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Dr. L. John VanTil - who has written 6 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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Can a Mormon Be a Viable Presidential Candidate?

Posted on 28 November 2011

Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith remains a frequent news item as the 2012 election cycle grinds on.

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Get to the Root of Thanksgiving

Posted on 24 November 2011

How will you spend your Thanksgiving Day this year? I suggest some time to ponder Pilgrim practices and a few moments of thanks to God.

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Is There a Message for Obama in Lincoln’s Religion?

Posted on 26 June 2010

Since the Rev. Jeremiah Wright incident during the last presidential campaign, there has been low-level grousing by many Christians regarding Obama’s religious convictions. He has claimed to be a Christian, but there is little traditional evidence of a consistent Christian…

“Thinking” Cal Coolidge on the Declaration of Independence

Posted on 02 July 2009

Textbooks have pictured President Coolidge (1923-29) as an accidental, dim-witted president who said little, and thus, was dubbed “Silent Cal.” Actually, he was the most popular political figure in America throughout the 1920s. I have concluded that he should be…

Meet John Podesta: Architect and Salesman for the New Progressivism

Posted on 28 May 2009

John Podesta is a 60-year-old son of Italian/Greek immigrants, raised in Chicago tenements, graduated from Knox College (Illinois) and Georgetown Law School, campaigned for George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy–where he met Bill Clinton. He eventually became Clinton’s fourth and last…

Bin Laden’s Manifesto

Posted on 18 August 2004

American leaders, including United States Senators, who are supposed to be knowledgeable about foreign affairs, need to be more candid with the American public about Islamic terrorists’ goals and aspirations. The plain fact is that Islamic terrorists are out to…