Commentary

What If Trump Wins the Election and the Left Rejects the Result?

If you think urban rioting, looting, or "peaceful protesting" is disruptive now, imagine how much worse it may get if President Donald Trump wins a narrow re-election victory. In 2016, Trump lost the popular vote by two or three million but won states and districts worth 306 electoral

Commentary

Eleven Unintended Moments of Joe Biden’s Truth in Acceptance Speech

Joe Biden gave a speech online accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday, August 20, 2020. Advisers intended a safe, centrist speech. Biden avoided obvious gaffes during his delivery. But some odd moments crept in.

Commentary

‘Pivotal’ Catholic Canceled by Catholic College

She is regarded as the "greatest American Catholic Writer" according to one of the books I use in my classes (The Catholic Spirit). Bishop Robert Barron filmed a documentary of her, as part of his The Pivotal Players of Catholicism series.

Editorials

The Woke Mob: Echoes of the Chinese Cultural Revolution

America is in the throes of an attempted cultural revolution that has parallels with the Cultural Revolution in China. Mao Zedong launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1966, and it lasted until his death in 1976. It paralyzed China for a decade and caused the death and dislocation of

Commentary

Is God Dead?  Ask the Cuomos

It sounded like the makings of a wonderful speech, calling Americans to come together and build. "If you believe in one another and if you do the right thing for yourself and your community, things will get better in this country."

Commentary

A Day When Character and Chastity Were Trending

It was if they never heard of social distancing (which they hadn't). They packed into the square, the crowd estimates ranging from a quarter- to a half-million. What drew the crowd?

Commentary

Fact Checking Father Daniel Moloney’s Email Message To M.I.T. Catholics

[Editor's Note:  Below is the body of the email message of Sunday, June 7, 2020 that got Father Daniel Moloney fired as Catholic chaplain of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, interrupted by analysis. Father Moloney's text is in this font. The analysis is in this font.

News

Anti-Police Rioters Are Lying About Cops and America

"What did I do to deserve this? What purpose does this serve? … They're not doing it to protest. They're doing this for chaos." —  Restaurant owner in Downtown Crossing in Boston talking about his trashed cafe to NBC 10, Sunday, May 31, 2020