Abortion presents a problem for the Catholic left since it does not fit into its social justice agenda. It certainly involves social justice in the highest degree since it is a great injustice to deprive an innocent person of life. However, the left, by its nature, always seeks to change “oppressive” social … Read more
From an economic point of view, the state of the nation could not be better, we are told. Unemployment is down to levels rarely seen before. Inflation is minimal. The stock market has reached record highs. Everything is in place for us to be happy. However, I am sure many join me … Read more
Nothing evokes a fresh start like the beginning of something. Be it the start of the day, the week, the month, the year or the decade. Hope grows as one period ends and another begins. In school, students experience hope when a semester ends, and another begins. In times of major change, … Read more
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress (REC) is approaching once again. Boasting an attendance of nearly 40,000, the event is considered the largest gathering of Catholics in the country. Throughout the years, it has been as infamous as it is well attended, consistently bringing together speakers who openly reject Church teaching on … Read more
A puddle used to be a normal result of an afternoon shower. Water would accumulate and run off to streams and rivers. No one thought about puddles as something significant. That was before environmentalists defined such puddles as protected bodies of water. The 2015 Clean Water Rule (CWR) declared puddles and streams … Read more
The bizarre impeachment drama is over, and most Americans still cannot make sense of it. The exhausting proceedings took America on an emotional roller coaster ride providing an experience that was, to paraphrase Shakespeare, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Thus, most people blocked the hearings out of their lives. They … Read more
On January 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed into law the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It requires the federal government to assess the environmental impact for infrastructure projects that are funded or regulated by the federal government. NEPA, which began ostensibly as an attempt to mitigate harm to the environment, has … Read more
Among our decaying institutions, law has now entered into a new phase that creates dilemmas for peaceful citizens. Conservatives have long revered the rule of law as a source of order. They have opposed the radical left that desires to overthrow this order, and therefore has no qualms about breaking the law … Read more
There used to be a time when fashion produced clothes that brought out the very best in people. The idea was to adorn the person modestly and tastefully. There was an effort to appear elegant, clean and attractive. The danger of fashion was always overstatement and vanity. Times have changed. Fashions have … Read more
Two unexpected things happened at the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. this year. These developments might well change the nature of the whole debate. Those of us who regularly attend the March for Life seldom find the unexpected. Quite the contrary, we expect our hundreds of thousands of marchers … Read more