Law
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A Nation Under God
Our country has a long tradition of official encouragement of religion on a non-sectarian basis. That tradition…
Bring Back the Blue Laws
My home state of North Dakota just removed the respirator from a dying vestige of American culture.…
YouTube Revolution
Though I have long and volubly condemned all forms of “web life,” I sheepishly confess to having…
A Pro-Natal Proposal for America
Among America’s culture wars—from guns to gay marriage, drug legalization to penal reform—no battle is more emotionally…
California Threatens the Seal of Confession
On February 20, California Democratic State Senator Jerry Hill, whose affluent, liberal-leaning district encompasses the San Francisco…
The Holy See and Cardinal Pell
Cardinal George Pell’s December 2018 conviction on charges of “historic sexual abuse” was a travesty of justice,…
The Least of These
There has been much righteous criticism of the forty-four Democratic senators who thwarted a bill that would…
Living Down Bombingham
Between 1947 and 1965, white vigilantes dynamited fifty black homes and churches in Birmingham, Alabama. On one…
The Pell Affair: Australia Is Now on Trial
Has it occurred to anyone else debating the perverse verdict rendered against Cardinal George Pell, which convicted…
Our Poor
Fifteen years ago I wrote a little volume for the Acton Institute titled Inhabiting the Land. In…
Wojtyłan Fantasies, Revisited
For almost three decades the Catholic left has turned intellectual somersaults arguing that John Paul II didn’t…
Infanticide Becomes Justifiable
Fr. Richard John Neuhaus wrote that bioethicists “professionally guide the unthinkable on its passage through the debatable…
The Moral Depravity of Andrew Cuomo & Friends
Writing recently on women seeking the presidency and the “likability” factor in our politics, Peggy Noonan made…
The Church’s Bigger Agenda
A number of America’s Catholic bishops care more about the Church’s public image than about the welfare…
Excommunicate Cuomo
Calls for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s excommunication have echoed across Catholic social media ever since he signed into…
