Politics

Conscience Rights in 15 Seconds

by Wendy Wright November 8, 2012

How would you explain the right to follow one’s conscience?
It’s become a huge issue in the U.S. with the Obama administration requiring employers to pay for insurance that covers abortion and contraception.
Even more directly, the UN High Commissioner…

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Taxed for Wearing Their Heads

by Anthony Esolen November 7, 2012

The Anti-Federalists’ early fear about Congress’s taxing power–that it would result in a tax on humans’ very existence–are now realized in the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare.
A new version of an ancient tax of ill repute has been visited…

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Your Tuesday Electoral Cheat Sheet

by Keith Koffler November 6, 2012

Welcome to Election Day, at last.
I thought I’d put together a little summary of what you should be looking for if you, like me, plan to sit glued to the Idiot Box from 7:00 pm ET on.
Here are…

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Benghazi Baloney

by Ken Connor November 6, 2012

The mystery surrounding the 9/11 terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi continues to deepen.  One of the more recent revelations in the ever unfolding story about the attack involves the suspicious departure of General Carter Ham, commander of…

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Bishop Ricken: “An Important Moment”

by Bishop David L. Ricken November 5, 2012

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
AN IMPORTANT MOMENT
It is almost time to vote and to make our choices for president and other political offices both local and national.
You have often heard it said that this is a…

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Less Than Words

by Alma Acevedo, PhD. November 5, 2012

“He speaks well.” How can this non sequitur be construed as the reason to vote for the President of the United States? Yet, you, too, have heard this answer when inquiring about voting grounds. The party leader’s alleged speaking prowess…

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The End Is Near: Critiquing the Campaign

by Russell Shaw November 1, 2012

As the 2012 campaign passes into history, it’s not too soon to note some of the genuine horrors of this increasingly strange way of choosing a president.
First, though, let me repeat a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic Democracy…

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Vote Your Vision

by Ken Connor October 30, 2012

President Obama has said many times that this election represents a choice between two very different visions for America.  Do we want to go back to the same policies that got us in so much trouble in the first place…

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Iowa for Romney?

by Keith Koffler October 29, 2012

In a surprise, the Des Moines Register endorsed Mitt Romney for president.
The endorsement could be important in a key swing state. It was viewed as crucial enough by the Obama campaign that President Obama recently spent a half hour…

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What About War in Iran?

by Pat Buchanan October 24, 2012

“It would be unconscionable to go to war if we haven’t had such discussions,” said Nicholas Burns, under secretary of state in the Bush administration, of reports the Obama White House has agreed to one-on-one talks with Tehran over its…

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