Paul Ryan

Pro Choice Hate

by Dr. Paul Kengor on October 18, 2012 · 8 comments

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In my previous commentary, I noted the hate directed at Mitt Romney’s running mate, Paul Ryan, by pro-choice liberals. They were set off by Ryan’s touching comments about his daughter Janna. Ryan recalled the moment he first…

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When asked during the vice-presidential debate about his “pro-choice” position as a Roman Catholic, Joe Biden, Obama’s running mate, stated: “My religion defines who I am … and has particularly informed my social doctrine. The Catholic social…

I only wear mascara for special occasions: Easter, Christmas, Sunday Mass, an evening out with hubby, lunch with friends. It isn’t a daily, automatic thing for me.
So when I was getting ready to attend the Paul Ryan rally in…

A year ago, opponents attacked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), claiming that his plan to reform Medicare would kill grandma by taking away her benefits. Mitt Romney, who, of course, has chosen Ryan as his running mate, is proposing similar changes…

Media “Fact-Checkers” and Why We Should Be Skeptical

by Robert Hutchinson September 5, 2012

When I worked in the US Attorney’s Office during college, as a flunkie law librarian, I used to spend tax-payers’ money sitting at a big wooden table and reading a law encyclopedia called Proof of Facts. (Like most federal government…

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Mitt’s “Damn-the-Torpedoes!” Decision

by Pat Buchanan August 15, 2012

Mitt Romney’s decision to select Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate speaks well of the man who made it. Indeed, it seemed less like the moderate man we have come to know than Adm. David Farragut in Mobile Bay:…

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In the Teeth of an Election Year

by Russell Shaw June 20, 2012

A prominent Republican congressman, a Catholic, says his economic proposals reflect the social doctrine of the Church. Statements from the bishops’ conference dispute that, and some faculty at Georgetown University tell the congressman he isn’t welcome there. (They aren’t known…

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The Disoriented Catholic Left

by George Weigel April 27, 2012

One does wonder, sometimes, just what goes on at Catholic News Service (CNS), an agency that wouldn’t exist were it not for the U.S. bishops and the bishops’ conference. This past April 16, CNS distributed a lengthy interview with Rep.…

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