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Ray Nothstine - who has written 8 posts on Catholic Exchange.


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America’s Uncontrolled Debt and Spending is the Real ‘Waterloo’

Posted on 24 October 2009

Religious left icon Jim Wallis has popularized the maxim, “budgets are moral documents.” Yet the often repeated declaration is true in a way Wallis hasn’t envisioned, signaling bad news for Washington’s big spenders and those stuck footing the bill. Currently…

The Tax Code: Business as Usual

Posted on 15 April 2009

Campaigning for president, Steve Forbes once remarked: “Some people in Washington say we can’t afford the tax cut [that comes from a flat tax]; well maybe we can no longer afford the politicians.” Forbes’s lack of success in his two…

Speech Codes Limit Campus Freedom

Posted on 04 December 2008

Millions of high school seniors have started the process of deciding which colleges or universities to attend in the next academic year. Prospective students will take into consideration cost, academics, social life, and location. And while many students will also…

Fireproof: The Return of Timeless Truths on the Big Screen

Posted on 29 October 2008

Fireproof’s rousing box office success and the harsh response to the film by some critics speaks volumes about the society we currently live in and its blurring of the meaning and purpose of marriage.

Fireproof is the latest film from Sherwood Baptist…

Conservatism, Then and Now

Posted on 27 September 2008

Shaped by the conservative movement since childhood, publisher Alfred S. Regnery has published an insider’s take on the influence of conservatives in Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism (2008).

Regnery covers just about everything including think tanks, publishers, candidates, religious conservatives, financial donors,…

China’s March Against Religious Freedom

Posted on 18 August 2008

For China, the 2008 Olympic Games serve as a unique opportunity to showcase an efficient and modernized China to the world. Some may remember that it was originally sports that played a substantial role in opening a mysterious and secretive…

Washington’s Unpopular War on Energy

Posted on 21 June 2008

Most Americans have little faith in the federal government to represent their interests. Who can blame them, when their fears are constantly affirmed by Washington’s shenanigans? According to polls, presidential and congressional approval ratings are hovering around an all time…

“Big Corn” and Unintended Consequences

Posted on 20 July 2007

Ronald Reagan once said that the most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." His one-liner immediately comes to mind when looking at the problems behind the federal government's campaign to…

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