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No, this is not Watergate or Iran-Contra. Nor is it like the sex scandal that got Bill Clinton impeached.
The AP, IRS and Benghazi matters represent a scandal not of presidential wrongdoing, but of presidential indolence, indifference and incompetence in…

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Several weeks ago, Archbishop Vigano gave an address at the University of Notre Dame, where he warned of a “menace” attacking religious liberty in the United States, advancing in part because many influential Catholic public figures, intellectuals,…

Roe at 40

by Russell Shaw on December 28, 2012 · 1 comment

As the prolife movement contemplates four decades of legalized abortion in the United States and asks itself what really needs doing to halt this hideous scandal, prolifers should consider adding a new word to their vocabulary: ambivalence.
According to the…

No, I’m not exaggerating. The American experiment in religious liberty is officially over. The First Amendment provided institutional structures that allow different religions to peacefully coexist. All groups agree to not try to capture governmental structures for the benefit of…

Bursting the Green Energy Bubble

by Mark W. Hendrickson March 21, 2012

Realizing that his popularity may decline as the price of gasoline rises, President Obama is barnstorming the country, emphatically insisting that drilling for more oil isn’t the cure for high gas prices and that wind and solar energy represent our…

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Do They Know Who They’re Messing With?

by David Catron March 16, 2012

During a recent conversation about the HHS anti-conscience mandate, a friend who is neither Catholic nor particularly religious asked the following rhetorical question about the Obama administration:
Do these people know who they’re messing with?
Her point, of course, was…

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How Iran Could Decide the Election

by Keith Koffler March 15, 2012

Much of the reporting these days on Obama’s political prospects centers on the economy and the quality of the Republican field.
These things are, actually, fairly predictable. We know that the economy may be improving but still won’t be in…

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Debunking Obama’s Myths About Catholics and Contraception

by Sheila Liaugminas March 15, 2012

“This isn’t about Catholics or contraception. This is about the government coercing religious institutions to violate their own beliefs.”
So clarifies the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in their feature ‘The Truth Should Not Be A Secret’. It aims to…

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Ave Maria Files Lawsuit Against Obama Administration

by Matthew Archbold March 2, 2012

Ave Maria University has joined Belmont Abbey College and the Eternal Word Television Network in the rising tide of lawsuits against the Obama administration’s attempt to force contraception, sterilization, and abortion drugs into virtually every health insurance policy in America.…

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Why They Don’t Like the Church

by Russell Shaw February 27, 2012

As the controversy over the Obama administration’s January directive to religious institutions to pay for employees’ contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs was heating up, Michael Gerson—a conservative columnist frequently friendly to the Church’s views—speculated on the reasoning behind this provocative…

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