(Father Sirico is president of the Acton Institute. This article is a product of the Acton Institute — www.acton.org, 161 Ottawa NW, Suite 301, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 — and is reprinted with permission.) Our new awareness of human suffering and the reality of evil in our world calls us to a new understanding of
(This article courtesy of the Arlington Catholic Herald.) “The Attorney General took a significant step to protect the elderly and the sick,” said Congressman Chris Smith. “I commend Attorney General John Ashcroft and President George Bush for correcting a seriously flawed 1998 ruling by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, which authorized the use of federally
Boxes, Balls, Gardens and Puppets 1) Shops. Save all your empty grocery cartons for a week or so and you'll soon have a shop any aspiring grocer would be proud of. Gluing down the flaps makes cereal boxes, jelly packets, etc., look unopened. Clothes, shoes and toys can all be used as “stock.” Paper bags
Different Reporters, Different Spins The New York Times led its Monday front page story: “A comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots from last year's presidential election reveals that George W. Bush would have won even if the United States Supreme Court had allowed the statewide manual recount of the votes that the Florida Supreme
Many others — computer-software pros, for example — speak dialects blending English with various unknown tongues. But statistically, the U.S. is an English-speaking nation. “OK, that is true,” said Father Richard John Neuhaus, editor-in-chief of First Things, a journal of religion and public life. “This is not to say that most Americans speak English very
The Way of Discarded Lies Many reversals of Supreme Court cases came about when new evidence was brought forward that made it clear that someone's rights, not previously recognized, were being violated. Thus, Louis Brandeis brought forward the facts about how workers were being harmed. With some 200 embryological sciences, such evidence, combined with new
(Fr. Antoine Bakh is president of the Missionaries of Faith Foundation and an advisor to Catholic Exchange.) These crusades failed because they lost sight of their mission and gained in greed as they advanced, even to the point where Christians were fighting other Christians. Of course, we live in a different time. We do not
The Practical Side Overt patriotism has always been vaguely uncomfortable to me. Yesterday, for the first time, I understood it. If I were young enough, I would enlist. I realized how much I love this place, my people, my family, trips to the waterfront, walks in the park, ball games, reading Treasure Island to the
(Terry Mattingly is a senior fellow for journalism at the Council For Christian Colleges and Universities and a member of Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, MD. He writes a weekly column for the Scripps Howard News Service.) Here's one: “Mom, did you shack up with dad or anybody else before you got married?” Or
(This article is reprinted with permission from Canticle Magazine.) (For related parenting articles click here.) Formula for Producing Super-Babies There are, of course, cautionary voices against taking this additional step. Would it not be a fateful one if it meant surrendering our own progeny to scientific control and at the same time assuming the risk
Touches of Greatness Of course, all the bravura elements — including Robert Duvall’s hyper-macho performance, some stunning aerial photography, and a series of dazzling jungle sunsets and sunrises — remain intact from the original film. The Oscar-winning camera work by Vittorio Storaro keeps you guessing, in fact, throughout most of the film’s painfully overlong-running time
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