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Why did Christ die in his early thirties rather than as an older man? This would have permitted Him more time to teach and to set forth His Church. St. Thomas Aquinas answered the question in the following way:Christ willed to suffer while yet young, for three reasons. First of all, to commend the more His love by giving up His life for us when He was in His most perfect state of life. Secondly, because it was not becoming for Him to show any decay of nature nor to be subject to disease …. Thirdly, that by dying...

Racism under the banner of anti-racism. Hate under the banner of love. Intolerance under the banner of tolerance. Exclusion in the name of inclusion. Canceling the goodness of Dr. Seuss while extolling the grunge and grind of Cardi B. If you often find yourself scratching your head wondering how in the world we got here, look no further than your local schools. Consider this week’s winner of the “Orwell is Laughing Award” as reported by Chris Rufo of the Discovery Institute. Mr. Rufo breaks the story as follows: “Scoop: California’s proposed ‘ethnic studies’ curriculum calls for the ‘decolonization’ of American...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 156,734,555 (4,253,900 J&J) Administered: 124,481,412 (2,298,614 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 81,415,769 Fully Vaccinated: 44,141,228

Israel has fully vaccinated more than half its population, getting shots in arms at a pace that is far ahead of any other nation. So what has it done for Israel’s economy? The question is a vital one, as world leaders have staked the recovery on the notion that vaccines will help bring back jobs and restart the global economy. This comes as Israel continues to make significant progress in its vaccination campaign. The country has fully vaccinated 50.2% of its population, according to Bloomberg, and given at least one dose to 57.1%.

During a hastily organized official safety review last week, Emer Cooke, the head of the EMA, insisted that the benefits of the AstraZeneca vaccine far outweigh its risks. However, when it came time to address the 30 or so cases of sometimes-deadly rare blood clots that prompted dozens of countries to halt the jab, the scientist acknowledged that the cases were genuine, but that the agency "doesn't have enough evidence to establish a definitive link." As it turns out, the review (which was followed the next day by a mirror WHO review that arrived at virtually all the same conclusions)...

Houston has a race and criminal justice problem. There is an enormous racial disparity of Black criminals and Black crime victims versus White criminals and White crime victims. While the Black population of Houston, according to 2019 estimates, is about 22 percent, Black crime victims are about 44 percent of all crime victims, according to the Houston Police Department data of Race of Violent Victims for 2019. Furthermore, Blacks make up 61.5 percent of offenders of Reported Violent Crimes in 2019. Strangely, or perhaps not so strangely, there is a lack of righteous indignation from the well financed - to...

AstraZeneca released data from its US trial on Monday morning showing the jab is 79% effective at preventing COVID, while researchers insisted they saw no signs of patients exhibiting rare blood clots like those seen in a few dozen cases in Europe (cases that inspired local health authorities in two dozen countries to halt approval of the jab).Still, a recent survey shows the halts caused confidence in the jab to crater across Europe. And as COVID cases continue to accelerate due, in part, to the growing presence of several increasingly contagious COVID variants. This prompted France, Italy and others to...

Former President Donald Trump endorsed GOP Rep. Jody Hice for Georgia Secretary of State on Monday, after attacking incumbent Republican Brad Raffensperger for overseeing his loss in the state last year. “Unlike the current Georgia Secretary of State, Jody leads out front with integrity,” said Trump. I have 100% confidence in Jody to fight for Free, Fair, and Secure Elections in Georgia, in line with our beloved U.S. Constitution. Jody will stop the Fraud and get honesty into our Elections!” Raffensperger oversaw three ballot counts confirming Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in Georgia, the first for a Democratic presidential candidate...

While Islam has receded from the public mind, Islamic ambitions remain intact. President Biden is poised to facilitate those objectives by reviving the Iran nuclear deal.The chaos of the 2020 election and its aftermath deflected national attention from the standing threat of political Islam. Fanning amnesia is the hallucinogenic drumbeat from Christian churches—Vatican in the lead—about “the religion of peace.”But while Islam has receded from the public mind, Islamic ambitions remain intact. President Biden is poised to facilitate those objectives by reviving the Iran nuclear deal.Pope Francis’ March visit to Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah al Sistani in the name of “co-existence”...

If you think that cancel culture and social media deplatforming have gotten out of hand, you should know that those are only two examples of many strategies that the fascist left deploys to enforce its political orthodoxy. Another such strategy, currently sweeping the country, takes coercive suppression of dissent to a whole new level. The model here comes straight out of the old Soviet Union’s playbook: use control over institutions to demand a continuous series of expressions of loyalty to the orthodoxy, and then to destroy the livelihood and career of anyone who refuses to comply. This latest strategy, which...

Among the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, one of the more bizarre is that of Valerie Bauman, who claims that, when she was a 25-year-old reporter, then-attorney general Cuomo “made unwavering eye contact” with her during a press conference. After that, things got even worse: “He took my hand, entered my personal space and looked into my eyes as he announced, ‘Hello, I’m Andrew Cuomo.’” But the horrors that Ms. Bauman had to experience did not end there. Later, when covering the attorney general’s office, Cuomo “would sometimes pick up the phone himself,” and...

Airstrikes on several locations in northwest Syria near the border with Turkey have killed at least one person and set afire several trucks used to distribute aid, opposition activists and a paramedic group said Monday. The late Sunday attacks angered Turkey, which had asked Russia to secure an immediate end to the strikes, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said, adding that Turkish troops had been placed on alert. Turkey and Russia support rival parties in Syria’s 10-year conflict. The countries reached a deal last March that stopped a Russian-backed government offensive on the northwestern Idlib province, the last major rebel stronghold in...

The wife of a decorated combat veteran who was inside the Capitol suffered a miscarriage one day after the FBI raided their home. Christopher Kuehne maintains that he had travelled to the Capitol to protect Trump supporting civilians from Antifa. Inside the Capitol, he was seen on video cleaning up trash before, he says, he helped to clear people out so police could get control of the situation. In the early morning of February 11, Kuehne, his pregnant wife Annette, and their four-year-old child were awakened to sirens, cell phone rings, and bursts of colorful lights reflecting through their windows....

In the first upset of the men’s NCAA Tournament, the evangelical Oral Roberts University beat second-seeded Ohio State University in overtime by a final of 75-72 on Friday. ORU’s leading scorer, forward Kevin Obanor, thanked Jesus after the win. “I’m thankful to Jesus Christ for putting us in this position,” Obanor said, according to Fox 23. “We want it very bad. It’s bigger than us, just to leave a legacy behind for ORU. I’m just very eternally grateful and I just can’t wait to play tomorrow.” Oral Roberts guard and the NCAA's leading scorer Max Abmas tallied 29 points, while...

Worrying Answers From CDC Director on Conditional Sailing Order The CDC Director answers questions during a Senate Committee hearing that included questions regarding the Conditional Sailing Order and resuming cruises. There are some very worrying signs coming from the CDC Director, Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, after answering questions from an Alaska senator. It now seems it’s not entirely up to the CDC on resuming cruise operations, and they are still working towards phase two of a four-phased plan of return. There is no doubt that health and safety come first. Still, mixed messages are coming from the CDC regarding resuming...

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton called on President Joe Biden to reimpose several of Donald Trump’s policies that Biden had reversed. Biden dismantled the “Remain in Mexico” and “safe third country” policies that led to tens of thousands of refugees remaining outside the United States until their legal cases had been heard. He also lifted the public health exclusion for migrant children that has resulted in the still-expanding crisis in sheltering and caring for unaccompanied minors. “The Biden administration keeps saying that Trump somehow dismantled the immigration system. That’s false. It was the Biden admin that dismantled three highly effective policies,”...

Rep. Jody Hice announced Monday that he is running for Georgia Secretary of State, challenging fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger. Hice released a statement as part of his announcement, which read: "Free and fair elections are the foundation of our country. What Brad Raffensperger did was create cracks in the integrity of our elections, which I wholeheartedly believe individuals took advantage of in 2020. Though I am encouraged to see the General Assembly taking it upon themselves to address some of the glaring issues in our elections, Georgia deserves a Secretary of State who will own the responsibilities of the office....

The Chinese side knows that wielding the same self-loathing ideas the ruling class teaches in American universities will hurt Americans most.It’s a cliché to claim every setback as the official end of unipolarity, but if there were ever to be a date for historians to mark the televised humiliation and official end of American hegemony, it would be the very public verbal slapping of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan by the Chinese ambassador on U.S. soil.The U.S. and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of...

A nightmare facing a couple who purchased a home for cash perfectly illustrates why having the government over-involved in the rental market is a disaster even for people who never meant to lease their property but are plagued by a squatter. A couple who bought a house in good faith, now find themselves mired in California’s labyrinthine tenants’ laws, exacerbated by the new COVID rules. Riverside is a large suburban area located about 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles – although it’s still considered part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Tracie and Myles Albert, a young couple in...

The investigative journalist team at Project Veritas has brought to us what the Biden administration and mainstream media refuses to acknowledge. It’s “kids in cages” all over again, only worse this time. Project Veritas released images they obtained from the recently built migrant “housing” facility in Donna, Texas. They are utterly horrifying as children are crammed inside holding bins with “space blankets” covering them, often from head to toe. These are not the types of living conditions the Biden administration wants people to see, which is why until today we’ve never seen them. BREAKING: Project Veritas Obtains Horrifying NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN Images...