Animal rights activists never stop trying to establish the notion of equality among men and animals. To them, animals must be considered as persons, even though they do not have the rational and cognizant faculties of humans. They are instinct-driven and thus do not have the light of reason from which rights … Read more
Nederland, Colorado, is a small town about 15 miles west of Boulder. In 2021, an environmental group called Save the World’s Rivers (SWR) encouraged local authorities to pass a “Rights of Nature Resolution.” This resolution granted “fundamental and inalienable rights” to inanimate natural objects. Fantasy Overrides Real Human Needs In this case, … Read more
Do elephants have moral and legal rights? According to five Catholic theologians, an elephant named Happy has the right to liberty. These leftist theologians submitted a brief to the New York Court of Appeals asking for the elephant’s release from the Bronx Zoo. In cooperation with the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP), they … Read more
Capitalizing on a crisis to expand authority is not a new phenomenon. Good emergency policies need to be implemented for the sake of the common good. However, these measures can get out of hand and lead to encroachment on personal liberties and rights. All too often, temporary emergency measures become permanent. Overreaching … Read more
If ever there was a set of ideas that has been tried and found lacking, it is socialism. It has been tried on every continent. It has been tried in weak nations and strong. It has been tried in primitive countries and those which are highly developed. The most striking thing about … Read more
Near the bustling industrial city of Tieling in northeastern China, there is a brand new city some 6 miles down the road called Tieling New City. The place has everything going for it. Visitors will find excellent infrastructure, government offices, schools, shopping centers and apartment complexes. Land and labor costs are significantly … Read more
Even in the Catholic world, a dangerous conviction is making inroads in the sense that legal recognition of homosexual unions would be the only way to counter the advance of “gay marriage.” “No to gay marriage, yes to recognition of the rights of de factocouples and homosexuals,” is the watchword spread by … Read more
On Monday, April 22, The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín officially “opened” on Broadway, to defame the honor of Our Lady and cast doubt upon Our Lord’s Divinity. When theatergoers were warned that the play was blasphemous, they adroitly hid behind sophistic arguments such as; it’s only fiction, this is just … Read more
An estimated 190,000 to 2 million Chinese are incarcerated for various reasons. The prisoners include religious and political dissidents, unregistered Christians and counter-revolutionaries. They are victims of trumped-up charges brought against them by local police, who then place them in horrible “re-education camps” with sentences of up to four years without a … Read more
The Cuban state factory, Provari, makes a number of items, from bricks and mattresses all the way to artifacts and souvenirs for tourists and even insecticide. However, as dissidents have denounced, most of their workers are “slave workers.” They are prisoners who work unprotected and receive negligible salaries or no salary at … Read more