Catholic Exchange

The Unraveling Myth of Watergate

• Pat Buchanan
• Friday, May 25th, 2012
• Pat Buchanan

It was, they said, the crime of the century.
An attempted coup d’etat by Richard Nixon, stopped by two intrepid young reporters from The Washington Post and their dashing and heroic editor.
The 1976 movie, “All the President’s Men,” retold… Read More

‘Austerity’ Talk is Just Means More Government Spending

• Scott Rasmussen
• Friday, May 25th, 2012
• Scott Rasmussen

President Obama, new French President Francois Hollande and other political leaders have called for less “austerity” as a way to help the troubled economies on both sides of the Atlantic. That’s the polite way of saying they want more government… Read More

Greece: Mulligan Election, Mulligan Economy

• Austin Bay
• Thursday, May 24th, 2012
• Austin Bay

Greece wants two mulligans — like a golfer demanding second chance, a do-over tee shot, times two.
The immediate and obvious mulligan is a new national election. The teed-off Greek electorate teed up on May 6, but fractious voters produced… Read More

Do You Care? I Don’t

• William Murchison
• Thursday, May 24th, 2012
• William Murchison

All the Facebook tabulation of recent days — whatever it may have meant to Mark Zuckerberg and his brokers — brought to certain others in the great extended American community a certain sense of relief. It is not essential —… Read More

Democrats’ War on Money

• Debra J. Saunders
• Thursday, May 24th, 2012
• Debra J. Saunders

Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J., came across as a moderate, sensible Democrat when he said on “Meet the Press” Sunday that negative political ads are “nauseating to the American public. Enough is enough. Stop attacking private equity. Stop attacking… Read More

Georgetown and Sebelius

• Kengor's Corner
• Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
• Dr. Paul Kengor

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Question: Which Catholic public official in America is currently causing the most damage to the Catholic faith? The answer is easy: It’s HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and specifically through her championing of President… Read More

Charles W. Colson, R.I.P.

• George Weigel
• Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
• George Weigel

Back in the days when Chuck Colson was willing to run over his grandmother for Richard Nixon, I would have happily done the same to Mr. Colson. Well, that was then, and this is now. And over the past 20… Read More

FTC vs. Skechers: Overhyped Meets Overkill

• Debra J. Saunders
• Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
• Debra J. Saunders

The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges that the shoe company made “unfounded claims” about its Shape-ups.
“Shape up while you walk,” one ad proclaimed. And: “Get in Shape Without… Read More

What If Zimmerman Walks Free?

• Pat Buchanan
• Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
• Pat Buchanan

Three months ago, George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Trayvon Martin.
Handcuffed, taken in and interrogated, Zimmerman told police Trayvon had been acting suspiciously that dark and rainy night, that he had followed Trayvon,… Read More

Extend the Bush Tax Cuts Now

• Lawrence Kudlow
• Monday, May 21st, 2012
• Lawrence Kudlow

House Speaker John Boehner is playing a heroic role right now. In his efforts to prevent the Bush tax cuts from expiring, Boehner is aggressively taking on President Obama’s leadership ineptitude on the economy.
In essence, Boehner is pushing a… Read More