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– July 1, 2009
Allan Brownfeld explains the mindset of those calling for more and more government programs in Selfish Political Class Fuels Deficits and Bailouts– June 29, 2009
Charles Mills chronicles some of the deceptions of the abortion lobby in The Lies They Tell– June 24, 2009
Charles Mills writes of the remarkable friendship of two leaders in The Blessed Pius IX and President Jefferson Davis: Kindred Spirits– June 23, 2009
A Justice for all or for a few? See Allan Brownfeld's The Sotomayor Nomination: Last Gasp for Identity Politics?– June 18, 2009
Charles Mills gives a short history of how people throughout the ages worshipped God in Sacrifice– June 16, 2009
Allan Brownfeld writes The Last Thing We Need Is a Preemptive War Against Iran– June 11, 2009
America is snarled in the deadly embrace of indifferentism and forgetfulness says Frank Creel in When Scales Fall– June 9, 2009
Animal brains, philosophy, and Darwinism are among the topics in Joe Sobran's new column The Absent-Minded Squirrel– June 4, 2009
Joe Sobran says that there are no loose ends in this man's life. See The Incomparable One.– June 3, 2009
Controversy surrounded the granting of degrees to both Presidents Bush and Obama as Charles Mills reminds us in Notre Dame’s Honorary Degrees– June 2, 2009
The Republicans acted like Democrats when in power. See Allan Brownfeld's latest column, Republicans Still Don’t Understand Their Decline– May 29, 2009
When is a Catholic not a Catholic? Joe Sobran takes a look at the career of Garry Wills in his latest column, Eccentric Catholicism.– May 27, 2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was involved in a highly controversial case as Allan Brownfeld explains in Toward a Genuinely Color-Blind Society?– May 20, 2009
Joe Sobran looks back at the 20th century in a classic article, Progressive Hopes.
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Selfish Political Class Fuels Deficits and Bailouts
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted July 1, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA —There can be little doubt that our economy is increasingly out of control. Government bailouts of Wall Street, banks, and auto companies have been growing. The Bush administration initiated these efforts, and the Obama administration has increased them dramatically.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in early June that the nation needs to begin planning now to eventually bring taxes and spending in line; he warned that large budget deficits, if sustained, could deepen the financial crisis and choke off the economy.
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The Lies They Tell
by Charles G. Mills
posted June 29, 2009
GLEN COVE, NY — If the Devil is the prince of lies, his elite shock troops are the abortionists and their lobby.
Advocates of legal abortion often state that they want abortion to be “rare, safe, and legal.” This statement, however, is frequently spoken by those who make their living by performing abortions, those who work for organizations that do a booming business in assembly-line abortions, lobbyists for these two groups, and politicians who receive money from the abortion industry or lobby.
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The Blessed Pius IX and President Jefferson Davis: Kindred Spirits
by Charles G. Mills
posted June 24, 2009
GLEN COVE, NY — Despite very different backgrounds, Blessed Pius IX and President Jefferson Davis enjoyed an extraordinary rapport.
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The Sotomayor Nomination: Last Gasp for Identity Politics?
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted June 23, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA — When Judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated for a position on the U.S. Supreme Court, newspapers across the country — including The Washington Post and The New York Times — did not even put her name in the headline, proclaiming instead, “Hispanic Woman Named to Supreme Court.” She was viewed, not as an individual with particular merits and demerits, but as a representative of an entire group of people. This, of course, is the essence of what has come to be known as “identity politics.”
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Sacrifice
by Charles G. Mills
posted June 18, 2009
GLEN COVE, NY — Offering sacrifice is the oldest religious observance of man. Cain and Abel both made sacrifices. In Abraham’s time, sacrifices were an established religious practice. Sacrifice came before the law given to Moses and before whatever law may have been given to Noah. It is quite probable that sacrifice was the main way of worshiping God for over 50,000 years.
A sacrifice is an offering to God. Acts of self-denial and almsgiving can share important attributes with sacrifice, but they can also simply be observance of the law. Not all sacrifices are pleasing to God.
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The Last Thing We Need Is a Preemptive War Against Iran
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted June 16, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA — For some time, there has been a strenuous effort to prepare the way for a preemptive U.S. strike against Iran. Those promoting such a military assault are the same people who promoted the war in Iraq by telling us that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, was tied to al Qaeda, and played a role in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Now they tell us that Iran represents an “existential” threat and any nuclear program it pursues — however far it may be from achieving a single nuclear weapon — must be eliminated.
Despite the fact that the U.S. intelligence community has not yet concluded that Iran has even decided to develop a nuclear weapon, the calls for action are growing.
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When Scales Fall
by Frank Creel
posted June 11, 2009
ARLINGTON, VA — It is natural for God to remain hidden precisely because he places such a premium on faith. He is transcendent, utterly beyond the categories of our minds and unreachable except by his own initiative.
From a different aspect, however, the hiddenness of God is a wrenching reality, the result not of his essential ineffability but of the human inclination to sweep him under the rug.
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The Absent-Minded Squirrel
by Joe Sobran
posted June 9, 2009
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — C.S. Lewis liked to quote an atheistic scientist who reflected that if our thoughts are merely material events, the irrational motion of atoms in our brains, we can’t really be said to know anything — not even that our brains are composed of atoms.
Seizing on this insight, Lewis used it to refute the materialist philosophy — and by implication, the popular idea that man could have “evolved” from the beasts.
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The Incomparable One
by Joe Sobran
posted June 4, 2009
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Jesus was far from being an old man when his earthly life ended. He was probably well under 40, roughly the age of Mozart, who died at 35, as his genius was still approaching its unimaginable peak.
By contrast, nobody thinks of Jesus as having died prematurely…
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Notre Dame’s Honorary Degrees
by Charles G. Mills
posted June 3, 2009
GLEN COVE, NY — Some of President Obama’s supporters have attempted to justify the honorary degree given him by Notre Dame by comparing it to an honorary degree given by the same university to the newly elected President George W. Bush. The cases are in no way equivalent.
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Republicans Still Don’t Understand Their Decline
by Allan C. Brownfeld
posted June 2, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, VA — There is much agonizing about the demise of the Republican Party and what path it might take to restore its viability. Some argue that it has become too narrowly conservative and what is needed is a “big-tent” approach, welcoming those who may disagree with some of the tenets of the party’s base. Others call for a “pure” conservative party, dedicated to the traditional philosophy of limited government, lower taxes, a strong national defense — as well as a variety of social issues.
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