Culture

The “Stimulus” Picture Crumbled

by L. Brent Bozell December 31, 2009

On December 22, the networks calmly, briefly, and quietly acknowledged the news that the government revised its economic-growth number for the third quarter downward, from 3.5 percent to a less impressive 2.2 percent. As 2009 comes to a close, the…

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Fulton Sheen Returns To CatholicTV

by Chris Pham December 31, 2009

Starting in January, programming featuring Servant of God Fulton Sheen, makes its return to the CatholicTV programming schedule. The programming includes excerpts from his Emmy Award-winning television program “Life is Worth Living”.
This programming will be viewable at CatholicTV.com and…

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ACN Announces Grants for December

by ACN-USA News December 30, 2009

More than 1,000 Ukrainian seminarians enduring the winter cold have good reason for festive cheer after support for their studies topped the list of aid payments from a leading Catholic charity.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is providing…

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A Year of Obama Love

by L. Brent Bozell December 24, 2009

The year 2009 might be classified as the year Barack Obama came down to Earth. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal poll found that 47 percent approve of the job Obama is doing, and 46 percent disapprove. Those are not exactly…

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TV and the Soft Eshoo Bill

by L. Brent Bozell December 23, 2009

Lest any citizen think the U.S. Congress is absorbed only in the weightiest matters like nationalizing the health care system, the House just passed another piece of legislation – a bill urging that TV commercials be no louder than the…

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The War on Christmas: It’s a Commie Thing

by J. Matt Barber December 23, 2009

Are you as annoyed as I am by that nauseatingly amorphous phrase “Happy Holidays?” You may be interested to know that the mindset behind the term precedes America’s postmodern love affair with political correctness, tracing back to good ole’ fashioned…

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Craziest Christmas Stories

by Catholic League December 22, 2009

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the craziest Christmas stories of 2009:
There is a Christmas tree inside town hall in Cary, North Carolina, but town officials couldn’t bring themselves to call it by its proper name, so they…

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30 Years of ACN’s Child’s Bible

by ACN-USA News December 22, 2009

A leading Catholic charity is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Bible for children.
Over the last three decades, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has printed more than 47 million copies of the Child’s Bible – God Speaks…

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United Nations Quashes Religous Freedom… Again

by The Becket Fund December 21, 2009

Today the United Nations adopted a resolution that empowers governments to punish its own citizens for expressing their religious beliefs and speaking out against a particular faith. In a vote of 80 in favor, 61 against, and 42 countries abstaining,…

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No Sequel to The Golden Compass

by Catholic League December 19, 2009

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on reports that there will be no sequel to “The Golden Compass,” the movie based on the first book of a trilogy by English author Philip Pullman:
Two years ago, the Catholic League launched…

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