It is rather simple. You can live in debt as long as someone wants to finance it. When you can make payments on a debt, even a massive one, you can continue the party. When you can no longer make payments, it becomes the problem of the lender, who must scramble to … Read more
In a legal settlement, a Connecticut couple has been awarded $2 million because their daughter was born with Cystic Fibrosis. The court assessed the penalty against the doctor who neglected to run a relatively simple blood test almost four years before the child’s birth. At first blush, this looks like a simple … Read more
On May 19, 2025, President Trump signed the “Take It Down Act” into law. According to CBS News, the new law “makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit imagery online of people without their consent.” The law’s text uses the term “nonconsensual intimate visual depictions.” At the … Read more
Everyone purchases food. For most Americans, it is a relatively standard procedure. They go to a grocery store, walk up and down the aisles, and choose the most appealing items. For many, it is a weekly ritual. Of course, the factors that make a particular food more appealing may vary. Some choose … Read more
Anyone who follows the news knows about the flurry of executive orders passed down since the current administration took over on January 20, 2025. One order that has not gotten the attention it deserves is “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy,” signed on April 23. One reason this excited little notice is … Read more
Nothing heartens a counter-revolutionary more than the confessions of leftists who lament the errors of their Revolution. A leftist’s frank admission of failure serves to encourage those who oppose the left’s agenda. It shows that success is possible. The late Uruguayan president and Marxist guerrilla José “Pepe” Mujica is one such case. … Read more
Basic economic rules cannot be broken without consequences. One such rule is that a man cannot spend more than he earns. A day of reckoning will come. It can be postponed for months, years or even decades by borrowing or patching up the system. However, it will come. America is fast approaching … Read more
Unscrupulous job seekers are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to apply for jobs under false pretenses. On the other side of the process, hiring managers use AI to advertise jobs that do not exist. Those who want to be ethical, whether workers or managers, are the victims of fraud. The acts themselves are … Read more
A recent article in the usually-liberal National Catholic Reporter describes a lawsuit being brought by the Archdiocese of Chicago. Fraudulent Claims The article begins, “The Archdiocese of Chicago filed a countersuit March 24 against seven alleged victims of clergy child sex abuse who either have pending settlements or have already received settlements … Read more
A Contrast of Two Laws “Let the priest absolutely beware that he does not by word or sign or by any manner whatever in any way betray the sinner…. For in the tribunal whoever shall dare to reveal a sin disclosed to him of penance we decree that he shall be not only deposed from the priestly office but that … Read more