Enjoying Christmas Despite the Tough Times
For the third December in a row, Americans enter the holiday season with an economy in shambles. ...
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Black Friday: Materialism in America
It’s ironic that Black Friday, which has a negative etymology and connotation, should have become one of the more anticipated days of the year. And it’s sad that the holiday meant...
Time for a “Charitable Anathema”
A Republican lawyer in my fair city once told me he is a "moderate" on economic issues and conservative on social issues, which is the opposite of the switch-hitting proclivities of...
Left and Right Seek Common Goals in Supreme Court
The standard ideological spectrum of a “Right” and “Left” sometimes fails to explain politics. An article in the New York Times on November 24 helps highlight how the traditional spectrum can...
He Isn’t Christ the Senior Adviser
For all that we proclaim our love of "democracy" and regard monarchs as relics of the past, at all times and in various ways we show our desire for a royalty...
Union May File Grievance Over Boy Scout Volunteer
Nick Balzano, the President of the Allenton, Pennsylvania, chapter of the Service Employees International Union, told the Allentown City Council on Tuesday that his union may file a grievance against the...
Catholic Bishops Fund Abortion
Catholic bishops nationwide are asking their flocks to fund an organization that promotes abortion, homosexuality, radical feminism, and a number of other liberal, anti-Catholic issues. This weekend marks the annual fundraising...
The Laundry Police: No-hanging Restrictions
Before the invention of clothes dryers, wet clothes were hung out in the sunshine to dry on lines strung up in many backyards. The sunshine kept clothes white, and provided that...
When ‘Elvis’ McCormack Has Left the Building
On Saturday, November 7, an important three hours were spent at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester. It was a forum on “Catholics in the...
Vatican Considers ET Possibility
CBS News reported on November 11 that Pope Benedict is considering the possibility of extraterrestrial life, which is an attempt to bridge the gap between science and religion. This news story...
Myths of “Rights” Are Wrong.
The United States Supreme Court is not the only place where you can find words turned into silly putty and ambiguity derived from definitive statements. Staying in the world of legal...
HHS Promotes Embryo Donation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recently awarded $2.18 million in grants to launch a public awareness campaign about embryo donation and adoption. The organizations receiving portions...
Maine Rejects Same-sex Marriage
As Maine goes, so stands Rhode Island. Until yesterday, tiny Rhode Island was the only one of the six New England states to hold out against what some call "marriage equality"...
Yes, It Was An Honor Killing
Noor Faleh Almaleki, the 20-year-old Iraqi woman whose father ran over her in a Jeep, has died. ...
Abortion Ultrasound Causes Local Planned Parenthood Director to Quit
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and the ultrasound images of a baby being aborted spoke a silent “change of heart” to a former Planned Parenthood director in southeast...