval invention. I took advantage to point out to him that remaining chaste, … Read more